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).
Image: Lilli Mathod
WEEK NINE
Soundtrack for headphones (& an isolated room)
16 mins.
2020
A Fermynwoods Contemporary Art Homemakers commission, with support from Arts Council England and Cambridge Junction
Also available through Fermywoods Contemporary Art Podcast 8 on Soundcloud & Spotify
Composed with Will Heasman
Featuring: Mark Farr, Julian Harding, Tara Kearney, Lilli Mathod, Rosanna Miles, Cary Parker, Teele Uustani
