Day: 3 April 2024

Location: Sustainability Hub Courtyard. Location 5 on What on Earth?! event map.

Times: 12pm – 1pm; 1.30pm – 2.30pm; 2.30pm – 3.30pm

Date: Saturday 20 April

Dorodango (Japanese for “mud dumpling”) is a Japanese art form in which soil and water are combined and moulded, then carefully polished to create a delicate shiny sphere. During this drop in you will get to make your own Dorodango ball and have it to take away to continue to shine. The shining process has been described as a form of meditation and there comes a point when you start to feel a real connection to the object you have created. What once was soil, becomes precious to you as it slowly starts to shine.  

Location: Sustainability Hub – Wolfson Lecture Theatre. Location 5 on the What on Earth?! event map.

Times: 11am – 11.30am; 11.45am – 12.15pm; 12.30pm – 1pm; 1.15pm – 1.45pm; 2pm – 2.30pm; 2.45pm – 3.15pm; 3.30pm – 4pm

Date: Saturday 20 April

The Stardome is an inflatable planetarium, about 6m in diameter and almost 3m in height. You can think of it as a cross between a tent, bouncy castle and cinema! It is inflated using a commercial floor fan and once inside, provides a full, 360 degree immersive theatre experience for 20-25 adults. Planetarium shows can cover a wide variety of subjects, including the search for extra-terrestrial life, the origins of the universe and how our world, its peoples and ecosystems are intrinsically connected.

Access information

Full audio (whether embedded within the film, or provided by the show host) is provided.

Each planetarium film is a combination of moving images and audio. This is set within a darkened/enclosed environment.

Check out the Stardome Easy Read

Location: Cherry Tree Walk is located at location 4 on our What on Earth?! event map.

Times: 11am – 4pm. Drop-by whenever!

Date: Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 April 

Come along and experience music that has been generated entirely by trees! The Hidden Music of Trees is an outdoor sound experience created by sound artist Jason Singh. The sounds have been created through the interface of mobile phones and a free downloadable app called Artivive. 

Instructions 

Simply download the Artivive app from the App Store or Google Play. The app is free and doesn’t require any registration. 

Open the Artivive app and then point your mobile phone at the symbol attached to the tree to bring the unique tree soundscape to life!

For the best experience of the tree soundscapes use headphones but you can also use the speaker of your mobile phone. 

If you’re not using headphones, make sure your phone volume is turned up.