WORKSHOP 1: Light Observation
Join us in ASCUS Lab for this first workshop with researcher Jess Clark and artist Diego Almazan, to explore lenses, optics and light, and their significance in art and research. In this workshop Jess and Diego will share how they each employ observation in their own practices. You will have the chance to work with Daphnia* at different stages of development, organisms used by Jess in her current research, along with hands-on experimentation guided by Diego, capturing your very own microscopic images using digital and analog photography.
*small aquatic crustaceans commonly called water fleas
Skills learned: Introduction to microscopy and visual imaging
WORKSHOP 2: Image and Sample Manipulation
Join us for this second workshop in this series, where the focus will be on manipulation techniques in art and science. Here Jess will give you the opportunity to gets hands-on with the staining process and preparing your own slide (wet mounting*), ready for viewing under the microscope. You will gain insight into the different ways artists and scientists manipulate both images and their subjects during the processes of creative work and research.
Join us in ASCUS Lab for this first workshop with researcher Jess Clark and artist Diego Almazan, to explore lenses, optics and light, and their significance in art and research. In this workshop Jess and Diego will share how they each employ observation in their own practices. You will have the chance to work with Daphnia* at different stages of development, organisms used by Jess in her current research, along with hands-on experimentation guided by Diego, capturing your very own microscopic images using digital and analog photography.
*small aquatic crustaceans commonly called water fleas
Skills learned: Introduction to microscopy and visual imaging
WORKSHOP 2: Image and Sample Manipulation
Join us for this second workshop in this series, where the focus will be on manipulation techniques in art and science. Here Jess will give you the opportunity to gets hands-on with the staining process and preparing your own slide (wet mounting*), ready for viewing under the microscope. You will gain insight into the different ways artists and scientists manipulate both images and their subjects during the processes of creative work and research.
