Researchers from four UK institutions are studying how the roots of culture are more widespread in the animal kingdom than previously thought, and how culture itself evolves in humans.
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Welcome to See Further: The Festival of Science + Arts
This year the Royal Society, the UK’s academy of science, marks its 350th anniversary and to celebrate Southbank Centre and the Royal Society together explored science and our human impulse to understand the world we live in.
See Further: The Festival of Science + Arts was a unique ten-day festival filling every corner of Southbank Centre this summer. The festival explored links between the sciences and arts and features a host of cross-disciplinary collaborations, scientific and artistic events.
The festival is now closed, and we hope that this website enables you to share in this celebration of science, discovery and creativity.
Highlights
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Location: Royal Festival HallThe European premiere of this futuristic reimagining of the classic Greek myth, with new score...
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Location: Royal Festival HallLive score performed by Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia...
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Location: Queen Elizabeth HallWatch the webcast with Tim Berners-Lee, Stephen Fry, Wendy Hall, Jim Haseloff and Bill...
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Location: Purcell Room at the Queen Elizabeth HallPerfection is a fascination across science and the arts, with implications of interest to all...
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Location: Purcell Room at the Queen Elizabeth HallThe word 'culture' means different things to different people. It can relate to a social...
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Location: Royal Festival HallDiscover the science of words and the words of science in a weekend filled with performance,...
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Location: Royal Festival HallCome and marvel at the mechanical penguins and jellyfish as they swim through the auditorium...
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Location: Southbank Centre Outdoor SpacesA sonification of the Thames
Flood Tide is a live musical performance...
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Location: Purcell Room at the Queen Elizabeth HallWith members of Tomorrow's Warriors Jazz Orchestra
Zone: Reveal
Researchers from University of Bath are using mathematics to understand the complexities of the world around us.
Mathematics can be used not only to understand complexity, but...
Zone: Transform
Researchers from the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit are using modern imaging methods to unlock the mysteries of how the human brain works.
Humankind has always...
With the great advancements of science and technology in the last century, some even reflecting the almost predictive work of past science fiction authors, how has new science fiction adapted to...
what is the Diamond Light Source? It is a huge scientific machine (covering the space of 5 football pitches) called a synchrotron which produces beams of light with different wavelengths. To do...
What is so special about water? It covers 70% of our planet in the form of the oceans and it's essential for life, but it is not just because of it's abundance or contribution to our biology that...
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Get involved online
- Find out more about the Royal Society and Southbank Centre
- Twitter @seefurtherfest or tweet with the hashtag #seefurther
- On YouTube: check out our Festival playlist and post your own thoughts
- On Flickr: Add your festival photos to our See Further Festival group
- On Facebook: become a fan of the Royal Society and Southbank Centre
- By email: sign up to email newsletters from Southbank Centre and the Royal Society.
