Expedition One | Friday 29 November 2024 | Exhibition Centre Liverpool
High level industry summit to launch Liverpool as the UN Accelerator City and to set the agenda for the next 12 months of decarbonisation experiments across TV/Film and music which will speed up work already happening in the sector. By invitation only.
Expedition One | Saturday 30 November 2024 | Exhibition Centre Liverpool
A day of free events and installations for anyone interested in Music, Film and Climate Action.
To mark Liverpool being declared the first ever UN Accelerator City for Climate Action, a range of live podcasts, Q&A’s and performances have been announced exploring the relationship between the entertainment we love and the impact it has on the planet for inquisitive minds of all ages.
Programme
ZeroCarbonista with Dale Vince | 11:30 – 12:30
A live audience recording of the podcast from green entrepreneur and climate change campaigner, Dale Vince in conversation with Ian Collins.
From building his first windmill in 1996 to taking Forest Green Rovers Football Club vegan in 2015 and becoming a UN Ambassador in 2019; Dale Vince has made saving the planet his life mission.
Scoring Change | 13:15 – 13:45
Music has a unique ability to change the way that people think and act. Applying this power to climate content creates a chance to influence action and behaviour.
Music in Mind and members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present a brand-new commission ‘A Moment of Truth and a Vision of Hope’, performed for the first time at Expedition One. This session will bring together composer and conductor John McHugh and musicians to discuss the piece produced in collaboration with European Space Agency and the impact of music for climate action.
BBC Radio 4 Rare Earth | 14:15 – 15:45
A live audience recording of the Radio 4 environment and wildlife podcast hosted by Countryfile’s Tom Heap and physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski.
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake | 16:15 – 17:45
A BBC 5 Live podcast commission in which Nihal Arthanayake presents in-depth interviews with headline guests TBA.
Visitors to the events will also be able to experience two extraordinary installations on site.
European Space Agency present OUR PLANET NOW
An immersive journey around the planet exploring the impacts of climate change on our world.
Present Shock II
Present Shock II confronts the viewer with a barrage of statistical clocks displaying real-time data sourced from the internet. Juxtaposing life-changing global events related to consumption and environmental issues with the banal trivia of everyday existence, the work embodies the ‘context collapse’ of our present moment, disrupting our sense of time, coherence, and reality.
This artwork marks an inception point for UVA’s practice, reimagining the real-time data installation created with Robert Del Naja for Massive Attacks 100th Window Tour in 2003. The sound for the work is dynamically generated by an audio system developed by Del Naja in collaboration with adaptive producer Robert Thomas.
Expedition One runs alongside three live shows being held at M&S Bank Arena by Massive Attack, Nile Rodgers and IDLES.
Free tickets to all events are available HERE
