BSMS opens house to Fringe
March 31, 2011 at 2:58 PM
Art and Medicine Exhibition
28th and 29th May 2011 11am-4pm (Free entry)
The exhibition features innovative artworks created by students at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, using installation, performance, intervention, sculpture, painting, photography, video and digital media as a means of communicating ideas about medicine and bio-medical science.
Also featured are works by professional artists and designers involved with the medical school, including Patrick Altes and Tom Ainsworth. A new series of artworks by students from the Art and Microbiology Course, made using bacteria will be presented. We are also very pleased to announce tha works from the internationally recognised Laboratory Life project which took place at Lighthouse recently will be exhibited. That exhibition brought together BSMS medical students and staff with scientists and artists such as Anna Dumitriu, Kira O’Reilly, Bruce Gilchrist, Andy Gracie and Adam Zaretsky to collaborate on new art and science projects. The Laboratory Life project was led by artist Andy Gracie & organised by Lighthouse and The Arts Catalyst and originally staged as part of Brighton Science Festival.
Perspectives on Art and Medicine Symposium
28th May 2011 1pm-5pm (£5 registration fee - which goes towards the students work and exhibition costs)
This symposium focuses on the relationship of art and medicine viewed from many perspectives. Speakers include leading experts in the fields of art and science alongside students from Brighton and Sussex Medical School whose work is featured in the accompanying “Art and Medicine” exhibition. Brighton and Sussex Medical School has worked on collaborative projects with several high profile artists.
Provisional Symposium Schedule
•1:00 Welcome and Keynote Professor Helen Smith
•1:30 Design in the Clinical Environment Panel (Chair Tom Ainsworth (inc questions)
•2:30 Coffee Break
•3:00 Laboratory Life Panel (Chair Honor Harger) (inc questions)
•4:00 Art and Medicine Panel (Chair Anna Dumitriu, including Patrick Altes) (inc questions)
•5:00 Drinks and networking
•6:00 Exhibition Preview and performances.
Venue Information
Brighton and Sussex Medical School Teaching Building,
University of Sussex, Falmer
