Isis Presents Art and Agenda
ART & POLITICS PANEL How and can art work politically? Is art always retrospective? Can transient political circumstance be reconciled with the permanency of art? Our speakers will be addressing the relationship between art and politics in a lively discussion with plenty of opportunity for qu
The future of happiness
Are you happy? Is the person sitting next to you, if there is any such, happy? I don’t know; perhaps even you don’t know. I do however feel confident telling you that, whenever you are reading this copy of ISIS, right now Anders Sandberg is happy.
ISIS presents… SMASH HITS! at Babylove
ISIS is taking over Babylove for the first time this term SMASH HITS! from the likes of KATE BUSH/MACY GRAY/ADAM AND THE ANTS/MADONNA/BLONDIE Come down if you are interested in getting involved in next term’s ISIS, have a pitch, or want to speak to the editors or creative team Wednesday 24th of Oc
Student Documentary Premiere: Stadium Hotel
Stadium Hotel A Portrait of Lagos and its Musicians in the Years After Independence Lagos, Nigeria, 1960. Highlife, a West African musical form which had been developing since the early twentieth century, was at its peak. In the years that followed Independence, a young generation of musicians playe
‘Bird on a Wire’ Screening, with Director Tony Palmer
ISIS presents a screening of the classic documentary about Leonard Cohen’s 1972 European tour: ‘Bird on a Wire’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hyd_ygJviQ Featuring exclusive Q & A with the legendary film maker himself: Tony Palmer Tony Palmer’s lengthy and prolific caree
ISIS.Evolve – Issue Launch Party (7th Week)
On Wednesday of 7th, ISIS will be taking over Babylove for the last time this term for its climax THE ISSUE LAUNCH. Come down to celebrate the end of a great term, the end (or lack) of exams, and the start of the summer proper! As usual, ISIS staff will be on hand if […]
Clive Wearing
Clive Wearing, a successful British composer and musicologist, lost his ability to form new memories when part of his brain was destroyed by a virus which usually would have given him cold sores. With no ability to remember what has happened only seconds in the past, he is continually suspended in a
HUMAN RIGHTS and REPORTING
In celebration of the 120th Anniversary of the Isis, and in association with Amnesty Oxford and Oxford University Amnesty. With RICHARD BARLTROP, CROFTON BLACK, GREGORY DEACON. Okinaga Room, Wadham College // 8 pm Monday 21 May // £3 entry //