094610/Z/10/Z: Laboratory Life

Project Summary:Laboratory Life is an art-science production workshop, exhibition and talks programme, exploring the use of new technologies in biomedicine, taking place as part of Brighton Science Festival in February and March 2011. At its heart is an innovative nine day publicly accessible production workshop- or "open laboratory" - which will result in four new collaborative art-science projects. Technology js transforming healthcare and biomedical research. The practice of medicine is being revolutionized by new technologies such as informatics, biotechnologies, new materials, and robotics. Yet there is a sense of ambivalence in the general public about this increasing technologization. Technology represents both progress and threat. Laboratory Life address this ambivalence by adopting a radically open structure, where the public will observe, and engage with, artists and scientists as they work with biomedical technologies in an open laboratory environment. The projects created in the open laboratory will be subsequently showcased in a series of public events, including an exhibition, an open day for schools, public presentations, a live-to-air radio broadcast, and tours to ·galleries and festivals throughout Europe.

Grant Holder:Ms Honor Harger

Organisation:Lighthouse

Financial Year:2010/2011