Posts tagged ‘London Zoo’
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Panoramic View of Termite Pavilion
Peter Watts of Panoramic Earth recently stopped by London Zoo (home to Pestival HQ) to take these incredible 360° panoramic photos of the Termite Pavilion, from the inside and outside.
Thanks so much to Peter Watts and Panoramic Earth, for this fantastic virtual tour. For the real life experience, come visit the Termite Pavilion in person at London Zoo!
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Bob and Roberta Smith Presents the Art Colony
Bob and Roberta Smith introduces the Art Colony in front of the new Insect Arts Club / Pestival HQ.
The Art Colony is inviting different people from science, philosophy, art, technology, design, architecture, music, dance, film and more to come and collaborate with them and the conservation scientists at ZSL London Zoo, along the north bank of the Camden Canal. The first artist to contribute to the Colony is Bob and Roberta Smith, one of the founding Art Colony members. When Bob was talking here, the painting of the hut wasn’t complete. Afterward, Bob added the insects to complete the new Pestival HQ. We’ll be putting up pictures soon of the finished hut, so you can see it in all its bug art glory!
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Art Colony is the Zoo Arts Club – Hatched by Pestival!
More photos of Bob and Roberta Smith painting the new home of Pestival and the Zoo Arts Club at London Zoo.
The artist take a break in the sun.
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Painting Pestival HQ
Some great progress already on the painting of Pestival HQ – or should we say Art Colony HQ!
A neighbor drops by to say hello.
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Pestival HQ Arrives at London Zoo
After much anticipation, the new Pestival HQ has arrived at London Zoo… in the form of a shepherd’s hut! Pestival will be artists-in-residence for the next 3 years at London Zoo, helping to develop a sustainable arts programme. The hut will live alongside the iconic Snowdon Aviary. Pestival Director Bridget Nicholls has also been awarded the first Zoo Arts Fellowship, and will be developing the Zoo arts programme, where artists will be encouraged to work alongside endangered species breeding programmes around the world and make art that responds to that relationship.
This week, artist Bob and Roberta Smith will be at the Zoo painting the shepherd’s hut, in his unique sign painting style. We’ll keep you posted on progress…
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Going to the Zoo
The Termite Pavilion arrives at London Zoo in time for half term. The birds of prey have been circling it and the fruit bats seem to love it… Now let’s just wait and see if the spider monkeys or lemurs call it home!
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Pestival Symposium – Last chance to buy tickets
Pestival gets off to a flying start with its opening event How Insect Are We?, hosted by ZSL London Zoo, on 3rd September 2009. Join leading scientists, artists and thinkers to discover how the most despised creatures on earth, insects, bite back and reclaim their central place in our lives at Pestival’s cutting-edge symposium.Eighty percent of creatures on earth are insects, the ‘pests’ without whom humans wouldn’t survive. Pestival opens on September 3rd in partnership with ZSL with a cutting edge symposium at London Zoo and celebrates the 100’s of millions of years of evolution, which places insects at the heart of human existence.
Four leading thinkers from four different disciplines discuss how close to insects mankind really is and what contributions they make in all our lives. From swarm theory to architecture to extending life and political thinking to insect as muse, great minds get to grips with the insect contributions of everything from social insects to solitary wasps.
The speakers are:
- Stanford University biologist Deborah Gordon, the world’s leading ant specialists and TED speaker
- Engineer and designer Natalie Jeremijenko, who has been described as one of the most original creative minds of the 21st century
- The cultural theorist and literary critic Professor Steve Connor
- Simon Laughlin, Professor of Neurobiology in the department of zoology, Cambridge, who specializes in insect brain and vision
The Symposium will be chaired by Roger Highfield, the editor of New Scientist magazine.
Bridget Nicholls is Pestival Director and Founder. Bridget presents and contributes to programmes on BBC radio and presents Creature Curious for Resonance FM.
Tickets are on sale now – go to the Symposium page to order yours.
Date: 3rd September 2009
Time: Doors 7pm for 7:30pm -
New Scientist editor to chair the Symposium
We are delighted to announce that Roger Highfield will be chairing Pestival’s ‘How Insect Are We?’ Symposium . Highfield was the Daily Telegraph’s science editor for two decades and is currently editor of the New Scientist. He has written numerous books, including The Arrow of Time and After Dolly, and is a regular contributor to BBC radio science shows such as Leading Edge. What’s more he is, by his own account, the “first person to bounce a neutron off a soap bubble”!The Pestival Symposium takes place on September 3rd at ZSL London Zoo. Tickets are on sale now – go to the Symposium page to order yours.
