For this eBook, Giles has contributed a text from a Proboscis Studio project exploring the implications of using contemporary technology to express the condition of the body and of personal data - a particular method of combining aesthetics and scientific data. In our condensed version of this lecture, the focus was on Snow's astonishment at the insularity of the worlds of art and science and their inability to communicate. Snow's 1959 Rede Lecture, The Two Cultures, at the Blowup event on November 7. Giles Lane performed a stirring re-enactment of C.P. This eBook contains texts from the speakers at our Blowup event, as well as essays from other invited contributors. Archived footage of the November 7 event is available at and the V2_ Vimeo channel: The events occurred on November 6 and 7, 2014. Through its three formats (interview, lecture, re-enactment) this evening touched on the subject of innovation and creativity in a multiplicity of ways. The evening featured a live stage interview with renowned Dutch artists Driessens & Verstappen by Boukje Cnossen, insights into the innovative practices of Superuse Studios by their Head of Research Jan Jongert, and a re-enactment of a lecture on the divide between art and science by C.P. On the following day of Blowup: New Materials, New Methods, the public heard brief talks reflecting on innovation, art and science, and the role of new materials. As part of the workshop, participants also heard about the contemporary uses for this intriguing material, from Roel Pluijman and Jorrit Hijl, two members of the team who made the Pykrete Dome (the world's largest ice dome, built in 2013) possible. In researching his book, Hemming discovered evidence of a method for innovation that Pyke followed, and it is this method we explored in Day 1 of Blowup: New Materials, New Methods, by conducting a workshop on 'How to Pyke'. British writer Henry Hemming has written a new biography of Pyke based on these recent revelations and on unlimited access to his archive. The British Security Service (MI5) recently declassified a treasure trove of information about Pyke and his contributions to the Allies' efforts in WWII. This was not Pyke's only grand project, he was widely acknowledged as an eccentric but brilliant innovator who contributed to many aspects of society. V2_'s multi-year research project on Innovation in Extreme Scenarios was inspired in part by the amazing but true story of British inventor Geoffrey Pyke and his idea to build an aircraft carrier made of a special kind of ice that he had created.

Wildgroei en Vreemde Ogen by Boukje Cnossen Proliferating Plants and Strange-Looking Eyes by Boukje Cnossen It's About Time: Prototyping and Intent by Greg J. Learning from Fitzcarraldo by Karolina Sobecka Excerpt from 'Churchill's Iceman' by Henry Hemming

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