Last chance to see ...     Melanie Jackson, The Urpflanze (Part 2) Flat Time House, 210 Bellenden Road, London SE15 4BW continues until Sunday 12 May (open Thursday-Sunday 12-6pm) In a series of moving image works and ceramic sculptures, Jackson continues her ongoing investigation into mutability and transformation, which takes its lead from Goethe's concept of an imaginary primal plant, the Urpflanze, that contained coiled up within it the potential to unfurl all possible future forms. A pdf presenting text and images discussed by Melanie Jackson and Esther Leslie during their recent salon at Flat Time House is now available to download here. The text elaborates upon Goethe's concept of the Urpflanze and how as a model for thinking it can transfigure across the social, political and artistic spectrum, acting as a narrative gateway to science fiction and folkloric myths.    A few tickets are still available for ...   KOSMICA x Astroculture The Arts Catalyst, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5PS Wednesday 15 May 2013, 6.30pm (doors) This month's KOSMICA, curated by Jareh Das, focuses on Astroculture as a cultural history of outer space and extra-terrestrial life in the twentieth-century imagination.  We will bring together space enthusiasts who have wide-ranging interests that include performance, cosmology, Afrofuturism, science fiction literature, music, mythology and philosophy.   The evening will include a performance by artist Kapwani Kiwanga and a short film screening followed by a conversation between Kapwani Kiwanga and Dr Nick Campion about cultural cosmology theories around Astroculture.  (NOTE: Kapwani Kiwanga's performance will not be filmed).   BOOK ONLINE Note: Only 10 tickets available on door.   Visit us ...   Elastic Dimensions The Arts Catalyst, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5PS Saturday 18 May 2013, noon-8pm The Arts Catalyst, along with other art venues in London's EC1 & WC1 areas, is taking part in a gallery open day.  Visitors will be able to find out more about what we do, see videos documenting our past projects – like Simon Faithfull’s Escape Vehicle No 6, Tomas Saraceno’s Poetic Cosmos of the Breath, Rachel Mayeri’s Primate Cinema: Apes as Family, Attention Weightlessness, Critical Art Ensemble’s Genterra 2002, Brandon Ballengée’s Malamp UK and more.   Patrick Stevenson-Keating will be demonstrating The Quantum Parallelograph (above) enabling participating visitors to explore their parallel identities in work that examines the scientific and philosophical ideas surrounding the theory of quantum physics and multiple universes.   The day will also provide a chance to learn more about The Arts Catalyst’s programme as we start our twentieth year and be able to browse and buy our books and artists' maps at sale prices.

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