Medical Procedure or Social Surgery?
Hybrid present their latest take on the weird and wonderful world of art, science and health in an-Aesthetic, an engaging artistic mix to tickle the senses and stoke the mind. The exhibition presents work sourced from both the operating table and the psychiatrist’s couch, with artists exploring ideas of consciousness, pain and sentience in relation to medicine and health. The exhibition includes sculpture, video, photography, installation and performance – with some Hybrid quirky cocktails thrown in.
This innovative brand of art takes the audience into a range of unknown territories and encourages the viewer to contemplate upon times when we experience loss, illness or numbness. an -Aesthetic explores both medical and social surgery, examines the psychology of the senses and presents hidden dimensions of our everyday existence.
Some Hybrid artists work in highly personal territory, for example, Myrtle Clark Bremer is an ME sufferer who explores the numbness of mind and body in her work; David Jane deals directly with his own experience of viral encephalitis; and Angela Rumble draws on her practice as a professional dentist. Others combine science, technology and craft from a critical perspective, for example, Heather Barnett’s cellular wallpapers connect microscopy, self portraiture and interior design; Anna Dumitriu cultures normal flora (i.e. healthy bacteria) from her surroundings and transforms them into domestic objet d’arts ; and Mandee Gage has used a sophisticated body scanner , projections and sound to create spaces intersecting mental health and environment.
Hybrid present their latest take on the weird and wonderful world of art, science and health in an-Aesthetic, an engaging artistic mix to tickle the senses and stoke the mind. The exhibition presents work sourced from both the operating table and the psychiatrist’s couch, with artists exploring ideas of consciousness, pain and sentience in relation to medicine and health. The exhibition includes sculpture, video, photography, installation and performance – with some Hybrid quirky cocktails thrown in.
This innovative brand of art takes the audience into a range of unknown territories and encourages the viewer to contemplate upon times when we experience loss, illness or numbness. an -Aesthetic explores both medical and social surgery, examines the psychology of the senses and presents hidden dimensions of our everyday existence.
Some Hybrid artists work in highly personal territory, for example, Myrtle Clark Bremer is an ME sufferer who explores the numbness of mind and body in her work; David Jane deals directly with his own experience of viral encephalitis; and Angela Rumble draws on her practice as a professional dentist. Others combine science, technology and craft from a critical perspective, for example, Heather Barnett’s cellular wallpapers connect microscopy, self portraiture and interior design; Anna Dumitriu cultures normal flora (i.e. healthy bacteria) from her surroundings and transforms them into domestic objet d’arts ; and Mandee Gage has used a sophisticated body scanner , projections and sound to create spaces intersecting mental health and environment.