Slavoj Žižek
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SHOREDITCH HOUSE
LOSING WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE
The Secret Garden Party & Wilderness festival Forumcomes to an urban environment for the first time toenquire into the fascinating elements of our ivesthat are slipping from our grasp - poolside atop the roofof East London's finest members' club.Using speakers, debate, music, film, theatre & poetry;the brightest in arts, academia & business help provide atonic to London’s sober intellectual landscape.-'TIME' - A Leap Day Special
Feb 29, 7pm
STARGAZING - LITERARY ARTS - PHILOSOPHYDESIGN - MUSIC
A writer, a poet, an astronomer, physicist, installation artist, musicians & a philosopher explore Time - on a day that may or may not exist.Acclaimed author of Pip Pip Jay Griffiths unwinds time's politics, Laura Williams shares a glimpse of the Aluna Project, philosopher Mark Vernon turns time inside out; with added perspective from physicists & astronomers from the home of time - The Royal Greenwich Observatory; plus poetry, live music, and stargazing from the RGO's mobile observatory..Admission Free : LIMITED AVAILABLILITY
: Please contact Ben@SecretProductions.net
'the fo:rem is binge thinking for guilty hedonists. Original, interactive, informal events & festival arenas that put you directly in touch with leading thinkers & doers in politics, philosophy, business, science, tech, journalism, sociology, and activism.
Events that feature A-list thinkers, cutting-edge film, spoken word, theatre, and passionate debate; events that aren’t afraid to ask big questions, where people can share and challenge new ideas from across the spectrum of human endeavour.
Deep partying and deep thought are never mutually exclusive.
In 2012 we will be hosting flash forums on current events, themed events in landmark London venues, weekend workshops, and huge showcases at selected festivals, building a truly interdisciplinary dialogue for progress, action and enlightenment.
~Oscar Wilde
IAN GOLDIN – The World in 2050. Former Vice President of the World Bank, who served as an advisor to Nelson Mandela and is current Director of the 21st Century School at Oxford.
BEN GOLDACRE - Bad Science. Back by popular demand, unpicking more dodgy claims with irreverent panache.
MARCUS DU SAUTOY - The Secret You. Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science investigates self-awareness in a summary of his BBC Horizon program.
AUBREY DE GREY – Seeker of Immortality. Leading British researcher on aging. He provocatively proposed that the first human beings who will live to 1,000 years old have already been born.
JULIAN BAGGINI – Do You Think What You Think You Think? Acclaimed popular philosopher, author, and co-founder & editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine.
ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH – Breakfast with Socrates. Former Oxford Fellow & faculty member at The School of Life where he runs the Breakfast Club.
MARK STEVENSON – An Optimist’s Tour of the Future. By turns geeky, funny, thought-provoking & controversial. Not to be missed.
DR MAREK KUKULA - Good Morning, Infinity. The Royal Observatory’s Public Astronomer.
DAVID MCCANDLESS - Information Is Beautiful. Author, designer & writer for The Guardian, Wired and others.
GREGORY SAMS – Universal Consciousness. Acclaimed fractal artist, organic pioneer, author, entrepreneur, chaos theorist, social scientist, and inventor of the vegeburger.
ANNIE MACHON - Former intelligence officer who blew the whistle on MI5 backin 1996.
MARK PILKINGTON - Mirage Men. Author & UFO-researcher, Mark took us on a fresh & funny history of UFOria.
DR NAFEEZ AHMED - A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization. Bestselling author, political scientist, terror analyst & Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Development.
CHRISTOPHER HIRD - The End of the Line. Director and founder of Dartmouth Films, Chair of Channel Four’s Britdoc Foundation & Producer of The End of the Line.
IAIN SINCLAIR & ANNA MINTON - Olympic arch-critic, journalist, film-maker and psychotopographer Iain Sinclair in conversation with agenda-setting journalist & author Anna Minton.
“Technology creates more serious problems than it solves” Hosted by Intelligence Squared
For the Motion: Harry Eyres (Journalist, writer, poet and FT Slow Lane columnist) & Brendan O'Neill (Editor of Spiked Online). Against the Motion: Roger Highfield (Editor of New Scientist) & Rory Sutherland (Vice-Chair of Ogilvy Group UK, & The Spectator’s WikiMan). Chair: Jack Klaff - Actor, director & academic.
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“Don’t let the EcoWarriors ruin your fun” Hosted by Intelligence Squared
For the Motion: James Delingpole (novelist, columnist, broadcaster and blogger) & Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (Businessman, newspaper editor, climate sceptic). Against the Motion: Martin Kirk (head of UK Campaigns for Oxfam) & Katharine Hibbert (author & journo). Chair: Tony Curzon Price - Editor of OpenDemocracy
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"Successful communities: are they built, grown, or imagined?" -
Lord De Ramsey - SGP landowner, former head of the Country Landowners Association & Environment Agency, John Thackara from Doors of Perception, Blanche Cameron Director of RESET, lecturer at the Centre of Alternative Technology in Wales, Mischa Hewitt from Earthship Brighton, & Maria Glauser co-founder of The Hub.
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"Climate Change - the way forward" - Toddington Harper- Director of Low Carbon Economy Ltd, Emily James - Director of Just Do It, Plane Stupid - direct action team.
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"9/11 Outside Job?" - Ed Brown vs. 9/11 Truth Bristol.
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"Cocaine Unwrapped" - director Rachel Seifert, KnowDrugs campaigners, and activist & peace campaigner Pete Barden in our post-screening debate on prohibition, prevention and rights.
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