Welcome to the LEVEL! Discover a one-of-a-kind experience with our online talks and lectures. We pride ourselves on delivering concise yet impactful lectures in arts and culture, fostering fresh and diverse outlooks on our world. Our approach goes beyond the surface, valuing understanding over mere knowledge. Our unique lectures are tailored to guide you through newfound perspectives and foster a deep appreciation for foreign viewpoints. Teaming up with leading experts in the field of art and culture, we offer an enriching journey that transcends traditional learning. Join us and embark on an enlightening adventure that will broaden your horizons and ignite your curiosity!
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End Game: The Art of Marcel Duchamp
This talk explores how Duchamp visually integrated chess into his artworks and, more importantly, how he employed the fundamental strategies of chess into his art.
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Healing the Japanese Way: Exploring Reiki, Acupuncture, and More
We are thrilled to announce a new lecture on traditional Japanese energy healing practices, including Reiki, acupuncture, shiatsu, Kampo, and moxibustion.
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Hendrick Avercamp’s winter wonderlands: Game on!
This talk explores Avercamp’s artworks showing crowds of people of different ages, religions and social classes engaged in common activities: skating, sledding, and playing games.
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Magic and Mystery in Peter Doig’s Art
This talk will discuss Peter Doig’s, a mesmerising exploration of dreams and magic, where reality and imagination seamlessly intertwine.
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Neuroaesthetics: The Transformative Power of the Arts
By examining the neural underpinnings of our appreciation for beauty and aesthetics, this lecture aims to underscore the profound impact the arts can have on our overall health and quality of life.
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Poetry Reading: Game On!
Join our next Poetry Reading Night when we will enjoy reading aloud poems dedicated to reflections on games and pastimes.
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Mystery, Miracles and Magic: the work by the artist M.C.Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher became an artist after failing miserably in school. To think that this artist, so good at creating mind boggling perspectives executed with mathematical precision, failed at every single math test he ever did, is incredible. His exploration of pattern, space and surrealist viewpoints create optical illusions where one sees reality change into…
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The Magic Body: Visualising Medieval Medicine
Before modern medicine, which developed in the late 18th century, the body was treated in relation to the cycles of nature. Some scholars have called this ‘the greening of the body’, exploring how ancient and medieval people thought of a human like a plant, growing and changing with the seasons. The theories of astrology and…
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Miracles and Magic in Old Norse Viking Sagas and Mythology
Norse magic, known as seiðr, was a mystical practice primarily performed by women called völva. These practitioners held a complex and often contradictory place in society, both feared and respected. In times of need, their personal magic could be transformed into public rituals for the community. Seiðr encompassed a range of practices, including spå (fortune-telling),…
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Vanitas: a matter of life and death£4.90
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Creatures of the Night: an Unnatural History of Monsters£4.90
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Blood, Guts and Implants: The Role of the Body in Performance Art£4.90
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A Golden Dawn: magic, mystery and madness at the turn of the 20th century£4.90
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Ancestral Veneration: Honouring the Dead Across Cultures£4.90
Blog
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The Practices and Principles of Shintoism
Shinto emphasizes worshiping and thankfulness to the land, and natural elements, simultaneously reminding us that we are a part of nature and that we can elevate our spirit only if we reconnect to our surroundings.Â
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How patience is becoming a lost virtue in our instant-gratification society
Our society, once accustomed to waiting and savouring the slow burn of anticipation, now thrives on the immediate and the instant. Has humanity lost its patience? Is this becoming a virtue that we need to regain?
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Cosmopolitanism in Urban Settings
Cosmopolitanism highlights cities as hubs of cultural awareness, where people from different backgrounds coexist and interact daily. New York, London, and Tokyo stand out for their distinct characteristics, contributing to their reputation as global metropoles.
