Fabio Parmeggiani, BrisSynBio and EPSRC Fellow in Synthetic Biology
On May 2nd I walked in into the North street gallery to see a first for me: a piece of art inspired by my work. And I was not alone. The room was buzzing with scientists, artists, friends and visitors who got together to see the Creative Reactions exhibition, a project that explores the relationship between science and art with 50 art pieces inspired by the collaboration between scientists and artists.
The piece I have been contributed to was “Designing proteins”, a collage that draws inspiration from the design and manufacture of proteins in the field of synthetic biology.
I was proud of the work done by my partner in crime, Rosie Carmichael as it came up from our replies to the organisers that were asking us about our work and our impressions on the collaboration. I think we both started with separate ideas about what we wanted to say and worked to get to a midpoint that at the end was much more compelling that our initial ideas. And I think this process has helped us to become more aware of what and how we communicate and how much work is involved in each other’s job.
Creative reaction was a wonderful experience as a scientist and it will capture the eyes and the mind of all the visitors they will come and see the exhibition, because of its diversity of themes, styles and ways of communication.
Definitely go and check it out. Your eyes, your brain and your soul will thank you.
- Science from Fabio Parmeggiani, BrisSynBio and BBI research fellow http://www.bristol.ac.uk/brissynbio/people/fabio-parmeggiani/index.html
- Art from Rosie Carmichael http://www.rosiecarmichael.com/
- Organisation by Creative Reactions Bristol Creative Reactions Bristol
Creative Reactions Events
Northstreet Gallery from from Thursday 2nd May to Sunday 19th May 2019
The Island from Monday 20th May to Saturday 1st June 2019
https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/creative-reactions