The Scales of Life – A Case Study on an Art-Science Visualisation

This is paper discusses the underlying research and challenges of a large-scale physical artwork entitled Scales of Life – a collaboration between artist Elaine Shemilt from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Mike Ferguson, Regius Professor of Life Sciences, also at the University of Dundee, with Jo White of BMJ architects. The artwork forms the façade of the new Discovery Centre for translational Research and aims to communicate key areas of Life Sciences research carried out within the building. It utilises printmaking techniques combined with digital visualisation and engineering in metal, and depicts each of the four physical scales – Molecular, Organellar, Cellular and Tissue, that provide the basic understanding of biology and inform the treatment of many diseases.

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Elaine Shemilt

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Publication date: July 2015

Publication date (Print): July 2015

Pages: 156-162

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[0001]University of Dundee

Dundee DD1 4HT, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/eva2015.15

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2015)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 7 & 9 July 2015

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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E Shemilt 2002 Artist’s Notes E Shemilt Traces of Conflict Imperial War Museum London
E Shemilt 2009 A Blueprint for Bacterial Life; Can A Science-art Fusion Move the Boundaries of Visual and Audio Interpretation? A Bentkowska-KafelT CashenH Gardiner Digital Visual Culture: Theory and Practice, Computers and the History of Art Intellect Bristol
E Shemilt 2009 Limited edition-unlimited image: can a science/art fusion move the boundaries of visual and audio interpretation?H GardinerC Gere Art practice in a digital culture Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey

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[1] E Shemilt 2002 Artist’s Notes E Shemilt Traces of Conflict Imperial War Museum London

[2] E Shemilt 2009 A Blueprint for Bacterial Life; Can A Science-art Fusion Move the Boundaries of Visual and Audio Interpretation? A Bentkowska-KafelT CashenH Gardiner Digital Visual Culture: Theory and Practice, Computers and the History of Art Intellect Bristol

[3] E Shemilt 2009 Limited edition-unlimited image: can a science/art fusion move the boundaries of visual and audio interpretation?H GardinerC Gere Art practice in a digital culture Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey

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