SPRING 2012 AT SUMMERHALL

www.summerhall.co.ukSummerhall 1 Summerhall Edinburgh EH9 1PL

BOX OFFICET: 0844 557 2686 www.sciencefestival.co.uk

In person:Edinburgh Festival Fringe Shop180 High Street, Edinburgh (10.30am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday11.00am - 5.30pm Saturday).

If available, tickets can be purchased from 30 minutes prior to the event.

As part of the Edinburgh InternationalScience Festival 2012 Summerhall, inpartnership with the Schop Institute(www.schop.org.uk) presents a series of talks on how science shapes the city. Alongside this runs Uneasy Worlds, a Summerhall film season focused on the relationship between people and technology.

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BRAZIL (1985)Dir. Terry Gilliam (15) 132 minIn a strange dystopian world overrun by outdated machines, a man attempts to find a woman who appearsin his dreams. Terry Gilliam’s satire on an over-bureaucraticsociety has become one of the greatest cult science fictionfilms of all time. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niroand Bob Hoskins, Brazil is filled with dark comedy andsurrealism and realised with fantastic imagination.

“Brazil offers a chillingly hilarious vision of the near-future.” - VarietyThurs 5 April, 7:15pm

METROPOLIS (1927)Dir. Fritz Lang (PG) 153 minMetropolis is set in a dystopic future where ruling elitesgovern from menacing high rise buildings whilst oppressed workers live below. In this harsh world a youngcouple, Freder, the son of a wealthy intellectual and Maria,a worker’s daughter, attempt to overcome the society’sclass divides. Fritz Lang’s stunning masterpiece of earlycinema is perhaps the most influential science fiction filmever made. Summerhall will be showing the recently restored version of the film.

“This sci-fi silent remains one of the gems of the genre”- Empire magazine Fri 6 April, 7:15pm

PLAYTIME (1967)Dir. Jacques Tati (PG) 155 minA man attempts to navigate his way around a futuristicParis, a vast, de-humanised world of clean lines andreflections that continually baffle our protagonist andlead him on an unpredictable journey. Jacques Tati’sremarkable visual comedy is a feat of modern filmmaking- it involved the creation of an enormous set and was shot on rare 70mm film. The cost of the film eventuallybankrupted the director but the film stands as a critically acclaimed masterpiece, filled with comedic details andexpert sound design.

“Playtime is a peculiar, mysterious, magical film.”- Roger Ebert Sat 7 April, 3:15pm

ABENDLAND (2011) Dir. Nikolaus Geyrhalter 90 minA cinematic poem about Europe at night - a portrait of the nocturnal going-ons across the continent from a quiet television studio to a complex surveillance room. What emerges is a picture of mass mechanisation:a world of surveillance, machines and electricity. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhaltershows our society in a new light in this thought-provoking, evocative film essay.

“Austrian film director Nikolaus Geyrhalter makes documentaries with neither commentary nor music, bearing witness to a sick world” - GuardianPresented in partnership with the Scottish Documentary Institute.Sat 7 April, 7:15pm

Summerhall, the former Royal (‘Dick Vet’)

School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, is

currently being transformed into a year round

home for theatre and gallery spaces, libraries,small museums, education and researchprogrammes, plus artist and film studios. During the Edinburgh Festival Summerhall is

Fringe Venue 26 with an exciting programme

of events for 2012.

Watch out for our new website launching

soon at www.summerhall.co.ukE: info@summerhall.co.ukT: 0131 560 1590

PLAYTIME (1967)

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UPCOMING EVENT AT SUMMERHALL‘Snorlymagink Visits the Vet’

A strange and unusual animal is brought to the vet. What is the matter and will the vet know how to help him? An interactive storytelling session featuringcraftwork, puppetry and theatre led by Rosie Mappleback, a professional storyteller who has livedclosely with animals all her life.

Join us for the first in our series of storytelling sessionsthat celebrate Summerhall’s history of innovative veterinary work.

MAIN HALLSat 28th AprilTwo sessions: 2.00pm - 3.00pm or 3.30pm - 4.30pm£6 per child (including craft supplies), all children must be accompanied by an adult, bring 1 parent/carer forFREE, max 3 children per parent/carer.Tickets available from www.hubtickets.co.ukor call T: 0131 473 2000

UNEASY WORLDSFor decades filmmakers have been intrigued and troubled by advances in technology. As part of Edinburgh International Science Festival Summerhall presents Uneasy Worlds - a programme of classic and contemporary filmsthat explore the uneasy relationship betweenindividuals and advancing industry, mechanisationand technology. In these films directors havedrawn upon, or created, landscapes and worldsthat reflect themes of anxiety and alienation,creating fascinating psychogeographies thatdisplay our fears and uncertainties for the future.

Films will be screened in the atmosphericRed Lecture Theatre at Summerhall.

Take advantage of our ticket deal -3 tickets for £10 (or £8 if you’re a student or eligiblefor concessions). There will also be a pop-up bar,snacks and an introduction to the film.Tickets: £5 (£4 concs) or 3 for £10 (£8 concs)

Box Office T: 0844 557 2686 www.sciencefestival.co.ukIn person: Edinburgh Festival Fringe Shop, 180 High Street, Edinburgh (10.30am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday, 11.00am - 5.30pm Saturday).

If available, tickets can be purchased from 30 minutes prior to the event.

ll Desserto Rosso (Red Desert) (1964)Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni (15) 120 minItalian with subtitles

ll Desserto Rosso was the first colour film made by celebrated Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni and is regarded as one of his very best. Monica Vitti stars as Giuliana, a woman just released from hospital who finds herself overwhelmed by the world around her, an environment of rain and fog, billowing industry and hostile landscapes. A haunting, beguiling film filled with existential malaise and beautifully shot bycinematographer Carlo Di Palma.“Red Desert is at once the most beautiful, the mostsimple and the most daring film yet made by Italy'smasterful Michelangelo Antonioni”-Time Magazine Weds 4 April, 7:15pm

CITY PAST:Weds 11th April, 6.00pm, Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PLTickets £5 (£4)

Richard Rodger, Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh, will give a talk followed byconversation led by architect Oliver Chapman. Richard haspublished widely on the economic, business and urbanhistory of Britain since 1800. His book The Transformationof Edinburgh: Land, Property and Trust in the NineteenthCentury was awarded the Frank Watson Prize for workson Scottish history.

CITY PRESENT: Thurs 12th April, 1.00pm, John Hope Gateway Building, Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh Tickets £5 (£4)

Get under the skin of a recently completed Edinburgh building to discover its technology Join Colin Hamilton,the building’s engineer for an expert’s view on how the recently completed John Hope Visitor Centre at the RoyalBotanical Garden Edinburgh uses visible technology tocommunicate its sustainability. Come and listen to the introductory talk and then take part in the guided tour.

CITY FUTURE: F rid 13th April, 6.00pm, Summerhall, 1 Summ erhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PLTickets £5 (£4)

Things are not what they seem. Objects, artefacts, articles and other ‘things’ are beginning to be linked to data onthe Internet in ways that have never been seen before.Using computer science facts and design fictions, the talkwill look in to the future to explore what happens when‘things’ gain so much data that it gives them a sense ofidentity, and perhaps even intelligence. Presented by Dr Chris Speed, Reader in Digital Spaces, University of Edinburgh, currently working with collaborative GPS technologies, the streaming of social and environmentaldata, and part of a large UK academic team investigatingsocial memory within the ‘Internet of Things’.

METROPOLIS (1927)

ABENDLAND (2011)

ll DESSERTO ROSSO (1964)

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