Weird Thinking: Reading and Watching 'Poor Things'
Weird Thinking: Reading and Watching 'Poor Things'
ARC Public; SPRINGFLING
Date: Wednesday 03 April 2024
Time: 18:00 - 22:00
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Category: Films and theatre, Social events
Website: www.gla.ac.uk/research/arc/events
Free but ticketed | Book your place at WeirdThinking.eventbrite.co.uk
Suitable for ages 18+
Refreshments provided
When thinking beyond conventional boundaries is required now more than ever, what do the fantastically weird worlds of Alasdair Gray's novel Poor Things - first published in 1992 - and Yorgos Lanthimos' recent film adaptation have to offer us?
Join us to discuss the wonder of this novel and film from a range of perspectives, and to explore the continued value of weird thinking and practice in contemporary research at the University of Glasgow.
The panel discussion will be followed by a screening of Lanthimos' Poor Things (2023).
Our panellists
- Vassiliki Kolocotroni (English Literature)
- Emma Gordon (Applied Ethics / Centre for Neurotechnology)
- David Archibald (Film & TV)
Poor Things (18) | 2023 | 142 min
Based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray, Poor Things follows Bella Baxter, a young woman in Victorian London who comes to life through a brain transplant and embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery.