- Venue
- Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret
- Starts
- Friday, December 4, 2009
- Ends
- Monday, December 7, 2009
- Address
- 9a St Thomas St, London SE1 9RY
- Location
- London
Exploring the Invisible is a year long collaborative project between artist Anne Brodie, microbiologist Simon Park, and curator Caterina Albano using a strain of bioluminescent bacteria, Photobacterium phosphoreum, to explore our ways of interacting with bacteria. Through enquiry and experimentation that transcends the traditional boundaries of art and science, the project has developed a body of photographic work and a live installation that reimagines our encounter with bacteria. The projected photographs in the Old Operating Theatre are displayed within the original photo-booth in which the images were taken using the light emitted by living bacteria. The images restage the long exposure of the camera lens in the improbable and at times disquenting bioluminescence that gradually fades as the bacteria die. Brodie’s lens quietly captures the ineffableness of life’s formation and the fleeting reality of subjectivity. A living bacterial installation will take place on thurs 3 Nov 6.30-8pm. A talk by Brodie, Park and Albano on tues 8 Nov 6.30. Free but please contact Old Operating Theatre to reserve a place. Exploring the Invisible is a Wellcome Arts funded project
