UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS (2020) is a project bringing together patient ambassadors for Blood Cancer UK and stem cell researchers working at the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre. Through a series of stop-motion animation workshops held via Zoom, participants developed hand-cut animation sequences exploring their experiences of ‘the unknown’ in relation to living with blood cancer, the challenges of research and the global uncertainties of Covid-19. Animation materials included paper, velvet and issues of National Geographic published in 1960, the year Blood Cancer UK officially became a charity.
Commissioned by the Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute as part of its Public Engagement programme, project outcomes include an animated film featuring participants’ stop-motion sequences (Futuramic Unknown, 2020) and an installation for the Jeffery Cheah Biomedical Center at Cambridge Biomedical Campus (The Night the Mountains Moved, 2020).
EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW
Glass, neon, acrylic case, transformer, cable, plug
145cm x 70cm x 10cm
2021
IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY
Glass, neon, acrylic case, transformer, cable, plug
110cm x 70cm x 10cm
2021
BRAVER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE
Glass, neon, acrylic case, transformer, cable, plug
135cm x 70cm x 10cm
2021
Three neon pieces made in collaboration with poet Hannah Jane Walker; currently installed at the Li Ka Shing Centre, Cancer Research UK Institute at Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
Project: Making Visible (2021), commissioned by Liberty Property Trust & Countryside Properties; Managed by Future City.