There are just under three weeks to go before 2001: Beyond 50 at Bangor University in Wales.

The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University is proud to present 2001: Beyond 50

A day of talks, music, and an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), featuring experts and people who worked on the film.

Location: Pontio, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, LL57 2TQ, UK.

Date: 16th June 2018, 2-11.30 pm.

More information about the programme can be assessed at https://www.bangor.ac.uk/creative_industries/events/2001-beyond-50-36486

Please register here: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/creative_industries/register.php.en

I have posted the full programme below.

Programme:

11.00am  screening of 2001 for children/ schools.

2.00pm Introduction by Piers Bizony, author of 2001: Filming the Future and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

2.30pm Alternative perspectives: a panel featuring experts on 2001's legacy beyond film, including psychology, artificial intelligence, evolutionary biology, and philosophy and religion. Panellists: Prof. Robert Ward (Bangor), Prof. Guillaume Thierry (Bangor), Dr. Bill Teahan (Bangor), Mr. Eric Krasny (Bangor), Dr. Lawrence Ratna (Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust) and Prof. Peter Wheeler (Liverpool John Moores). 

4.00pm Coffee and opportunity to view props from the film and an exhibition of creative student work inspired by 2001.

4.30pm Film symposium: key academics in conversation, including Prof. Robert Kolker (Emeritus, University of Maryland), author of The Extraordinary Image: Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Prof. Ian Hunter (DMU), author of Cult Film as a Guide to Life, and Mr. Peter Kramer (UEA), author of BFI Classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. 

5.30pm  Concert of music from Kubrick's films by Bangor University Symphony Orchestra (Pritchard-Jones Hall, Main Arts Building).

6.30pm Supper 

7.30pm A panel of those who worked on 2001: Kubrick's producer and brother-in-law Jan Harlan; Kubrick assistant Tony Frewin, stills photographer Keith Hamshere, set/visual effects designer Joy Cuff, and make up and special effects artist, Colin Arthur.

9.00pm Screening of 2001.

Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/events/475619502885578/

Please REGISTER here

I look forward to seeing you there!

Nathan

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Nathan Abrams, PhD, FHEA, FRHistS

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