+ Lecture performance
Tuesday 3 June, 7.30pm – 8.30pm
Tickets are free for symposium attendees with a discount code.
A celebration of NEUROLIVE’s interdisciplinary investigation of liveness.
‘What are you working on?!
Have you found anything yet?!
What have we done?!’
– Seke Chimutengwende and Steph McMann, words spoken in NEUROLIVE Performance 1: Detective Work
This 3-day symposium is a celebration of NEUROLIVE’s interdisciplinary investigation of liveness, and marks the conclusion of this unique 5-year research project.
NEUROLIVE invites researchers, practitioners and students in cognitive neuroscience, dance, performance, empirical aesthetics, computing and related fields to come together for a programme of discussions, presentations and a new lecture performance, all reflecting on the themes and methods of the project.
In this symposium, the team of scientists and artists who have been part of NEUROLIVE will share findings and reflections on the research. Invited guests from the fields of cognitive neuroscience, theatre and performance studies, dance studies and artistic practice will host discussions focusing on different aspects of the project.
NEUROLIVE is an interdisciplinary research collaboration that brings artists, scientists and audiences together to study what makes live experiences special. Each year since 2021, NEUROLIVE has commissioned a public performance work that is both an artistic event and part of a scientific research process. The closing series of public events at SDS comprises a 5-day series of artistic research workshops, a 3-day symposium and a lecture performance.
In the Roof Studio
Tickets
Full 3-day: £30
Single 1-day: £15
There are a limited number of free bursary places for those who may not otherwise be able to attend due to financial barriers. Please email contact@siobhandavies.com to request a bursary place.
Symposium Schedule
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Morning Movement Practice is open to all symposium attendees, no prior dance experience required. These optional sessions are led by NEUROLIVE artistic collaborators and offer a gentle physical warm up to start and ground the day.
Each morning session, Have you found anything yet?, brings together artists and scientists who collaborated on specific NEUROLIVE commissioned performances, to share methods, results and reflections.
Teas, coffees and light refreshment will be provided during break times, included in the ticket price.
Tickets for The Neurocognition of Liveness – a Lecture Performance on Tuesday 3 June are free for symposium attendees. You will be provided with a code to book your free place.
Credits
The NEUROLIVE research project received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 864420 – Neurolive)
ACCESS AND AMENITIES AT SDS
Siobhan Davies Studios is mostly accessible, with lifts to all floors. There are two accessible parking spaces available on site which can be booked in advance. Blue Badge parking is also available nearby on West Square and Garden Row (for a full map visit the Southwark Council website). Our main door is power assisted.
Amenities include:
- Changing facilities*
- Communal showers*
- Toilets / wheelchair accessible toilets
- Kitchen: tea and coffee making, fridge, and microwave
- Snack Bar: We have a small selection of bars, drinks and food available to buy from the front desk.
- Shops: The closest shop is Superway Supermarket on Garden Row (4 min walk), the closest supermarket is Sainsbury’s on New Kent Road (7 min walk). We also recommend the Art Cafe which serves sandwiches, jacket potatoes and meals (3 min walk).
* Our changing facilities and showers are not fully accessible. Our closest publicly available and fully accessible changing facility is at The Castle Centre, a leisure centre 0.3 miles away from the studios. You can find full details of their features here.