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gut.place.belief.interact [Thought experiment for Creative Fellowship in the form of a Venn diagram, following a conversation with Steve, using a portait of John Venn. Don’t know what to make of […]
It
Things are moving on with the Creative Fellowship at University of Exeter. Here is a working drawing, entitled ‘It’, in the form of a mini-manifesto to the AMR network. I’m […]
God, azoles and rethinking the self
I wanted to find out what a philosopher could possibly be doing in the AMR network. Well, now I know. It is intriguing: turns out he is part of the […]
The gas man cometh
Amongst my parents’ small collection of LPs was this one. Aside from ‘Hippo Encore’ [Mud, mud, glorious mud] and ‘First and Second Law’ [of Thermodynamics], it was the song ‘The […]
Feeling the network
I love harmonographs. Place the tip of the pen on the paper and set the pendula in motion. Then watch in wonder as the drawing slowly reveals itself: a unique […]
Smash and grab
I’ve been trying to get my head around next-generation genome sequencing. How it has revolutionised our understanding of microbiomes. From what I can work out, somewhat similar to the arrival […]
One for every occassion
You might have an old wooden-handled hammer and offer it to three people: to the first, it is a useful tool for a spot of weekend DIY; to the second […]
Up close and personal
I really didn’t expect this. I always thought of bacteria as a crowd, a mass of cells that fermented or infected, never as individuals. But that is just what is […]
The eared one
I’ve been talking with some member of the AMR network, and came across this. I guess you could say that those blobs look a bit like ears, hence the name […]
Ambassador of One Health?
At this time, acutely aware of our own vulnerability to Covid-19, there is the faint hope that the pandemic might shift our attidude to the multivarious world around us: offering […]
Nothing’s separate anymore
I’m meeting it again, reading about the microbiome (this time fungi) and the author is telling me that we need to rethink how we think of ourselves: ditch the idea […]
Meshing a network
First time I’ve been artist-in-residence in a network*. So it got me thinking about what sort of place is a network; where do you look for the interesting stuff: along […]
A question of scale
Making the invisible visible is something that artists often attempt to do, as I have done in the past using different ‘beyond-eye’ technologies to reveal something new or beautiful. At […]
Surround sounds different
I’ve been working with Thol on the surround-sound audio for Surface Tensions in SVA’s wonderful Goods Shed. By now he has at least 100 tracks running simultaneously, so it takes […]
Searching for synchronicity
Last week I was working with Nat and Than in SVA‘s Goods Shed on the final stages of Surface Tensions. We have all learnt so much over the past year […]
Into the microbiocene
Just getting started on research for my AMR Fellowship. It has been a while since I have come across a subject that gets the the core of things so quickly. […]
