Magnify the micro in this drop-in drawing activity with visual artist Briony Barr.
Explore the possibilities and pathways of the cells within us through drawing. Using a stem cell-inspired card deck and guided drawing prompts, you'll experiment with collaborative mark-making while discovering more about the building blocks of our bodies.
This event is part of a day of free programming exploring the future of stem cell research through art and science. Across the day, enjoy talks, collaborative drawing, gallery tours and the EMERGENC[Y] exhibition.
You can also see Patricia Piccinini’s Células Madre, supported by the Melbourne arm of the transnational collaboration Hope Springs Eternal, funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW.
Presented in partnership with The Melbourne node of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Part of National Science Week.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Briony Barr is a visual artist whose work explores process-based drawing, systems thinking and emergence within generative parameters. Interdisciplinary research and collaboration are fundamental to Briony’s practice and she collaborates with fellow artists, scientists, writers, musicians, community groups and the general public on diverse projects ranging from large-scale participatory drawings to live-art and performance, to educational workshops, picture books and graphic novels. Since 2009 she has set up more than 100 collaborative drawings with different creative parameters.
