The Exquisite Corpse of Science
About The Exquisite Corpse of Science
- Director: Tim Jones, Arko Olesk, Graham Paterson
Country: United Kingdom
Running Time: 9 min
Website: The Exquisite Corpse of Science Lives!! Participate at www.communicatescience.com/corpse/exquisite_corpse_of_science.html
Premiere Status: World Premier
Science Topics covered in film: Science communication, public understanding of science, dialogue, climate change, biodiversity, space, energy, drugs, medicine
Synopsis
- It’s very easy to put people into boxes. We all do it, and when it comes to science we love to talk about “the Public,” “the Media,” and “the Scientists.” For Science communicators Tim Jones, Arko Olesk and Graham Paterson, that looked too simplistic. So in April 2009, they set out to explore the similarities and differences between these groups when they are asked to say what is important about science today…..AND DRAW IT!
Armed with a sketchpad and marker pen, the team sought out willing members of the public, scientists, and science communicators. And, looking over their shoulder in the nicest possible way, asked them to draw what they felt was important in science today. Comments made while drawing were recorded, and to capture the resultant diversity in an intriguing and memorable way, the pictures were stitched together in the manner of the surrealists’ Exquisite Corpse.
Cast & Credits
- Gareth playing himself as ‘the public’
Emma Sears playing herself as ‘the public’
Professor Joanna Haigh, Head of Physics at Imperial College, playing herself as ‘The Scientist’
Dr Maya Losa Mendirattaato, Programmes Developer at the Dana Centre, London, playing herself as ‘The Communicator’
Project Design, Direction, Production and Editing
Jointly Tim Jones
Arko Olesk
Graham Paterson
Production for ISFF 09
Tim Jones
Stills Photography
Tim Jones
Graham Paterson
Promotion
Tim Jones
Audio Recording and Editing
Tim Jones, Graham Paterson
Final Render (Adobe Premier)
Graham Paterson
Music
This educational/non-commercial audio-visual piece incorporates on a fair use basis incidental music extracts from Thomas Newman’s “Dead Already” (American Beauty Soundtrack)
Director’s Bio or Messages from Director
- All three filmmakers are currently graduate students in the Science Communication Group at Imperial College London.
Dr Tim Jones is a freelance science communicator with a diverse background in research and business. He recently left a senior strategy position in industry to return to his roots and focus fully on sharing his broad interests in science and technology. He’s currently a mature graduate student in the Science Communication Group at Imperial College. Tim lives in London with his American wife Erin.
