I've been asked to advertise this conference (programme below).  It's
possible to attend the whole week, or go for individual days.  It all
looks really relevant to members of this list.  At the moment the
conference is undersubscribed, and may not go ahead unless more people
book, so if you think you might want to attend, signal your interest
*now* by getting in touch with Alan Rayner.

NB For further information (cost, events, registration and booking
details; accommodation)

Please contact *Dr Alan Rayner*, Dept.of Biology and Biochemistry,
University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY; telephone 01225
323415; e-mail [log in to unmask] regarding content of programme
and registration

Or Bath Tourism & Conference Bureau, Abbey Chambers, Abbey Church Yard,
Bath BA1 1LY; telephone 01225 477229 regarding accommodation.

Katy

______________________________________________________________
THE LANGUAGE OF WATER

A 4-day International Science-Art Conference and 4-week Art Exhibition
Exploring and Celebrating Water as the Dynamic Context of Life


To be held in Bath Spa in the Spring of 2001

Organized by Bath Bio*Art

In partnership with Breakthrough Technologies Ltd and The Interalia
Centre

And in association with The Scientific and Medical Network, The Gaia
Society, envolve, The Arts Catalyst, The Centre for Frontier Sciences,
The National Botanic Garden of Wales, The Dartington Hall Trust

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“This event will bring together scientists and artists with a shared aim
of improving understanding of the importance of water in the evolution
of life and the emotional and physical welfare of human beings. This
understanding comes from viewing water as the receptive medium into and
through which life forms gather and distribute the energy that puts them
in motion. As such, water provides the dynamic contextual highways and
byways along and in which genetic information can flow and be exchanged
and expressed to produce a myriad of diverse forms. Within it may lie
the deep reason for emotion, our responsiveness to our own and others’
needful being.”
Alan Rayner and Caroline Way
Organizers
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Venues

Conference: Bath Assembly Rooms, 17th to 20th April 2001
Art Exhibition: The Hotbath Gallery, 11th April to 9th May 2001


Provisional Conference Programme

NB To encourage full creative scope for informed dialogue and
imaginative thinking, the programme comprises alternating semi-formal
“Main Stream” and informal “Water Play” sessions. Special Interest
Groups will have an opportunity to meet in “Fringes and Pools” sessions
during lunch breaks.

Day 1, Tuesday 17th April 2001
“Waterscapes”

[Water, Earth and Evolution]

Chaired by Basia Irland

9.30 – 10.00 Opening: “Evolutionary Waterways” by Alan Rayner and
Caroline Way.

10.00 – 11.00 Main Stream: “Co-evolution of Water, Rock and Atmosphere”
by Nick Petford

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee

11.30 – 12.30 Water Play: “Fluid Flow and Water Marks” led by Heather
Cowie

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch. Fringes and Pools.

14.00 – 15.00 Main Stream: “Megafloods” by Peter Worsley

15.00 – 16.00 Water Play: “Breakthroughs with Flowforms” led by John
Wilkes

16.00 – 16.30 Tea

16.30 – 17.30 Main Stream: “Water, Buildings and Gardens” by Charles
Stirton

Evening Event:
18.30 – 20.00 Reception at the Hotbath Gallery Art Exhibition


Day 2, Wednesday 18th April 2001
“Bodies of Water”

[Water, Life and Health]

Chaired by Peter Chin Kean Choy

9.00 – 10.00 Main Stream: “Microclusters of Water” by Masaru Emoto

10.00 – 11.00 Water Play: “Flights of Fluidity” led by Iain Couzin

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee

11.30 – 12.30 Main Stream: “Wild Whorls: Drops, Waves and Vortices in
Nature, Technology and Ourselves” by David Auerbach

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch. Fringes and Pools.

14.00 – 15.00 Main Stream: “Taking Water to Heart” by Philip Kilner

15.00 – 16.00 Water Play: “Music and Fluidity in the Macromolecular
Structure of Life” led by Linda Long

16.00 – 16.30 Tea

16.30 – 17.30 Main Stream: “Water Health and Local Communities” by Lucy
Milton and Jean Grant

Evening Event:
20.00 – 22.00 Recital: “Point, Line to Plane – Studies in the Movement
of Water” given by the NATURAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE at the Pump Room, Roman
Baths.
Edward Cowie:  Piano
Sarah Frances:  Voice(s)
Stephen Preston:  Flute



Day 3, Thursday 19th April 2001
“Water in Mind”

[Water Language, Thought and Emotion]

9.00 – 10.00 Main Stream: “The Flow of Metaphor” by Helen Haste

10.00 – 11.00 Water Play: “Deep in Thought and Splashing Out – Conscious
Streams of Water Language” led by Caroline Way

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee

11.30 – 12.30 Main Stream: “Thought Ripples” by Susan Greenfield

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch. Fringes and Pools.

14.00 – 15.00 Main Stream: “Water Logic - Zero Spirals and Fluid
Numbers” by Lere Shakunle

15.00 – 16.00 Water Play: “Water Language and Breakthroughs” led by
Dominic Fielden, Breakthrough Technologies

16.00 – 16.30 Tea

16.30 – 17.30 Main Stream: “Water in the Psyche” by Anthony Stevens

Evening Event:
19.00 – 22.00 Civic Reception and Dinner at the Pump Room and Roman
Baths


Day 4, Friday 20th April 2001
“Reflections”

[Water, Philosophy and Spirit]

9.00 – 10.00 Water Play: “Fluidic Movements of Chi Energy” led by Peter
Chin Kean Choy

10.00 – 11.00 Main Stream: “SACRED SPRINGS: Oracles and the Underworld –
reflections on water as mirror for the transforming power of the
imagination” by Lindsay Clarke

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee

11.30 – 12.30 Main Stream: “Rhythms, Rivers and Rivulets” by Susan
Derges

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch. Fringes and Pools.

14.00 – 15.00 Main Stream: “Water and Stone” by Peter Randall-Page

15.00 – 16.00 Water Play: “Water, Music and Spirit” led by David
Rothenberg

16.00 – 16.30 Tea

16.30 – 17.00 Closing: “Water Birth and the Emergence of Creativity” by
Caroline Way and Alan Rayner

Evening Event:
18.15 – 21.30 (2 separate sessions) Post Conference Aqua Tai Chi led by
Peter Chin Kean Choy at Bath Sports and Leisure Centre These fluidic
Taoist Tai-Chi Exercises (which can be practised on land, as well as in
water) have been practised for thousands of years as a system of health
and rejuvenation in China. Modern medical research has discovered the
value of these exercises as preventative measures against ill health.
Using a system of effortless exercises on land as well as in water, Aqua
Tai-Chi # helps alleviate high blood pressure problems; # eases
arthritic joints and conditions; # restores balance, harmony and peace
of heart, body, mind and spirit; # helps you energise your internal
organs and keep yourself youthful and happy. For more details and
enrolment, see below.


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Katy Jordan
Faculty Librarian, Engineering & Design
Library & Learning Centre
University of Bath
BATH BA2 7AY
Tel: 01225-826826 X5612
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