Bonnie Greer in conversation with Marcus du Sautoy

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Bonnie Greer in conversation with Marcus du Sautoy

12 Sep 2009

Speakers: Bonnie Greer, Marcus du Sautoy

On 12 September 2009, The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm hosted The Long Conversation, a 12-hour relay discussion involving twenty different speakers spanning science, art, business, technology, literature and philosophy. The series was inspired by Jem Finer’s 1000-year piece of music Longplayer – performed, simultaneously, elsewhere in the building.

Playwright Bonnie Greer seems as passionate as Marcus du Sautoy does about exploring absolute beauty within the mathematical form. The application of this science moves well beyond the pure numerical realm as the pair discuss mathematics' applicability across life, from art, through music, to perfection. They explore how unexpected revelation becomes more than invention, and how the aesthetic subject is one of true emotional catharsis.