Festival of the Mind

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Bringing together academics and professionals from Sheffield’s cultural, creative and digital industries to showcase our research in creative, entertaining and innovative ways.

  1. 07/25/2025

    Authentic Corpse

    Professor Peter Jackson, Institute for Sustainable Foods and artist Anthony Bennet discuss their collaboration on Authentic Corpse. Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind 2022. https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/

    29 min

  2. 07/25/2025

    Fungal Figures

    Professor Katie Field, School of Biosciences talks to artist Alex Ekins and Kieran from Seven Mushrooms gourmet farm about their collaboration on Fungal Figures. Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind 2022. https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/

    17 min

  3. 07/25/2025

    The Reaction-ator: Exploring Real-time Responses to Speech

    Dr Chris Montgomery, School of English discusses his research on the hidden understanding of language. Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind 2022. https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/

    19 min

  4. 07/25/2025

    Unseen Forms: Water Music Suite

    Dr Richard Collins, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, talks to Ben and Hugh from Yard Nule about their collaboration on Unseen Forms: Water Music Suite. Recorded and produced by Yard Nule as part of Festival of the Mind 2022. https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/

    26 min

  5. 07/25/2025

    Voice Works

    Professor Renee Timmers, Department of Music, introduces the Voice Works project. Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind 2022. https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/

    11 min

  6. 07/25/2025

    An Artistic Journey to Describing Dementia

    Dr Simon Bell, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, and artist Kate Sully discuss their collaboration on An Artistic Journey to Describing Dementia. Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind 2022. https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/

    24 min

  7. 07/25/2025

    The Crone Spoken Library

    Dr Lorna Warren (Department of Sociological Studies), Dr Pam McKinney (Information School) and Justine Gaubert (Founder of the Crone Club) discuss their collaboration on No Silence Please: The Crone Spoken Library. Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind 2022. https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/ Attributions: ‘book page’ by Nkzdra is licensed under CC BY 3.0 ‘stamp’ by eduardfrigola is licensed under CC BY 3.0 ‘Book Pages Variations’ by Piggimon is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

    37 min

  8. 07/25/2025

    A Mirror of the Invisible: Shakespeare and Renaissance Science in the Modern World

    Hear from Dr Tom Rutter, School of English and artist Gina Allen as they discuss A Mirror of the Invisible.  Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind 2022. https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/

    34 min
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