Pages
Fair Work First Stay Official Coach Travel Live-In Motorhomes Music at the Multiverse 2024 Annual Passes Geotourist Digital Tours Educational Visits Sustainability Meet The Staff Team Weddings at Crawick Multiverse Photography and Filming Local Area Explore Music at the Multiverse 2023 Music at the Multiverse 2021 Getting to Music at the Multiverse Plan your Trip Past Events Music at the Multiverse Cosmic Collisions Music at The Multiverse 2022 Frequently Asked Questions My account Checkout Basket Online Shop Accessibility Terms and Conditions Facilities Sustainable Development Groups and Travel Trade Opening Times and Prices Latest News Events at the Multiverse Visit Crawick Multiverse Charles Jencks Comet Walk Belvedere and Void Omphalos Supercluster Multiverse North-South Line Andromeda and The Milky Way Amphitheatre Hire Crawick Multiverse The Trust History Privacy Policy Landforms Contact and Find Us Discover Home
Posts
Two Weekends To Go! Open Day for Tourism Ambassadors Unique Venue Offers the Perfect Stage The Perfect Stage Temporary Change To Opening Hours Sponsors and funders 2024 Stars Align For Music At The Multiverse 2024 Outdoor Theatre at Crawick Multiverse pit stop for Commercial Vintage VehicleS Lunar visitors Midsummer celebrations POLYHedra dance AT CRAWICK MULTIVERSE Summer Solstice Wellbeing Day Open University to Host European Lunar Symposium in the South of Scotland Cirqulation at Crawick Multiverse What is behind the Aurora? South of Scotland to Host European Lunar Symposium in 2024 Bucket List Experience Join our team – We’re hiring! Historic Environment Scotland designates Crawick Multiverse Counting the days and the stars Music at the Multiverse Main Stage Re-opening on 23rd march Ongoing Site Improvements Music at the Multiverse 2024 Closed for the season Two weekends to go… Festival-Goers Double in a Year Record Ticket Sales for Music Fest Music Fest Set to Rock the Multiverse in September Crawick Multiverse Supports Local Men’s Shed after Site Works Solstice celebrations at the multiverse Dawn of Summer Solstice Celebrated Among Andromeda’s Standing Stones Summer Solstice with Prof Graham Harvey Summer Solstice Week 2023 Arts Festival 2023 Summer Solstice Celebrations are Back Bigger and Better Contract Opportunity – Event Co-Ordinator/Promorter Crawick rocked again at Music at the multiverse Dance Tent DJs set for ‘mind blowing’ Music at the Multiverse weekend Get ready to rock the cosmos – Music at the Multiverse is back! D&G Arts Festival 2022 Ready To Open Membership 2022 What’s it All About? Groundworks The Coalface Regional Finalist Crawick Rocks Kelton the Beltie Bull Kelton comes to Crawick Two Days. One Spectacular Venue Official Opening of The Coalface We are Hiring The Multiverse is Hiring Your Views Wedding Photography We’re Hiring – Administrator Festival of Folklore South of Scotland Tourism Investment Big Bang Weekend Invitation to Tender Meteor Shower VisitScotland Campaign New Stargazing Programme Stellar New Appointment Rolls Royce Vintage cars Edinburgh Art Festival A Day in the Life: Volunteer Supernatural in Sanquhar Out of this World Back to the Killing Times Cosmic Collisions with a Big Bang Norse Legend Plus Galactic Collisions Boulders From Mars Unicorn flight to Dalkeith Scottish Creative Collision Pupils in Cosmic Collision Charles Jencks and Daniel Libeskind Summer Solstice Exploration New Sculpture is Mane Attraction World-class Artland Gearing Up Business Creativity Award The Poppy Project Pupils create poppy display the great outdoors Doors open for annual event Artwork Unveiled Pupils in solstice spectacular solar science talks New Charles Jencks installation Spectacular Solstice Festival Team Is Out Of This World Local Returns to Upper Nithsdale Out of this World Launch Crawick Multiverse is Hiring New Scottish artland Share the Vision with Artland Trust
 

Event

Cosmic Collisions with a Big Bang

Home | Event | Cosmic Collisions with a Big Bang

Next comes a summer of Cosmic Conversations at A’ the Airts

Last weekend saw a spectacular costumed performance plus the unveiling of a new installation by celebrated land artist Charles Jencks at Crawick Multiverse.

They were part of Cosmic Collisions, a two-day celebration of art, architecture and science involving leading international figures, taking place in and around Sanquhar, in Dumfries and Galloway, from June 23-25.

Hundreds of visitors saw Saturday’s unveiling of the new installation, entitled Galactic Collisions and the performance of Oceanallover’s latest production called Sea Hames.

Even more attended the opening of an exhibition called Cosmic Collisions: birth, rebirth and the universe at the Merz Gallery in Sanquhar and a series of talks by some of the world’s leading cosmologists and architects at the town hall.

But that’s not the end of it – there will now be a summer series of three compelling Cosmic Conversations – talks taking place at Sanquhar’s A’ the Airts.

Charles Jencks, who designed Crawick Multiverse and organised Cosmic Collisions, said: “The whole event has been a huge success, our own Big Bang. It’s been fabulous to see how much people of all ages have enjoyed this fusion of art, science and architecture.

“It has been such a privilege to be able to bring some of the world’s leading space scientists, architects and others to Sanquhar and as part of such an enjoyable and colourful event. What’s even better is that there’s more to come, with some outstanding speakers taking part in our Cosmic Conversations. These were a great success last year and look to be even better in 2017.”

This year’s talks are:

  • SANQUHAR AND THE KILLING TIMES: THE COVENANTING STRUGGLE: Duncan Close, Chairman of the Royal Burgh of Sanquhar Heritage Society. Wednesday, 12 July, 7pm.
  • LANDSCAPES OF COSMOS AND CHAOS IN NITHSDALE: Professor David Munro, Historical Geographer in Residence at Drumlanrig Castle. Wednesday 16 August, 7pm.
  • GAIA, GOD AND THE MULTIVERSE: Michael Northcott, Professor of Ethics at the University of Edinburgh and Dr David Borthwick, Lecturer in Literature at the University of Glasgow. Wednesday 30 August, 7pm.

Tickets are £5 per talk or £10 for all three from https://atheairts.org.uk/

Visitors to the exhibition opening were able to make their own origami universe, try a Galaxy Making Machine and use a virtual reality headset to witness the evolution of a cosmos.

Sea Hames was partly inspired by the Norse legends of Arvak and Alsvith, the horses that pull the sun’s chariot across the sky (see notes to editors for more info). This multi-disciplinary performance fuses compelling music and bold costume design to explore the mythology and iconography of the horse, the plough and the land.

Speakers at the day of talks included Prof. Carlos Frenk, Director of Durham University’s Institute for Computational Cosmology, whose computer simulations are pushing forward our understanding of how galaxies and the universe form, and Prof. Monica Grady, who was part of the project to land the Philae probe on a comet.

The exhibition, which runs until 10 September, includes new paintings by Charles Jencks and interactives from cosmologist Prof. Carlos Frenk’s team.

There is also previously unseen work by Daniel Libeskind showing how spiral galaxies lie at the heart of his design for Durham University’s Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics building where Prof. Frenk is based.

There are pieces by artist Rachel Libeskind in her first ever collaboration with her brother Noam, a cosmologist.

 
crawick-accreditation-Bioshphere
crawick-accreditation-4-star-visitor-attraction
crawick-accreditation-living-wage-employer
crawick-accreditation-asva
crawick-accreditation-eu
crawick-accreditation-leader
crawick-accreditation-scottish-government
crawick-accreditation-SRDP
This project is part-financed by the Scottish Government and the European Union – LEADER 2014-2020 programme
This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. We use necessary cookies to make sure that our website works. We’d also like to set analytics cookies that help us make improvements by measuring how you use the site. By clicking “Allow All”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyse site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts.
These cookies are required for basic functionalities such as accessing secure areas of the website, remembering previous actions and facilitating the proper display of the website. Necessary cookies are often exempt from requiring user consent as they do not collect personal data and are crucial for the website to perform its core functions.
A “preferences” cookie is used to remember user preferences and settings on a website. These cookies enhance the user experience by allowing the website to remember choices such as language preferences, font size, layout customization, and other similar settings. Preference cookies are not strictly necessary for the basic functioning of the website but contribute to a more personalised and convenient browsing experience for users.
A “statistics” cookie typically refers to cookies that are used to collect anonymous data about how visitors interact with a website. These cookies help website owners understand how users navigate their site, which pages are most frequently visited, how long users spend on each page, and similar metrics. The data collected by statistics cookies is aggregated and anonymized, meaning it does not contain personally identifiable information (PII).
Marketing cookies are used to track user behaviour across websites, allowing advertisers to deliver targeted advertisements based on the user’s interests and preferences. These cookies collect data such as browsing history and interactions with ads to create user profiles. While essential for effective online advertising, obtaining user consent is crucial to comply with privacy regulations.
Translate »