Arts, science and engineering to merge in first-ever Beakerhead
Posted Sep 9, 2013 12:00 pm.
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What happens when art and science collide? Calgarians get a new exhibit called Beakerhead that’s guaranteed to blow their minds.
It’s the brainchild of two people, one the co-founder and the former host of Daily Planet on the Discovery Channel.
Jay Ingram tells 660News ‘Beakerhead’ is an interactive movement with 70 different contributors.
Their goal is to show creativity through their works of art, spectacle and entertainment in downtown Calgary.
Ingram hopes this exhibit will allow people to look at engineering in a different light.
“People think of engineers as doing fairly important but kind of industrial and not really creative things,” he says. “And I think what Beakerhead will show is that their is a creative side to engineering and we’re going to try to bring it to the streets of Calgary.”
There will be a 25-minute large-scale event that includes a dump-truck, fork lift and parlour performers.
Other items featured are a 40 foot rocket ship, the Canadian premieres of lightning bolt band ArcAttack and German robot band Compressorhead.
According to their office, they’ll also have a Catharsis Catapult Competition for teams.
The event will be held between September 11th to the 15th.
For more information on ‘Beakerhead”, check out here.
