“Every science has its art, every art has its science.”
Earlier this week, we hosted a private view of Everything is Connected – UCL Public Art’s (
@ucleastengage ) latest project.
Led by
@directorofpublicartucl Sam Wilkinson, we toured the exhibition showcasing artworks that will soon become permanent installations in UCL’s new neuroscience centre (
@uclqsion ) on Gray’s Inn Road.
Rather than focusing on disease, the art strategy centres on hope, warmth, and harmony.
The artists – including anniecattrell and
@freyagabie – were selected for their focus on art-science communication and deep social engagement. Some pieces also emerged through a creative matchmaking process between artists and academics.
If you pay attention, KQ collaborations are everywhere in this project:
🤝 One artwork uses AI and the vast underwater sound archive at the
@britishlibrary (which may be the largest in the world) to create an experiential soundscape.
🤝
@wellcometrust -funded scientists like Dr Tom Miller, researching memory and the hippocampus, are also involved.
🤝 A memorial will honour Professor Anita Harding, who was the UK’s first female professor of Clinical Neurology at
@ucl .
🤝 Even the exhibition title is typeset in Harding, the custom typeface of
@nature_the_journal .
This project is about more than public art. One of its core aims is to enhance the culture of how academics and creatives can work together to create something neither could have made alone.
We’re very excited to see this new building take shape in our neighbourhood ✨
