Polyphonic Murders

Violence embodies one of the most ancient dialogues between art and science. Throughout history and pre-history, the cultural rituals of war, the mythologies and the technologies of cruelty and most importantly, the re-translation of death into a celebration of life allied those who study truths (scientists) with those who create truths (artists).Polyphonic Murders aims to render these sci-art dialogues visible and stimulating for a wide audience: it will transform the material remains of apparent brutality into a synesthetic gallery of knowledge and imagination. Filtered through new media technologies, the skeleton-archives of violence are re-assembled into three-dimensional re-enactments of action.http://www.polyphonicmurders.com/project-overview/

Join us at Ocean Terminal, Leith, for a unique event that presents historic murders through the lenses of forensics scientists and artists. The violent act of murder is transformed in a different storytelling experience with holograms, animations, 3D prints, virtual reality and creative artworks. 
Alongside drop-in activities across the shopping centre (including an exhibition in the unit next to Debenhams, ground-floor), there will be a series of games and talks at the Living Memory Association (First Floor, next to Debenhams). All events are free, with refreshments available, but limited so please reserve below to guarantee a space! 
This event is run in partnership with Dig It, E-VR, Leith Labs and Ocean Terminal as part of Leith Festival. 
Find out more on the main website: http://www.polyphonicmurders.com/project-overview/
Games
12:00-13:00 Time-Travelling Assassins. 
A number of dangerous criminals have escaped their time through a time-travelling machine and they are hiding in the Ocean Terminal, looking like ordinary people of the 21st century. Will you help us find them? Come at the Ocean Terminal on Sunday and you can be recruited as our Detective and help us catch them and return them in their time! This is an interactive game for children over 10 years old. Adults are also welcomed!!!!
Talks 
Forensic investigation of violent deaths by chronological order
The forensic team of “Polyphonic Murders” is unwrapping the circumstances of death of six individuals that lived and died in different periods. From the third century to the twenty first and from Spain to Scotland these historical murders are investigated using state of the art forensic methodology and the results are presented with aid of 3-dimensional technology and visualisation techniques.
14:00-14:10 “The Life and Death of A Pictish Man” by Laura Kate Girdwood
14:10-14:20   “The Can Pere Arabi burial from Ibiza, Spain” by Julieta Gomez Garcia-Donas
14:20-14:30   “The St.John’s Massacre” By Andrea Bonicelli
14:30-14:40   “Whitefriars: War casualty or victim of domestic Violence” by Indigo Reeve
14:40-14:50   “The homicide victim of an Anatomy collection” by Mara Karell
14:50-15:00   “Mafia style Execution? “ by Elena Kranioti
Violence in Art
15:15-15:30     “Light as a character” by Samuel Garcia-Vargas
The creator of Genesis 4 ,10 Samuel Garcia-Vargas is talking about the source of his inspiration “Light in photography is not only used to properly illuminate a scene but also to represent abstract ideas or even to be itself the main character of a picture….”
15:30-15:45     “The Theater of Violence” by Elena Kranioti
15:30-15:45      A reflection on the “The Theater of Violence” of Brad Evans by Elena Kranioti
A series of philosophical dialogues on the question of violence was conducted by Brad Evans for The Stone, New York. Elena will share some thoughts from the interview of Simon Critchley, professor of philosophy at The New School for Social Research in New York City, and moderator of The Stone.
Original interview: <A HREF="https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/14/the-theater-of-violence/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/14/the-theater-of-violence/</A>

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