The departments of Biophysics and Film and Media Studies, along with Common Question, invite you to an uncommon evening of science and film on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Parkway. The Oscar-winning science fiction film Ex Machina will be screened. Introductory remarks by Veit Stuphorn, of the Mind/Brain Institute, and Sanjeev Khudanpur, director of the Language Processing Institute, precede the screening, and a Q&A follows it.
Reserve your free tickets on the event website.
Written and directed by Alex Garland, Ex Machina (2014) stars Domhnall Gleeson as a programmer at an internet company who becomes part of a Turing test when he's invited to stay at the CEO's private estate. The robot in question (Alicia Vikander) teams up with Gleeson to escape the estate, but whose side is she really on?
Please arrive 20 minutes before start time (6:30) for ticketing and concessions. Doors will close at 6:30 p.m.
The Parkway is located on the southwest corner of North Avenue and Charles Street. From Homewood: Take the JHMI South shuttle to North Ave and walk west from St. Paul to Charles. From Peabody: Take the JHMI North shuttle to North Avenue and Charles.
