Abstract
Insight Radical was a year-long residency with Melbournes ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology exploring the impact that free radicals have on our lives - and art materials. Curated by science communicator Dr Renee Beele, the project involved six Australian artists Tony Lloyd, Steve Lopes, Anna Madeleine, Natalie OConnor, Peter Sharp and Ruth Waller. The Pill Portraits are made of empty pill packets re-filled with 3D-printed fake pills in the formation of pixilated portraits. The portraits, of myself, my dad (a climate scientist) and my grandfather (a chemist and artist) show how science and art has run through the generations of my family, and also link to the idea of ageing, caused by free radicals. The materials of everyday packaging combined with 3D printed objects explores how new technologies are changing modes of production in science, art and medical technology, and in turn what were made up of as humans.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | London, UK |
| Publisher | Griffin Gallery |
| Size | 74.5 x 53cm each |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | Insight Radical - Griffin Gallery, London, UK Duration: 1 Aug 2013 → … |