Events

EVENING TALK
Anna Dumitriu: Artist’s Talk
Thursday 2 November 2017, 6pm

Anna Dumitriu works hands-on with the tools and techniques of microbiology and synthetic biology to create intricate artworks that reveal strange histories and emerging futures. In this talk she will discuss the exhibition and her work exploring infectious diseases and emerging technologies through art.

Dumitriu is a British artist whose work fuses craft, technology and bioscience. She weaves complex narratives around our relationship to infectious disease and its cultural and personal implications. She is artist-in-residence on the Modernising Medical Microbiology Project at the University of Oxford.

As well as creating artworks collaboratively in laboratories and healthcare settings at the cutting edge of science, she is known for developing participatory workshops. These engage diverse audiences in order to share stories and create spaces for dialogue between researchers and the public.

Please book your free ticket at www.bit.ly/mhs-events.

GUIDED TOUR
The Artist’s Tour
Wednesday 22 November 2017, 1.00 – 1.45pm

Visit BioArt and Bacteria with the artist Anna Dumitriu and see the creative process behind the exhibition.

Dumitriu works hands-on with the tools and techniques of microbiology and synthetic biology to create intricate artworks that reveal strange histories and emerging futures. In this tour through the exhibition Anna will explain her work exploring infectious diseases and emerging technologies through art.

No need to book, why not visit on your lunch break?

EVENING TALK
BioArt: Altered Realities
Thursday 14 December 2017, 6pm

William Myers (author of Bio Art: Altered Realities) explains how BioArt responds to our changing definitions of life, nature, and identity.

Please book your free ticket at www.bit.ly/mhs-events.

EVENING TALK
Meet the Bacteria
Thursday 18 January 2018, 6pm

Anna Dumitriu and Dr John Paul (Public Health England) have collaborated over a 13 year period. Dr Paul presents and celebrates their microbiological work and its impact.

Tickets will be available from Friday 1 December. Please book your free ticket at www.bit.ly/mhs-events.

GUIDED TOUR
The Artist’s Tour
Saturday 10 February 2018, 2.00 – 2.45pm

Visit BioArt and Bacteria with the artist Anna Dumitriu and see the creative process behind the exhibition.

Dumitriu works hands-on with the tools and techniques of microbiology and synthetic biology to create intricate artworks that reveal strange histories and emerging futures. In this tour through the exhibition Anna will explain her work exploring infectious diseases and emerging technologies through art.

No need to book.

EVENING TALK
TB: Stories from its DNA
Thursday 15 February 2018, 6pm

Tuberculosis still kills more people each year than any other germ. Where has it been? How is it evading treatment? And how can we eliminate it? Dr Timothy Walker (Nuffield Department of Medicine) will discuss how its DNA holds some vital clues.

Tickets will be available from Monday 1 January. Please book your free ticket at www.bit.ly/mhs-events.

EVENING TALK
In Conversation: Anna Dumitriu and Nicola Fawcett
Thursday 1 March 2018, 6pm

BioArtist Anna Dumitriu and microbiologist Dr Nicola Fawcett (Nuffield Department of Medicine) discuss their collaboration and how it highlights the impact of infectious diseases and antibiotics on our lives.

Tickets will be available from Thursday 1 February. Please book your free ticket at www.bit.ly/mhs-events.