Drawing on Life at the Wellcome Trust 2008
The Campaign for Drawing and Bow Arts Trust present ‘Drawing on Life’ at Wellcome Collection, UCL and the Wellcome Trust, 26-28 September.
A three-day festival extravaganza hosted by Wellcome Collection, UCL and the Wellcome Trust in central London this September will draw on science, medicine and art to launch The Big Draw 2008, a national month-long celebration of all aspects of drawing.
Artists will join forces with neurologists and geneticists, combining their talents to inspire people of all ages and abilities to draw in celebration of life and what it means to be human.
‘Highlights of the weekend line-up at Wellcome Collection include illustrator Steven Appleby drawing in response to the live music of beatboxer Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee, and workshops where participants can draw graphic scores for the premiere of a new choral work to be performed by members of the public together with Exaudi, one of Britain’s most exciting new music groups.
On Saturday 27 September. Visitors can participate in an interactive installation and work with artists Tessa Garland and Albert Potrony to create works based around the ex votive display. Other highlights include creating body maps, ultraviolet mobiles, slogans on body issues and characters, sets and dramas for the Little Theatre of Disease and Desire. Professor Semir Zeki, Director of the Institute of Neuroaesthetics at UCL, will talk about ‘Ambiguities in Art and the Brain’, while Professor Ray Dolan investigates the emotional brain, and science historian Professor Arthur Miller compares the thought processes of artists and scientists.
Participating artists include: Steven Appleby, Ben Ashton, Daniel Baker, Heather Barnett, Sam Belinfante, Rebecca Birch, Patrick Blower, Matt Caines, Natalie Gale, Tessa Garland, Antony Hall, Abbie Hunt, Jonathan Huxley, Tess Laurence, Jared Louche, Mobile Studio, Christian Nold, Albert Potrony, Matty Pye, Sholto and Hugo Brown, Andrew Stahl, Finlay Taylor, Tim Wainwright, Richard Wentworth and Gary Woodley.