BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c9d3924ddbca35ca6fbe8dc09da609b0 DTSTAMP:20260307T155132Z SUMMARY:Microbe Stories DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Outline\nThe Blyth Gallery at Imperial College are p leased to present a solo exhibition of artworks by internationally acclaim ed bioartist Anna Dumitriu exploring our relationship to the microbial wor ld. Dumitriu’s art practice fuses craft\, technology and bioscience to w eave complex but engaging narratives around our relationship to infectious disease and its cultural and personal implications. She works hands-on wi th the tools and techniques of microbiology and synthetic biology to creat e intricate artworks that reveal strange histories and emerging futures. H er obsessions with the history and treatment of infectious diseases\, medi cal ethics\, antibiotics and antibiotic resistance\, natural dyes and anci ent remedies\, the evolution of drug discovery process and genetics speak urgently to the concerns of wide audiences and make for a visceral and emo tionally affecting experience.\n \nThe exhibition will include works from many of her key projects including her Romantic Disease project which exp lores mankind’s strange relationship with ‘the Romantic Disease’ Tub erculosis (TB) from early superstitions about the disease\, through the de velopment of antibiotics\, to the latest research into whole genome sequen cing of bacteria\, and some of her works exploring synthetic biology and t he hunt for new antibiotic solutions – particularly inspired through her collaboration with the Modernising Medical Microbiology Project. Visitors will be struck by her unexpected uses of materials that combine intricate traditional and sometimes ancient art making techniques with the use of l ab generated materials including sterilised disease-causing\, or genetical ly modified bacteria. The work featured in the exhibition is drawn from ma ny collaborations and is presented with support from Dr Elita Jauneikaite and Dr Nicola Fawcett.\nArtist’s Biography\nAnna Dumitriu is a British a rtist working at the cutting edge of biomedical research\, combining fine art and craft techniques with microbiology\, genetics and synthetic biolog y. She has a strong international exhibition profile\, having exhibited at The Picasso Museum in Barcelona (Spain)\, The Science Gallery in Dublin ( Eire)\, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Taipei (Taiwan)\, Waag Socie ty Amsterdam (Netherlands)\, Art Laboratory Berlin (Germany)\, and The V & A Museum in London (UK). Her work is held in several major public collect ions\, including the Science\nMuseum London (UK) and Eden Project in Cornw all (UK). She works embedded in scientific and medical settings and is art ist in residence on the Modernising Medical Microbiology Project at the Un iversity of Oxford (UK)\, a visiting research fellow: artist in residence in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Hertfordshire ( UK)\, an honorary research fellow in the Wellcome Trust Brighton and Susse x Centre for Global Health at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (UK)\, an d a research fellow at Waag Society (Netherlands). In 2016 she completed a residency at the Liu Laboratory for Synthetic Evolution at The University of California in Irvine (USA) and the resulting artworks were featured in the groundbreaking exhibition “WETWARE” at the Beall Center for Art a nd Technology in Irvine (USA) curated by Jens Hauser and David Familian. H er work is featured in William Myers significant large format book on Bio Art\, entitled “Bio Art: Altered Realities” published by Thames and Hu dson in 2016.\n \nMost recently Dumitriu has been collaborating with Prof essor Maggie Smith at The University of York to artistically explore “Th e Hunt for New Antimicrobials”\, and is currently working with the EU FE T project MRG-Grammar to investigate the grammar of gene regulation at The Wellcome Sanger Institute\, The Weizmann Institute (Israel) and Technion (Israel) through an EU FEAT residency. She is the artist partner and on th e EU Horizon 2020 funded FET support action FEAT: Future Emerging Art and Technology.\n \n \nMost recently Dumitriu has been collaborating with Pr ofessor Maggie Smith at The University of York to artistically explore “ The Hunt for New Antimicrobials”\, and is currently working with the EU FET project MRG-Grammar to investigate the grammar of gene regulation at T he Wellcome Sanger Institute\, The Weizmann Institute (Israel) and Technio n (Israel) through an EU FEAT residency. She is the artist partner and on the EU Horizon 2020 funded FET support action FEAT: Future Emerging Art a nd Technology.\n Events\nExhibition Tour 29th March 12:30pm-1:30pm in the Blyth Gallery\nArtist Anna Dumitriu will lead a tour of the gallery and an swer questions about her artwork and the ideas and techniques that underpi n it. The tour is open to members of the public\, Imperial College staff a nd students and members of the press.\nWorkshop: Bioart and antimicrobial resistance workshop with Anna Dumitriu\, Dr Elita Jauneikaite (Imperial Co llege) and Dr Nicola Fawcett (University of Oxford) 1:30pm-4:00pm in the B lyth Gallery\nA hands-on practical art-science workshop with artist Anna D umitriu and Dr. Elita Jauneikaite from Imperial College exploring how art can creatively explore the complex issues around antimicrobial resistance and new technologies in microbiology such as whole genome sequencing and s ynthetic biology. The workshop is open adults and over 10s accompanied by a parent/guardian\, no experience is required. Free.\nArtists Talk by Anna Dumitriu as part of the Imperial College CDT Festival of Science: Science and Art 21st April 2017\nAnna Dumitriu will discuss her artistic practice \, collaborative working methods and work in the exhibition as part of the Imperial College CDT Festival. 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