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Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

 
Photograph of part of mural titled The Night the Mountains Moved

The Cambridge Stem Cell Institute invites you to an evening of art and conversation to mark Blood Cancer Awareness Month 2022.

Join our chair, Director of Wysing Arts Centre Rosie Cooper, in conversation with artist Anna Brownsted, Blood Cancer UK Ambassador Tania Dineen-Parish, and University of Cambridge researcher Mariana Quiroga Londoño.

The panel will discuss Unknown Unknowns a collaborative project led by Anna Brownsted, that brought together ambassadors for Blood Cancer UK and stem cell researchers working at the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre. Through a series of stop-motion animation workshops held via Zoom, participants developed hand-cut animation sequences exploring their experiences of ‘the unknown’ in relation to living with blood cancer, the challenges of research and the global uncertainties of Covid-19.

These sessions and animations inspired Brownsted’s large-scale collage installation for the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, The Night The Mountains Moved, and an accompanying film compiled from the participants’ animation sequences, Futuramic Unknown. These works explore the symbiotic relationship between patients, researchers and charitable funding organisations, and what it takes to confront the unknown

This commission was delivered as part of our public engagement programme, working together with Blood Cancer UK and Kettle’s Yard.

The artworks will be available to view on the night and refreshments provided.

Registration required through our Eventbrite booking page.

Parking on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus is extremely limited, however there are good park and ride connections to the site. We suggest walking, cycling or using public transport where possible. If you have access requirements contact us at engage@stemcells.cam.ac.uk. The building is accessible to wheelchair users.

Date: 
Tuesday, 20 September, 2022 - 19:00 to 20:30
Event location: 
Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Puddicombe Way, Cambridge, CB2 0AW