Monday 7 May 2007
Sunday 6 May 2007
organsinside
this image has been developed for a software programme in which studnets can simulate surgical procedures
machinesbody
This is part of a teaching package which simulates medical procedures and interventions within a virtual surgical operating theatre.
the future we all recognise
These images are intriguing and culturally universal, they are of a future which we all seem to recognise.
A more balanced future in which other voices are heard however may point to a way of treatment and healing which is successfully highly technological but leaving lots of time and space for the human art of creative care and compassion together with spiritual and emotional healing.
Saturday 5 May 2007
dia7_dial_fistula
These images are about the body and sickness and the use of technology in treatment of illness. My recent experiences visiting intensive care treatment rooms have showed me that machines and electrical equipment have more physical contact with patients than nurses doctors or care staff. The result of this is that nurses develop the skills of a technician or body engineer. Increasingly tasks are governed by equipment wired up to the patient which needs to be closely monitored and adjusted and cleaned and topped up with medications and fluids. The machine is fed and the machine feeds the patient, the pump is filled and the pump administers the medication to the patient. the machine is adjusted and blood pressure rises or falls as needed. The machine governs and regulates the breathing rate and oxygen supply. The blood stream is cleaned outside the body in a machine which filters and warms the blood before its return.
Thursday 3 May 2007
"Found" Objects as Art
| "This exhibition features the work of three ‘photo’ magazines that use found and discarded photographs and ephemera as their starting point. Drawing from the archives of Found Magazine (USA), Useful Photography (Netherlands) and Ohio (Germany), the installation includes highly-personal Polaroids, fading studio portraits, blurry snaps, internet images, amateur collages, homemade greetings cards and pages torn from other magazines". In my view this work suggests that there is a voracious appetite for the details of other peoples lives and memories. Many of the images of 'found people' by the nature of being discarded and lost expose our vulnerability and are highly evocative. The search for material took each magazine’s editors to unusual places that ranged from eccentric personal collections to sidewalk junk stalls. This quest reflects a growing fascination, on the part of both artists and the general public, with what could be termed ‘other people’s photos’. Visitors are invited to read, handle and enjoy original material from Found Magazine’s archive, and immerse themselves in Ohio’s collection of photographs and video clips from some of Germany’s voluntary organisations. And within Useful Photography’s display of large-scale prints there will be an opportunity to reassess the value of a variety of images from catalogues, the Internet and other sources. Fax your images. People have been making and distributing their own cheap magazines for many years. Members of the public are, in the spirit of low-budget publishing, invited to fax the gallery machine and contribute to magazines containing images that are found, received and printed out through old-fashioned technology. They will then be displayed for the duration of the exhibition. On 17 June, faxed contributions will be taken down and edited to make a special issue of ‘Emblem’ magazine (published by Manchester Metropolitan University). Visitors can also contribute to forthcoming issues of either ‘Fash n Riot’ and ‘Implicasphere’ magazine. Pick up a Talks & Events leaflet for more details. To send images through fax: +44 (0)20 7836 9704 This exhibition underlines The Photographers’ Gallery’s commitment to, and involvement with, photography on the printed page in the age of the digital image. Found, Shared: The Magazine Photowork is curated by David Brittain, Research Associate, MIRIAD at Manchester Metropolitan University, supported by MIRIAD and the AHRC and Visual Studies Workshop (USA). The catalogue Found, Shared: The Magazine Photowork is available from the Gallery Bookshop.  | |
Wednesday 2 May 2007
medical print2 collage
this is a collage of some of the images collected using photomerge. it needs further editing.
recovery-bed-2265
These images are relevant to me at he moment as my partner has just come out of intensive care. His treatment was life saving and very intrusive and traumatic. Machines monitored and maintained all of his essential systems such as breathing and blood pressure. The machines that he was attached to alerted the nurses to any changes.
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arm, heart and hypos
initial print
headshuntbaby
babytube
gastronasal
isolation-ward
wired
catheter
bed
the above images are for print and dig from web2print project