Fracking the Imagination.

A public forum of science, art and politics (Admission/participation free) Evening music from 7.30pm. Convened by Kelvin Mason and Adrian Plant in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University. In the light of Ceredigion becoming the first frack-free local authority in Wales and the Welsh government’s apparent moratorium, we ask: what does it mean? What is the science and technology of fracking? Where is energy policy made and contested? And how do we imagine fracking: how do we experience it emotionally and so represent the process and its effects? Extreme energy technologies such as fracking could shape the physical, human and cultural geography of the future. This forum brings together scientists, activists and artists to participate in a public depiction of fracking.