Dear Crumb list,

I am delighted to invite you to join me for the Human Cell Atlas ArtSci
Salon II *The Human Cell Atlas and Technologies of Seeing* on 2 December
2020 @ 4 - 5.30pm GMT.



*Sign up here  <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/128287801267>*



The HCA: ArtSci Salon II welcomes the creative team behind a newly
commissioned artist film that explores theHuman Cell Atlas
<https://www.humancellatlas.org/>. The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) is a
pioneering, multidisciplinary global research project that aims to map the
function of all 37 trillion cells in the human body, paving the way for new
understanding and treatment of disease. This international consortium
involves over 1,000 researchers from over 50 countries.



Since the Renaissance, artists and scientists have mapped our bodies in all
of its knowable and unknowable complexity, the process of categorizing,
classifying and naming fragments undertaken to understand the elusive
whole. The Human Cell Atlas aims to create an open-access atlas of
knowledge, mapping how all body systems are connected, impacting almost
every aspect of biology and medicine in the future.  Stewart/ Teichmann’s
artist film will explore themes of language, the invisible, the unknown,
and imagination in relation to the Human Cell Atlas, looking at the
interconnected histories of technologies of seeing, scientific discovery
and our relationship to our own bodies.



The Story of the Human Cell Atlas is part of One Cell at a Time Bringing
Together Communities, Patients and Researchers to Build The Human Cell Atlas
<https://www.humancellatlas.org/wellcome-engagement/>, funded by Wellcome
Trust.  Situated at the nexus of art and science, the One cell at a time
public engagement project provides a powerful opportunity for artists to
explore the science of HCA critically and materially in collaboration with
a community of biologists, clinicians, technologists, physicists,
computational scientists, software engineers, and mathematicians and
diverse communities across the UK.



*Participants: *

*Host: *

Suzy O’Hara, Human Cell Atlas (UK) Public Engagement: One cell at a time
<https://www.humancellatlas.org/wellcome-engagement/> Project Curator



*Speakers/Panelists:*

Boris Jardine
<https://www.people.hps.cam.ac.uk/index/fellows-associates/jardine-boris>: * A
History of the Scientific Atlas*

Boris Jardine's research deals with the history of the instruments and
material culture of science. His current research project 'The Lost Museums
of Cambridge Science, 1865–1936' tells the story of the 'New Museums Site'
in the centre of Cambridge, focusing on the way in which collections were
amassed and then dispersed in the various museums that once occupied the
site. Jardine is also completing a book project with the working title The
Plans for Utopia: Modernism and the Sciences in Interwar Britain. This is
the culmination of his PhD research into the social survey movement
Mass-Observation, and the links between socialist scientists and artists in
the 1930s. Jardine was previously Curator of History of Science at the
Science Museum (London), and Munby Fellow in Bibliography at the Cambridge
University Library (2014/15). https://www.borisjardine.com/



Christopher Stewart <http://www.dialecturnal.com/>: *The Apparatus of
Looking*

Christopher Stewart's practice explores themes of surveillance, the
invisible, secrecy and power. Stewart's work has been exhibited widely
including at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, the Sainsbury Centre for
Visual Art in Norwich, The National Museum of Photography, Film &
Television in Bradford, Open Eye in Liverpool and Fotomuseum in Winterthur,
Switzerland, with work held in public and private collections including the
Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Martin Z. Margulies collection,
Miami. Writing and curatorial research projects are also central to
Christopher's practice. He completed an MA at the Royal College of Art and
a PhD in the Faculty of Art & Design at the University of New South Wales
in Sydney. http://www.dialecturnal.com/



Esther Teichmann <http://www.estherteichmann.com/>: *Feeling the Invisible*

Esther Teichmann's practice looks at the relationships between the
maternal, loss, desire and the imaginary, working across still and moving
image installation. Recent solo museum shows include Heavy the Sea,
Transformer Station, Cleveland and Mondschwimmen, Reiss-Engelhorn Museum,
Mannheim. Collaborations include Phantasie Fotostudio II with Monster
Chetwynd at John Hansard Gallery, and the co-curation and editing of the
exhibition and book, Staging Disorder, with artist Christopher Stewart.
Teichmann received an MA (2005) and PhD (2011) in Fine Art from the Royal
College of Art (RCA) and is Head of Programme of the Master of Research,
and Coordinator for Critical and Historical Studies at the RCA.
http://www.estherteichmann.com/



Sarah Teichmann <https://www.sanger.ac.uk/person/teichmann-sarah/>: *Human
Cell Atlas*

Sarah Teichmann is co-founder and principal leader of the Human Cell Atlas
(HCA) international consortium. The International Human Cell Atlas
initiative aims to create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells
to further understand health and disease. Sarah Teichmann is interested in
global principles of protein interactions and gene expression. In
particular, her research now focuses on genomics and immunity. From 2016,
Sarah has been the Head of Cellular Genetics at the Wellcome Sanger
Institute. Sarah is an EMBO member and fellow of the Academy of Medical
Sciences, and her work has been recognized by a number of prizes, including
the Lister Prize, Biochemical Society Colworth Medal, Royal Society Crick
Lecture and EMBO Gold Medal.



*About this series:*

Human Cell Atlas: ArtSci Salons is an online space that aims to bring
artists together with scientists working on the Human Cell Atlas initiative
through critical dialogue, cross-disciplinary exchange, networking and
collaboration. Through a curated series of flexible and experimental online
discussions and public conversations, we will welcome our ArtSci community,
partners, collaborators, colleagues, friends and anyone else who would like
to join us to share their thoughts and help shape a post-pandemic future in
which scientists, artists and wider society can thrive.



I look forward to seeing you there.

Best

Suzy



*Dr Suzy O'Hara e:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>t:
07891719319twitter: @suzy_o_hara*

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