TippingPoint 2008: A Dialogue between Climate Science and the Arts
On September 28th and 29th 2008, “TippingPoint Germany 2008 – A dialogue between Climate Science and the Arts” will bring together some 120 scientists and artists from Germany, the UK, other European countries and North America in Potsdam. with the aim of exchanging thoughts, feelings, ideas and plans on the subject of climate change. TippingPoint Germany 2008 is organised by the British Council in association with the German Federal Cultural Foundation, the Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the TippingPoint organisation in the UK.
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Sep 28, 2008 09:00 AM
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Sep 29, 2008 05:00 PM |
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| Where | Albert Einstein Science Park |
| Contact Name | Uta Pohlmann |
| Contact Phone | 0331-288-2507 |
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The TippingPoint format originated in the UK with two conferences on shared thinking about climate change organised in Oxford in 2005 and 2006. Ideally, scientists are enthused by the possibility that their own messages may be more effectively transmitted by working alongside artists. For artists there is an aspiration to inspire new works which may help to convey key climate change messages. At no point is there a firm expectation that either group will respond in a particular way. The principle is to bring people together and see what happens as a result.
