Second Year Report Institute of Making, UCL 2014-15

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Flesh

The Wellcome Trust sponsored Conreen et al to produce a series of exhibits, installations and live events in their gallery space to provide an insight into the materiality of flesh, and its connection with the Wellcome Collection; to human health and medicine. The approach was largely aimed at an affective visitor experience. The audience (approx. 300) were offered the opportunity to touch, feel, smell, cut, drill and even taste flesh. The ultimate aim of the exhibition was to provide a complement to the Wellcome Trust collection, enhancing visitor experience and extending their understanding of health and medicine through appreciating the material connections that work in these areas. Flesh, in its numerous guises and forms, was presented using the conceit of tables (referring to the dissecting table of medical research). The event was curated around the following titles: The Organ Table; The Dissection Table; Preserving Table; Eating Flesh; Flesh Eating; DNA Table; Skin Table; Cutting Table; Sawing and Drilling Table; The Eye Ball Table; The Gut Table; Mummification Table. Experts in flesh, such as surgeons, body builders, butchers, artists and scientists gave talks on flesh from their perspective throughout the duration of the event. A Life Drawing class was also part of the evening, to allow visitors to reacquaint themselves with the human body. The event was filmed and photographed for the Wellcome Trust archives. A catalogue for the event was produced

Materials Library Presents: Tate Modern Rehang, Levels 3 and 5

In 2005, Conreen, Miodownik and Laughlin received funding from the EPSRC to establish the '��Art and Science of Materials' network that linked materials scientists with practitioners in art and design. The network was launched at the Tate Modern on 15 April. After the launch Conreen et al were approached by the Tate Modern and asked to create various exhibits and installations to enable the public to engage better with contemporary art by understanding the materiality of the art itself. This entry is a series of curated exhibits and performances staged by Conreen et al (Materials Library Group at the Tate Modern. Different gallery spaces in the museum were the focus of investigation and ultimately for the elucidation of the significance of the materials of art production. They were designed to complement the re-hang of the museum and curated using four titles - '��Material Gestures', 'Poetry and Dream', '��States of Flux' and 'Idea & Object'. The four events were sponsored by LCACE and The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation . The original contribution of this research is: firstly, to identify and provide a new way for the public and the gallery/curators to engage with works of art through physical encounters with materials and, secondly, relatedly, to open up a space for a research community to investigate the importance of a technical engagement with matter in enhancing aesthetic experience

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