Society for Research into Higher Education

Speaker at the day SRHE workshop "Still divided cultures? Researching the practice interactions of art and science" Friday May 9 2014

The Nine O'Clock Slot

Advisor to Ice and Fire in the development of their new theatre production, The Nine O’Clock Slot  (26 March to 19 April 2014)

Family day at Photo51

The last day of Photo51 is also a family day, open to the public and free.
Click here for the full programme of demonstrations and activities.

Google doodles Photo51

Read about Google, Rosalind Franklin and link to the Photo51 exhibition in the Guardian here

Photo51: "Science in Action" BBC World Service and Press Reviews

BBC World Service "Science in Action" talks to Shelley James and Professor Brian Sutton from KCL about the science behind the art in Photo51. Podcast available here

Also:
Review in the Londonist
Interview with Richard Wingate in Blouin Art Info

Photo51 on "All in the Mind" BBC R4

Marcus Lyon and Richard Wingate discuss the Photo51 exhibition with All in the Mind's Claudia Hammond.
9.00 pm June 18th repeated 3.30pm June 19th or listen again here

Photo51: from DNA to the Brain - exhibition and events

Curator of Photo51: from DNA to the Brain.
Exhibition of photography, glass sculpture and installation.
June 25th-July 27th.
Inigo Rooms, East Wing Somerset House, King's College London

Works by Christine Donnier-Valentin, Marcus Lyon and Shelley James.
Part of the MRC 100th anniversary celebrations, with generous support from AstraZeneca and Interfocus. Hosted by the King's Cultural Institute.

Full public events programme here

What is Photo 51?
The story of DNA exploration at KCL
Makers of Modern Genetics at Wellcome Library
The scientists behind the Brains on exhibition

"Brains" in Manchester

Transfer of 2012's Wellcome Collection exhibition to MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry (26 July 2013 - 4 January 2014)

'What can art do for neuroscience?' BNA Festival of Neuroscience

Wellcome Trust sponsored workshop on the challenges faced by artists and scientists when they collaborate. April 9, Barbican Centre, London. Panelists; Richard Wingate, Sophie Scott, Russell Foster, Nicky Clayton and Clive Wilkins. Facilitated by Claudia Hammond, showcasing work from The Clerks and Alasdair Hopwood.

"Art and Science" at GV Art

An exhibition to provoke, at GV Art, London.

Cell drawings and laboratory diagrams alongside artists including Annie Cattrell, Susan Aldworth, Oron Catts, Katharine Dowson.

31 january - 16 March 2013

Embodiment, Art and Science

Public discussion on Embodiment in Science and Art, chaired by Martha Fleming - Richard Wingate, Natasha Myers, Andrew Carnie, Susan Aldworth, Marius Kwint and Karen Ingham at the Inigo Rooms, East Wing Somerset House.

20th June 2012 6-7.30pm

"Between" reviews in New Scientist etc.

Reviews of "Between" in New Scientist's Culture Lab blog,
Garageland blog, Architectural Review, Studio International, Urban Times

"Between" at Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing

Co-organiser of a new exhibition of works  by Susan Aldworth, Andrew Carnie and Karen Ingham that cross-reference contemporary science, digital imaging techniques, philosophy and the humanities, to explore emerging and enriched images of the Self

19 April until 30 June 2012, (Mon-Sat, 13.00–19.00).

"Brain Jar" at the Wellcome Collection

April 14th 2012: Exploring human brain anatomy with the general public in a live class.

Part of a day of Brain events curated by Gethan and Myles at the Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection "Brains: Mind as Matter"

 Scientific adviser for Brains: The Mind as Matter at the Wellcome Collection 29th march - 17th June. Book co-authored with Marius Kwint and contributions to the exhibition.

Preview of "Between" at Inigo Rooms

Professor Alan Read, Susan Aldworth and Richard Wingate preview Between at the Inigo Rooms in the East Wing of Somerset House. Between is a collaboration between Susan Aldworth, Karen Ingham, Andrew Carnie and Richard Wingate

Big Science FM Radio Discussion

Resonance 104.4fm radio chat with Ed Gerstner on Development of the Brain 16th November 2011 9-10pm

Performing Medicine's Anatomy Season

Two public events at the Whitechapel Gallery: Screening the Body (November 19th) and Unravelling Anatomy (November 20th). Performing Medicine, Anatomy Season is produced by Clod Ensemble.

Images of the Mind

Catlogue essay "Art, Science and Imagination: Visions of the Brain Cell" to accompany joint exhibition at Deutsches Hygiene Museum in Dresden and the Moravská Gallery in Brno July to October 2011. Reviewed in Nature

Kinetica 2011

Friday 4th February at 12. "Slices and Snapshots": Seminar with Andrew Carnie at the 2011 Kinetica Art Fair.

Pic' of the day

New Scientist 24th June with commentary in the CultureLab blog

2010 Talk: Dendritic Forms, GV Art, London

Talk with artist Andrew Carnie and art historian Marius Kwint 12th August at GV Art

The "Dendritic Forms" exhibition runs from 23rd June to 10th September.
Then "Brain Storm" until January 22nd
See review in the Wall Street Journal

2009 Art Meets Science, York University, Toronto

York University 50th Anniversary Event Transformative Entanglements: Plenary Speaker with Martha Fleming and Nell Tanhaaf
September 30

2009 BA Science Festival

Speaker at Your Creative Brain, 2009 British Association Science Festival, Guildford (September 8th)

2009 "For the Best" Symposium

Chairman, City Hall (June 26). "For the Best" (by Mark Storor, produced by Anna Ledgard) is a participatory theatre production with children at the Evelina Hospital School, Guy's and St. Thomas' Trust. Shown at the Unicorn Theatre (June-July) and supported by a Wellcome Trust Arts Production Award. Winner of the TMA Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People of 2009.

2009 Creative Community at the Dana Centre

Host/Chairman for this Dana Event

How does the human brain interpret art? Why does it even need to? Creative Community offers you an evening of talk, discussion and workshops on this theme.
26 March 2009
19:00 - 21:00

2009 Invisible World

New exhibition at the National Medical Museum / Norwegian Museum for Science and Technology, Oslo. Opening 30 of January 2009.

Video interview and commmentary for this exhibition of contemporary science visualisation

2008 Science in the Making - Radio 4

Two programmes on the practice of science with philosopher Stephen Webster for BBC Radio 4.
You can listen again at the BBC

2008 Global Warming

Advisor in development of "Global Warming" with playwright Ben Musgrave and Y-Touring for sixth form students

2008 Talking Science - the cycle of learning

One day workshop at the Dana Centre on facilitating public engagement for early career scientists co-organised with Dr. Leigh Wilson (Wingate lab) and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain - Chairman and Speaker