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Raqs Media Collective: The Necessity of Infinity

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Dates:30 September 2017
Times:15:45 - 16:45
What is it:Theatre/Performance
Organiser:The Whitworth
How much:FREE
Who is it for:General public
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Saturday 30 September, 3.45pm-4.45pm

Free, no need to book

The piece is a performed reading that takes off where Al As’llah Wa’l Ajwibah (Questions and Answers) — one of the most exciting yet neglected exchanges in the intellectual history of the world between Al Beruni and Ibn Sina — left off. Over two years from 999 CE, the polymaths discussed their divergent readings of Aristotle’s understanding of heaven and the stars, debating whether we are alone in the universe. Considerations of infinity necessarily entail the admissibility of many worlds other than our own.

This event forms part of our Raqs Media Collective exhibition which is supported by the Henry Moore Foundation and the Ernest Cook Trust

Price: FREE

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