science x culture
founded in 2006, super/collider is an independent agency that celebrates and champions the connections between science, culture and creativity. working in and with people from the creative industries, we explore science from a pop cultural standpoint – bringing its wonders and wisdom to new audiences through events, expeditions, books and content
the best introduction to what exactly we’re all about is ten – our retrospective book celebrating 10 years of science through 100 images for a mere £10
the team
Chris Hatherill – founder
Melanie King – co-director
Louise Beer – co-director
we'd like to thank all the people who have contributed their time and energy to super/collider over the years, including but not limited to Rod Stanley, John Hooper, Zara Mirza, Regina Peldszus, Abby Schlageter, Melissa Ramos, Thomas Sadler, Zack Hobler, Jolyon Ralph, Viola Schmidt, Katinka Schaaf, Annelise Nelson, Emma Hargadon, Sophie Wedgwood, Fiona Shipwright, Sandra Berghianu, Michael Ainsley, Bobby Jewell and Bright Star Catalogue
history
sculptural works / commissions_
Curating Climate, Signal Film and Media, 2022.
ARUP X Space Studios, 2022
Climate Breakdown Residency, SPACER, 2021
Energy Systems, Well Projects Margate, 2020
Biodiverse/earth, Imperial Lates Online, 2020
Micromuseum of Sleep with Bompas and Parr, Citizen M Hotel, 2016
’Miranda’ Lunar Ceramic Installation, Ace Hotel Shoreditch, 2015
Rooftop Telescope Commission, Ace Hotel Shoreditch, 2015
Skyhenges I-IV, 2014
Landed, 2013
space/station, 2014
Handcrafted Particle Accelerator, with Patrick Stevenson-Keating 2012
residencies_
2021
July - July 2021 - SPACER, Climate Breakdown Residency, Ramsgate, UK.
events_
2021
02 October - super/collider talk: “Expanding Dialogues: Arts and Engineering” at Brighton CCA.
29 Sep - Nan Shepherd in Space: Writing the Earth and Cosmos in The Living Mountain / Dr Samantha Walton
15 Sep - super/science Episode 14: Neighbours of a Neutron Star Merger / Dr Heloise Stevance
11 August - super/science Episode 13: Dr Maggie Lieu/ Finding Asteroids
14 July - super/science Episode 12: Dialogues with the Substrata/ Sophie J Williamson
30 June - super/science Episode 11: Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, The Universe, and Us/ Heino Falcke
19 May - super/science Episode 10: Dream Big/ Niamh Shaw
28 January - super/collider x The Collective: Lunar Yoga/ Lucy Newport + Paul Hill
13 January - super/collider x The Collective: Acidifying Ocean/ Cristina Tarquini
2020
05 December - super/collider Margate Science Festival: Robert Macfarlane + Timothy Morton + Flora Bowden
30 November - super/science Episode 9: Lunar Yoga/ Lucy Newport + Paul Hill
31 October - super/science at Birch/ Paul Hill
23 September - super/science Episode 8: Acidifying Ocean/ Cristina Tarquini
27 August - super/science Episode 7: Sound Machines/ Hainbach + Lomond Campbell
28 July - super/science Episode 6: Fantasies of Eel Ecology/ Kristina Pulejkova
14 July - super/science Episode 5: Early Earth and Cyanobacteria/ Dr Patricia Sanchez-Baracaldo
09 July - super/science x Turner Contemporary: Light Reflections/ Armelle Tulunda + Paul Hill
30 June - super/science Episode 4: BepiColumbo/ Claudia Mignone
09 June - super/science Episode 3: Exploring Marine Wonders/ Alice Morley of Kent Wildlife Trust
19 May - super/science Episode 2: Language of the Stars/ Professor Roberto Trotta
05 May - super/science Episode 1: Speaking into Outer Space/ Paul Hill and Dr Jill Stuart
2019
28 November - Solargraph Workshop at Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
21-23 November - “The Fragile Ocean” Exhibition and Symposium with Sail Britain - St John on Bethnal Green, London
26 June - Period Zine Making Workshop with Mia Maxwell- The Science Museum, London
19 February - Sensing The Sea // Ocean Reverberations - Ace Hotel, London
16 January - X Ray Audio with Thurston Moore - Ace Hotel, London
2018
05 December - Sound Machines with Look Mum No Computer and Graham Patterson - Ace Hotel, London
28 November - SUN Late with Anthony Carr and Diego Valente at the Science Museum, London
12 October - Plastic Sea with Sophie Thomas and Sail Britain at St Katherines Dock, London
29 August - Nature of Sound with Dr Simon Jones, Antoine Bertin and Professor Angus Carlyle at the Ace Hotel, London
17 July - A Moon Gathering with Ellie Tsatsou at Lumen Crypt Gallery, London
24 June - Summer Solstice Party with Dr Lucie Green and Paul Hill - Ace Hotel, London
12 May - Staring into Space with Victoria Grinberg and Paul Hill - Second Home, London
02 May - Pop-up Astronomy with Paul Hill - Woodberry Wetlands, London
20 February - Luminous Colour with Liz West - Second Home, London
2017
22 November - Cassini: A Spectacular End with Professor Michele Dougherty - Second Home, London
20 November - Exploring the Invisible with Dr Simon Park - The Collective, London
12 September - The Cosmic Sublime with Dr Marek Kukula - The Collective, London
17 July - Sensing Space with Dr Roberto Trotta and Julie Hill - The Collective, London
10 July - Spectral Evidence with Amelia Crouch - Second Home, London
03 July - Caroline Corbasson with Paul Hill at Ace Hotel, London
07 June - What is the Moon Made of? With Dr Louise Alexander - Second Home, London
24 May - Science of Sound with School of Noise and Look Mum No Computer - The Collective, London
10 May - Supermassive Black Holes with Meghan Gray - Second Home, London, England
06 April – Hong Kong ten publication launch party – Book B, Hong Kong
05 April - To Dream of Space with Dr Niamh Shaw - Second Home, London, England
01 March - Dark Side of the Moon with Paul Hill - Second Home, London, England
24 January - The Edge of Sky with Dr Robetro Trotta - Second Home, London, England
2016
06 December - Liliane Lijn in Conversation with Johanna Kieniewicz - Second Home, London
20 October - Speaking into Outer Space with Dr Jill Stuart - Second Home, London
20 September - Is Our Universe a Hologram? With Andrew O’Bannon - Second Home, London
09 August - Lunar Observation with Dr Louise Alexander and Jeni Millard - Ace Hotel, London
03 August - In Praise of Darkness with Dr Marek Kukla and Dr Melanie Vandenbrouck - Second Home, London
06 July - At the Edge of Uncertainty with Dr Michael Brooks - Second Home, London
01 June - Harnessing the Sublime with Dr Simon Jones - Second Home, London
06 April - Living Photographs with Alice Cazenave, Seetal Solanki and Dr Simon Park - Second Home, London
02 March - Exploring the Invisible with Dr Simon Park - Second Home, London
2015
09 September - Dark Matter with Dr Chamkaur Ghag - Second Home, London
04 September - A Sartorial History of Space with Dallas Campbell and Daryoush Haj-Najafi - Second Home, London
30 August - Everyday Aliens with Heather Barnett - The Floating Cinema, London
29 August - Cyanotype Workshop, Salt Festival, Sandhornøya, Norway
26 August - Volcano Illustration with Olivia Bargman - Ditto Press, London
23 August - Extra Terrestrial with Professor Martin Hendry and Paul Hill- The Floating Cinema, London
08 August - Pop-up Astronomy with Paul Hill - Shoreditch House, London
16 July - Life on Mars with Dr Louisa Preston, Dr Maggie Lieu and Clare Weedon - Second Home, London
15 July - Where Next? with Marek Kukula et al - Breese Little Gallery, London
03 - 05 July - Space Camp - Kielder Dark Sky Park, London
01 July - Venus and Jupiter Viewing with Paul Hill - Ace Hotel, London
15 June - Saturn Rising with Paul Hill - Ace Hotel, London
26 May - Champagne Supernova with Dr Steve Fossey and Dr Andrew Gregory - Second Home, London
24 May - Pop-up Astronomy Club with Paul Hill - Shoreditch House, London
15 May - Digital Shoreditch Closing Party - Shoreditch Town Hall, London
08 January - Laser Quest with Dr. Arthur Turrell, Dr Ceri Brenner, Lia Han and Bompas and Parr, Miranda at Ace Hotel, London
2012
KXFS summer program
23 May – Transit of Venus briefing with Dr. Suzanne Aigrain, The Book Club, London
print_
ten, 2016
Skylab, 2014
Craters, 2013
Maria, 2013
Moonwalkers, 2013
Isomorphology with Gemma Anderson, 2013
Worlds in Transit, 2012
DesigningScience, 2011
All About: Crystals, with Landfill Editions and Nous Vous 2011
Apollo 77, 2009
GREEN/SPACE, 2009
_S3magazine, issue ‘zero’, 2006
curated events, exhibitions, workshops, talks and field trips_
TOOLKIT, ACO – Art and Culture Outreach, 2016 Hong Kong
Institute of Physics workshop, 2016, London, England
Iceland III, 2016, various locations, Iceland
SALT Festival workshop, 2015, Norway
Kielder Observatory, 2015, Kielder UK
Pop up Astronomy, Soho House, 2015, London, England
Women of Rock, Print House Gallery, 2015, London, England
Light Play workshop, TATE Britain, 2015, London, England
Growing The Future, 2014, London, England
SOLAR/LUNAR, 2014, London, England
Tenerife, 2014, various locations, Tenerife, Spain
Iceland II, 2014 various locations, Iceland
Input, Floating Cinema, 2014, London, England
Iceland I, 2013, various locations, Iceland
POP ROCK MOON SHOP®, with The Arts Catalyst, London, England
Science Weekend at KXFS, 2012, London, England
The Monument, student workshop at CASS, 2012, London, England
Science Printing Workshop, 2012, London, England
Jiggling Atoms workshop, 2012, London, England
Tara ship tour and evening talk, 2012, London, England
Worlds in Transit, expedition and group show, 2012, Umeå, Sweden
Science Fair™, 2009-2012, London, England
GREEN/SPACE, 2009, London, England
Apollo at Apollo, group show, 2009
