Do Not Lick: MadLab’s DIY biology residency at Arts Catalyst
DIY Biology is a growing global network of individuals that aims to promote citizen science and access to biotechnology. Participants
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Beatriz da Costa 1974-2012
The artist Beatriz da Costa lost her long, fierce battle with cancer on the evening of 27 December 2012, at
Transformism: new works by Melanie Jackson and Revital Cohen
In ‘Transformism’, the Arts Catalyst’s latest exhibition which has just opened at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, Melanie Jackson and
Nuclear landscapes: exploring New Mexico’s atomic legacy
Looking out towards Trinity Ground Zero (20 miles away), New Mexico My first trip to the States, in 1997, was
Higgs: its cultural significance
“If we combine the Z-Z and the Gamma-Gamma,this is what we get: they line up extremely well, and in the
Ruins, conflict, culture and science: dOCUMENTA (13)
Many adjectives have already been wielded to describe this year’s documenta, “earnest”, “grim”, “despondent” and “concept-less” among them. Certainly, there
How life transforms: reflections on a conversation with Rob Kesseler and Enrico Coen
Why do I like Rob Kesseler’s work? At first glance, his highly detailed, colour-enhanced micrographs of pollen, seeds, fruit and
Performance, theatre and science
Last week, I went to Curious Directive’s show Your Last Breath. Curious Directive create devised theatre works incorporating scientific ideas,
Extreme citizen science: rainforests, urban jungles and the arctic perspective …
Last week I attended the London Citizen Cyberscience Summit with Lisa Haskel, Arts Catalyst’s resident research engineer, to catch up
Proposal: an arts/science* ethics advisory panel initiative
* arts/science, in this context only, implies art that needs or would value science ethics expertise Following from the artist-initiated
Wasted debates: using human remains in art
Recently, I took part in a round table discussion on the use of human remains in art. The discussion participants
Human specimens: a labyrinth of morality, science and law
I was interested to see this debate come up in the media just before Christmas: Royal College of Surgeons rejects
A new art-science renaissance – in Texas?
The remarkable Roger Malina is – unsurprisingly – already shaking things up in his new role at the University of
Interference patterns – Semiconductor
Semiconductor – artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt – have put their new film ’20HZ’ online. 2oHZ, Semiconductor, 2011 I
Call for art science residency proposals, IMéRA, France
A rare opportunity with a remarkable new institution. IMéRA is an Institute for Advanced Study in the south of France, which opened
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