Just a brief post to draw your attention to an event in Glasgow over the next two months:
The British Society of Immunology are putting on an
art-science collaborative exhibition entitled Going Viral in Glasgow this
September.
Going Viral is an innovative art-science project. It is
the culmination of a collaborative programme of work undertaken by 6 artists
and 4 immunologists. Through their joint exploration of key functions of our
immune system – and the daily battles it fights – the Going Viral artists have
produced artworks that consider, question, interpret and present the immunology
they have researched.
Going Viral begins as an exhibition comprising stories,
film, sculpture, images and music. The experiences and encounters of those who
visit it will spread, virus like, across real and virtual networks and will
continue to grow beyond the life of the exhibition.
Trevor Cromie is focussing on a representation of the
patient’s progression through a life-threatening severe immune response,
recovery and its aftermath – and how immunology has made survival possible. His
focus is on the ‘emotional’ impact caused by anaphylaxis. Jo Hodges is working
with a participant group of organ donor recipients to identify an object that
they associate with their transplant and take fragments from these objects and
image them using scientific techniques and then represent them as artworks.
Jacqueline Donachie is working with a long term MS patient to explore the
prevalence of MS in Scotland, evidence of the impact of sunlight deprivation
and family history on the individual’s condition. Pete Baynes has written a
dialogue between scientist and artists, entitled ‘A Portrait of the Scientist’,
as well as several songs about things immunological. Hugh Watt is using film
and sculpture to focus on the instruments of science. All the exhibits will be
housed in a ‘host body’ structure created and designed by architect Ewan Imrie.
Going Viral will be at the Glasgow Science Centre from
6th September – 21st October 2012, entry is included with admission to the
Glasgow Science Centre. It is funded by the British Society for Immunology, who
commissioned Sound Strategies to develop and implement the project.
Please see www.bsigoingviral.org
for more information or follow us on twitter @BSIGoingViral.
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