ILOFAR
Presents
Science in the Movies
Fact Vs Fiction
Science has been a great friend to the movies, a prop on which to build stories and create new realities But have the movies been good to science in return? Often the answer is yes, with NASA or other specialist scientific advisers, but sometimes the fiction presented as fact would make the true scientists squirm in their seats.
Join us for an evening in the company of real and online scientists courtesy of
I-LOFAR, looking at the wins and the fails of how science is used and represented in the movies.
Also featuring
M51 Siral Nebula - This short film is a visual essay in celebration of the discovery of the spiral structure of Nebula Whirlpool. This momentous discovery, by William 3rd Earl of Rosse, allowed humans to see and realise, for the first time, that we lived not in a singular galaxy but multiple galaxies, a much vaster universe.
Collaborators
Mary Power Cooney, performer
Ann Cleare, composer
Brendan Farrell, filmmaker and editor
Fiona Breen, director
I-Lofar presents a tour through some of the science moments in the movies, that either convinced or left us dubious. Did that really happen? Could that really happen? Is there any basis in fact?
ILOFAR
Presents
Science in the Movies
Fact Vs Fiction
Science has been a great friend to the movies, a prop on which to build stories and create new realities But have the movies been good to science in return? Often the answer is yes, with NASA or other specialist scientific advisers, but sometimes the fiction presented as fact would make the true scientists squirm in their seats.
Join us for an evening in the company of real and online scientists courtesy of
I-LOFAR, looking at the wins and the fails of how science is used and represented in the movies.
Also featuring
M51 Siral Nebula - This short film is a visual essay in celebration of the discovery of the spiral structure of Nebula Whirlpool. This momentous discovery, by William 3rd Earl of Rosse, allowed humans to see and realise, for the first time, that we lived not in a singular galaxy but multiple galaxies, a much vaster universe.
Collaborators
Mary Power Cooney, performer
Ann Cleare, composer
Brendan Farrell, filmmaker and editor
Fiona Breen, director
I-Lofar presents a tour through some of the science moments in the movies, that either convinced or left us dubious. Did that really happen? Could that really happen? Is there any basis in fact?