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Atmosphere | Arrival

Human

Sunday 6th April 2025, 6:30 for 7pm. £16 RSVP
Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh EH1 2QA

When gigantic, sculptural spaceships of unknown origin arrive at twelve locations around the globe, a crack team of scientists and experts are quickly enlisted by the world's military to help them understand... why are they here? Linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) travels with one team to Montana to discover what lies within what hovers above.

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Atmosphere | Silent Running

Silent Running | Edinburgh Science

Sunday 13th April 2025, 6:30 for 7pm. £20/£18 RSVP
Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh EH8 8AS

It's the 21st Century, and in the far reaches of outer space eight space freighters are nearing Saturn. Back on Earth, all forests have become extinct from careless environmental exploitation. The precious cargo aboard this freighter fleet are closed ecological systems, successfully preserving the flora and fauna of the forests in giant geodesic domes.

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LateLab | Biomimicry

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Wednesday 5th April 2023, 7 for 7:30pm.£15|£13 RSVP
Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh EH8 8AS

Biomimicry is a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature to solve human and scientific challenges. Using the planetarium dome and an artificial rainforest environment, Dr Veronika Kapsali, Professor of Materials Technology and Design at the London College of Fashion will introduce the subject with a focus on design.

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Atmosphere | Ponyo

Ponyo

Sunday 16th April 2023, 5:30pm and 8pm. £12|£10 RSVP
FloWave, Max Born Crescent, King's Buildings EH9 3BF

A young boy finds a fish trapped in a glass jar on the beach. He frees her, and names her Ponyo, but she’s no ordinary fish. The daughter of a wizard and sea goddess, she wants to be human. But in using her father’s magic to achieve her aims, a dangerous imbalance is unleashed in the ocean. The children must save the world, and fulfil her dreams.

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LateLab | When Fish Begin To Crawl

When Fish Begin To Crawl on Tour

Soundtrack available to stream now.

Saturday 15th April 2023, 7 for 7:30pm. FULLY BOOKED
Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh EH8 8AS

Premiere of a new work co-directed by filmmaker Morag McKinnon and composer Jim Sutherland. When Fish Begin To Crawl is a meditation on the climate crisis and humanity’s relationship with nature, embodying an urgent yet hopeful dialogue between art and science, spanning geological deep time and present-day eco-emergencies.