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Science. Art. Film.: Paprika
Tue
23
Tue 23 Sep 6:00 PM
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Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
90 Mins | Science.Art.Film
2006| DCP | JPN | D: Satoshi Kon
Dreams begin to merge with the waking world when ‘sleep terrorists’ acquire technology that can control human minds. Dr Atsuko Chiba must enter the dreamscape to restore the boundary between imagination and reality.
Director Satoshi Kon’s psychedelic animation bends reality as it dives into questions of the collective unconscious.
Join us for a post-screening discussion about (researching) comics, consciousness and animated futures.
‘In the world of Japanese animation, which generally welcomes experimental weirdness, Kon is renowned for being particularly weird and experimental.’ – The Guardian
Presented as part of our Science. Art. Film. series in partnership with the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU.
Panellists:
Dr Chitra V is an anthropologist and visual artist based at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University. Her research intersects environmental studies, science and technology studies, and the visual arts. She is the author of Drawing Coastlines: Climate Anxieties and the Visual Reinvention of Mumbai's Shore (Cornell University Press, 2024), a book that combines comics and text to illustrate how science, planning, and image-making intersect to shape environmental futures.
Dr Lou Farrer is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Mental Health Research in the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the ANU. Lou’s research focuses on using technology to improve access to mental health care in community, clinical and educational settings. Lou is also a registered psychologist with clinical experience working with student and adult populations.
Crystal-Leigh Clitheroe is a PhD candidate studying science communication in fictional comics at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science and is part of the POPSICULE, ANU’s Science in Pop Culture and Entertainment Hub. Their research focuses on the unique ways comics organise and convey information in cognitively complex ways and shape our cultural imaginings and understanding of what science is, how it works, and who gets to use it.
Moderator:
Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens is a Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU and the Head of POPSICULE, ANU’s Science in Popular Culture and Entertainment Hub. Dr Jürgens’ research explores cultural meanings of science, the history of (violent) clowns and mad scientists, science and humour, and the interface between science and (public) art.
Images: Paprika © 2006 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Dreams begin to merge with the waking world when ‘sleep terrorists’ acquire technology that can control human minds. Dr Atsuko Chiba must enter the dreamscape to restore the boundary between imagination and reality.
Director Satoshi Kon’s psychedelic animation bends reality as it dives into questions of the collective unconscious.
Join us for a post-screening discussion about (researching) comics, consciousness and animated futures.
‘In the world of Japanese animation, which generally welcomes experimental weirdness, Kon is renowned for being particularly weird and experimental.’ – The Guardian
Presented as part of our Science. Art. Film. series in partnership with the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU.
Panellists:
Dr Chitra V is an anthropologist and visual artist based at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University. Her research intersects environmental studies, science and technology studies, and the visual arts. She is the author of Drawing Coastlines: Climate Anxieties and the Visual Reinvention of Mumbai's Shore (Cornell University Press, 2024), a book that combines comics and text to illustrate how science, planning, and image-making intersect to shape environmental futures.
Dr Lou Farrer is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Mental Health Research in the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the ANU. Lou’s research focuses on using technology to improve access to mental health care in community, clinical and educational settings. Lou is also a registered psychologist with clinical experience working with student and adult populations.
Crystal-Leigh Clitheroe is a PhD candidate studying science communication in fictional comics at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science and is part of the POPSICULE, ANU’s Science in Pop Culture and Entertainment Hub. Their research focuses on the unique ways comics organise and convey information in cognitively complex ways and shape our cultural imaginings and understanding of what science is, how it works, and who gets to use it.
Moderator:
Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens is a Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU and the Head of POPSICULE, ANU’s Science in Popular Culture and Entertainment Hub. Dr Jürgens’ research explores cultural meanings of science, the history of (violent) clowns and mad scientists, science and humour, and the interface between science and (public) art.
Images: Paprika © 2006 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.