Tag Archives: art

“There’s no lights on the Xmas tree momma, they’re burnin’ an artist tonight!”

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Mike White writes: There was a hatchet job in Sunday’s Independent on arts in hospitals based on perfunctory information extracted on NHS expenditure on art works (accessible here). Those of us who are driving the development of the National Alliance … Continue reading →

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New book available for review: ‘Frissure’ by Kathleen Jamie and Brigid Collins

Posted on December 11, 2013 by ben kasstan

Frissure: A collaborative work between Kathleen Jamie and Brigid Collins ‘This is a book about seeing and being seen; about looking at being looked at. It is an intimate book, where the private process of looking and seeing passes from … Continue reading →

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The Artful Brain (Institute of Philosophy Centre for the Study of the Senses Symposium, 25 October 2013)

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THE SENSES THE ARTFUL BRAIN Fri 25 October 2013 G22/26, Senate House, University of London From Ghiberti’s development of perspective to Gombrich’s work on illusions in art, the science of perception and … Continue reading →

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“Vermin” (CFP, Issue 9 of Nyx, a print & online publication of critical theory, radical politics & art)

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Nyx, a Noctournal is a print and online publication of critical theory, radical politics and art. It is peer reviewed by a collective of young researchers, activists and theorists and is based at Goldsmiths, University of London. Issue 9: Vermin … Continue reading →

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Susan Aldworth’s Transience: Fiona Johnstone reviews the magic of etchings taken from brain tissue

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Fiona Johnstone, PhD candidate at Birkbeck University, writes:  Susan Aldworth’s latest exhibition, Transience, at GV Arts, London, until 20th July, is based on a suite of etchings taken from slices of human brain tissue. The project is a collaboration between … Continue reading →

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Drawing Women’s Cancer: Speaking The Unspeakable

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Speaking the Unspeakable specifically addressed vulval disease and began with the idea that a combination of easier access to patient-focused information about symptoms and treatment, along with a greater public awareness and acceptance of vulval disease as a rare yet … Continue reading →

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Art for Hospitals – the healing process

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Photographer Dominic Pote writes: Nature has always fascinated me. I discovered nature through painting from an early age. When later I discovered photography, I wanted to continue, this time with the means of the camera, to reveal more about the … Continue reading →

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Art in the Asylum: Creativity & the Evolution of Psychiatry (Exhibition, Nottingham, 7 September – 3 November 2013)

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Art in the Asylum Exhibition & new installation “Marat Sade Bohnice” by Althea Thauberger Art in the Asylum: creativity and the evolution of psychiatry presents the first look at the evolution of artistic activity in British asylums from the early … Continue reading →

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Christine Borland and Brody Condon: Daughters of Decayed Tradesmen (Artist Commission, 1 August – 1 September 2013)

Posted on June 11, 2013 by William Viney

Mon–Sun, 10am–6pm
 Edinburgh Festival
 Installed inside the Watchtower,
 New Calton Burial Ground,
 off Regent Road EH7 5BL

 Borland and Condon’s new work stems directly from conversation and collaboration. While their individual practices are quite distinct – Borland rooted more in … Continue reading →

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Call to Action: Join Making Waves and Nottingham Contemporary In Creative Maladjustment

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

‘… there are some things in this world to which I am proud to be maladjusted … I never intend to adjust myself to segregation and discrimination … I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry … I never … Continue reading →

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