Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Science. Art. Film [FREE Screening + Panel Discussion]

Name: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Science. Art. Film [FREE Screening + Panel Discussion]
Start: 2024-09-18T18:00:00+10:00
Location: NFSA Canberra

Schedule

Wed Sep 18 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC+10:00

Location

NFSA Canberra | Canberra, CT

Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) becomes Spider-Man after a radioactive spider bite. With the villainous Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) threatening chaos across realities, Morales must overcome his self-doubt and join forces with Spider-People from other dimensions, including a down-on-his-luck Peter Parker (Jake Johnson) and the determined Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld).
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2019, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has been acclaimed as one of the most inventive superhero movies in years.
Join us after the film for a colourful panel discussion exploring the portrayal of spiders and science in Into the Spider-Verse and the role of comic art in storytelling.
‘…deliciously witty and preposterously complex, but perfectly comprehensible… The scale feels vast, yet the spirit is joyous’ – Wall Street Journal
Panellists:
Lilia Walsh holds a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Science Communication and a Graduate Certificate of Ancient History. Her Honours research explored the depiction of historical alchemy laboratories within modern Spider-Man films; her broader research interests include the history of science, ancient esoteric sciences in modern popular culture, and the image and visualisation of science within popular fiction.
Crys Clitheroe is a PhD candidate studying science communication in fictional comics at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. Their research focuses on the unique ways in which comics organise and convey information in cognitively complex ways, shaping our cultural imaginings and understanding of what science is, how it works, and who gets to use it.
Ben Shoard teaches high school mathematics and holds an Advanced Masters in Biological Sciences, researching Australian funnel-web spider taxonomy. Shoard is actively involved in a range of spider identification/information social media groups, including the Australian Spider Identification page (Admin), the Canberra Spiders page (Moderator) and the Goulburn Region Spider Seekers group (Founder).
Moderator:
Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens is a Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science and the Head of the Popsicule – ANU’s Science in Popular Culture and Entertainment Hub. Her research explores the cultural meanings of science in different pop cultural media.