{"id":160,"date":"2023-08-29T13:25:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/ic-wip\/?p=160"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:25:12","slug":"great-exhibition-road-festival-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/ic-wip\/2023\/08\/29\/great-exhibition-road-festival-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Exhibition Road Festival 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Ginevra Casati, a PhD student in the Plasma Physics group, was able to tell her personal 15-minute story of awe and wonder: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk\/event\/looking-our-favourite-constellations\/\">Looking Up to Our Favourite Constellations<\/a>\u201d. Here are her reflections from the event!<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/ic-wip\/files\/2023\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-07-19-at-15.15.50.jpeg\" alt=\"Ginevra Casati telling her story of awe and wonder\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ginevra Casati telling her story of awe and wonder at the Great Exhibition Road Festival 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As physicists we are trained to communicate our science in a highly specific manner: concise, clear, objective, with little room for personal flair or whimsicality, so when I had the opportunity to learn how to tell a story to a lay audience, I was intrigued, but also a little bit daunted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choosing a story to tell was not simple. I was afraid my audience wouldn\u2019t be entertained if I shared something completely autobiographic. I also wanted to leave my comfort zone and step out of the bounds of the research that takes up my working hours. I found that sharing a story about personal growth and passion with an audience of strangers made me feel vulnerable, but also more excited than talking about my results in front of scientists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I really enjoyed the process of thinking creatively about my story and I was thrilled to have the chance to practice my storytelling skills with people of the caliber of Prof. Claudia de Rham.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the day, the reality of presenting at the Victoria and Albert Museum had me nervous and intimidated. As I made my way down exhibition road I was overwhelmed by the infectiously fun atmosphere of the festival, everywhere I looked there were curiosities on display, innovative workshops and the whole road was awash with bright colors. In that moment I realized I was part of the festival, and the feeling of belonging to something so huge made my nerves disappear almost completely, replaced with a powerful desire to leave my mark on the festival as best as I could.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stage fright was kept at bay by my close friends who came to support me.in more than one instance I felt a bit overwhelmed or didn\u2019t remember how to continue the story and looking at their smiling faces gave me the push I needed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connecting with the audience during and after the story was special, I really enjoyed discussing parts of my tale with members of the audience and hearing how they interpreted what I said and how it resonated with them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, it was an exhilarating experience which I am eager to repeat next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ginevra Casati, a PhD student in the Plasma Physics group, was able to tell her personal 15-minute story of awe and wonder: \u201cLooking Up to Our Favourite Constellations\u201d. 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