- Venue
- Keynes College Atrium Gallery, University of Kent
- Starts
- Thursday, September 17, 2009
- Ends
- Friday, October 30, 2009
- Address
- Keynes College University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NP
- Location
- South East England
As artist-in-residence I received an Arts Council grant to explore the potential for making artwork in response to the cutting edge research projects in the School of Biosciences, at the University of Kent. I chose two very different approaches to capture images: pinhole photography, using the very earliest low-tech camera technique; and composite digital imaging using snapshots from the very latest high-tech digital facilities available in the laboratories, employing fluorescent probes and confocal microscopy (which strangely enough uses a pinhole to deliver the laser bean scanner!) I have used my early career experience as a biologist, and my current skills as an artist to collaborate with the research teams. The artwork incorporates some of the incredible images from the current projects in the School of Biosciences- projects with outcomes relevant to all our lives. Large canvas prints of composite digital images reflecting these projects are shown in the exhibition, incorporating micrographs, digital photos, and drawn elements. The pinhole photographs in the exhibition were taken with cameras made from laboratory water barrels. The indoor locations require long exposures (up to 16 hours), so capture time rather than freezing it, giving unique tracings incorporating activity in laboratories, facilities and other spaces in the department: tracking the movements of scientists and equipment.www.anniehalliday.com
