Elementary Carbon

这个试点项目包括创建一个带有嵌入式讲座装置的互动表演，主要针对14-18岁学习化学和/或物理的学生，目的是激发他们对碳研究的兴趣（即对能源研究、基础研究和纳米技术的贡献），并鼓励激烈的辩论。这件作品将突出和审视围绕碳的认知和潜力的矛盾，从环境足迹到核技术的使用，从钻石到碳纤维。这些主题被赋予生命的方式将由马尔科姆·赫吉教授正在进行的研究提供支持和信息。这个多学科表演项目将包括三位专业表演者和一位来自广受好评的有机剧院的导演，两位来自Studio Rogmag集体的视觉艺术家，并将包括Malcolm Heggie教授特别委托的互动讲座。这个50分钟的作品将符合现有的学校/大学教学时间表，并将尽可能与现有的教育课程相结合，然后是表演后的讨论和后续教材的分发。演出将在为期三周的排练/设计过程中完成，分成时间间隔的部分，以便与教育专业人士进行持续咨询，进行形成性评估，并进行前瞻性规划。最初的表演材料将通过一系列为期两天的探索工作坊（每天6小时）产生和设计，由MH教授和所有艺术家参与，交流科学知识和创造性实践。MH教授将提供有关碳结构、其科学和应用的信息和出发点，而表演者、视觉艺术家和导演将研究基于新获得的材料即兴创作和构建场景和艺术品的可能性。在这个过程中，MH教授也将作为科学数据的适当性和一致性的顾问和裁判，而视觉艺术家将根据从科学和表演过程中获得的信息做出回应，并整合他们自己的想法。工作坊结束后，表演者、导演和MH教授将根据需要与目标观众代表（学校/大学教师/讲师）协商，然后再进行为期两周的设计和排练，所有参与的艺术家将分成两个为期一周的部分。这将包括有机剧院的导演和表演者与MH合作，开发MH嵌入式讲座的表演结构和实现，以及确保其在整个作品中的有效整合。讲座将通过互动元素得到加强，通过整合基于碳分子模型和对主题的其他反应的艺术品，将以动手的形式吸引大量观众参与工作。在设计阶段的中途（即在设计/排练的第一个完整星期之后），将以松散的表演形式将想法联系起来的即兴表演呈现给目标观众代表，以确定其与课程的持续相关性。彩排将在爱丁堡的玛格丽特女王大学进行，以收集戏剧和表演工作人员的艺术反馈，进一步提高和评估作品的质量。将有五场演出：一场在布莱顿科学节期间，为布莱顿地区的受邀学校/大学观众举办。另外四场演出将在学校和继续教育学院的戏剧设施举行，具体日期待定

This pilot project involves the creation of an interactive performance with embedded lecture-installation, which will be aimed primarily at 14-18 year olds studying chemistry and/or physics, in order to excitethem about Carbon research (i.e. contributions to energy research as well as fundamental research, and nanotechnology) and encourage strong debate.The piece will highlight and examine the contradictions surrounding the perceptions and potential of Carbon, from environmental footprints to its use in nuclear technology, from diamonds to carbon fibre. The way these themes are brought to life will be underpinned and informed by Prof. Malcolm Heggie's ongoing research.This multidisciplinary performance project will involve three professional performers and a director from critically acclaimed Organic Theatre, two visual artists from the Studio Rogmag collective, and will also incorporate a specially commissioned interactive lecture from Prof. Malcolm Heggie.The 50min piece will fit within existing school/college teaching schedules, and will be integrated with existing educational curricula where possible, and followed by post-show discussions and dissemination of follow-up teaching materials.The performance will be built up over a three-week rehearsal/devising process, staggered into time-distanced sections, to allow for ongoing consultation with education professionals, formative assessment, and forward planning.The initial performance material will be generated and devised through a series of three explorative two-day workshops (six hours per day) involving Prof MH and all artists in an exchange of scientific knowledge and creative practices. Prof MH will offer information and points of departure on carbon structures, their science and applications, while the performers, the visual artists and the director will investigate the possibilities of improvising and constructing scenes and art objects based on the newly acquired material. In this process Prof MH will also act as advisor and referee of the appropriateness and the consistency of scientific data, while the visual artists will respond with, and integrate their own ideas on the basis of information received from both scientific and performance processes.At the completion of the workshops, the resulting performance material will be further developed into a performance structure by performers, director and Prof MH, also in consultation with representatives of target audiences (school/college teachers/lecturers) through audits as appropriate, before embarking on a further two week devising and rehearsal period involving all participating artists, split into two 1-week sections. This will include Organic Theatre director and performers working with MH to develop the performative structure and realisation of MH's embedded lecture, as well as ensuring its effective integration within the whole piece. The lecture will be enhanced by interactive elements, which will draw a significant body of the audience into the work in a hands-on format, by integrating art objects which will be based on carbon molecular models and other responses to the theme.A scratch performance, linking ideas in loose performance format, will be presented to representatives of target audiences half way through devising period (i.e. after the first full week of devising/rehearsal), in order to ascertain the ongoing relevance to their curricula. A dress rehearsal will take place at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, to gather artistic feedback from Drama and Performance staff, to further enhance and evaluate the quality of the work.There will be five performances: one during Brighton Science Festival for invited schools/colleges audiences from the Brighton area. The other four performances will take place in drama facilities at schools and Further Education colleges exact dates to be confirmed