The hub of the UK art-science community met for a historic photo call at 2pm, Saturday 6 July at GV Art, 49 Chiltern St, London W1U 6LY.
For many years C. P. Snow’s defining statement about the two, non-communicating worlds of the sciences and the humanities has been a constant hum behind cultural life in this country. Meanwhile however, artists, writers and scientists, ignoring this, have been deeply involved in collaborations, discourse and exchanges. Many of those involved have been brought together by Robert Devcic’s London gallery GV Art and by Garry Kennard’s charity Art and Mind. In recognition of this continuing and growing dialogue we have brought together an extraordinary group of people who have been associated with this movement over the last decade. It displays that, contrary to common thought, Snow’s two worlds have become, perhaps always were, one.
Who’s who?
- Garry Kennard – artist, writer, lecturer, founding director of Art and Mind
- Professor Max Lab – professor, Imperial College, London, sculptor
- Rita Carter – science writer
- Professor Chris French – professor of psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Professor Arthur Miller – emeritus prof of history and philosophy of science, UCL
- Alessandra Milella – Phd candidate in Neuroaeasthetics, Goldsmiths University of London
- Pascale Pollier – artist. President of AEMS, and of BIOMAB
- Eleanor Crook – sculptor, course tutor, MA Art and Science, Central St Martins
- Lesley Graham – graphic designer, research student Essex University
- Anais Tondeur – artist
- Alana Pryce
- Ruth Valentine – poet, writer
- Reiko Kubota – artist
- Dr Megan Dowie – neuroscience post-doctoral-research fellow, University of Oxford
- Geoffrey Harrison – artist
- Neil Stoker – scientist, artist
- Robert Devcic – curator and exhibition producer & founder of GV Art gallery, London
- Cosima Gretton – curator, director of AXNS collective
- Ms. Basma Alharthy – PhD candidate, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
- Susan Aldworth – Artist, printmaker
- Malcolm Creese – musician, creator of Acoustic Triangle, Artistic Director Swaledale Festival
- Kate Dicker – artist, wood engraver, writer, lecturer
- Ian Mortimer OBE – printer, painter
- Andrew Carnie – artist and lecturer, Winchester School of Art
- Professor Francesca Happe – professor of cognitive science, Kings
- Professor Barry Smith – director, Institute of Philosophy, University of London
- Elaine Snell – CEO, British Neuroscience Association
- Professor Colin Blakemore – neuroscientist, School of Advanced Study, University of London and University of Oxford
- Annabel Huxley
- Professor Chris Frith – emeritus professor of neuropsychology, UCL
- Tom Jeffreys – journalist, art critic, editor of The Journal of Wild Culture
- Igor Tojcic – art and health professional
- Ruth Padel – poet, novelist, critic, conservationist and scholar
- Professor Uta Frith DBE – emeritus professor of cognitive development
- Dr Marius Kwint –reader in visual culture, University of Portsmouth
- Professor Rob Kesseler – artist, Professor of Ceramic Art & Design at Central Saint Martins
- Nathan Cohen – artist. Course leader, MA Art and Science, Central St Martins
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle
