TLRH | Art+Science Reading Group: Together into the Unknown

Recorded September 24, 2020. The Art + Science Reading Group is now
a virtual gathering of thinkers, researchers and the incurably
curious. Organised by PhD candidates Amelia McConville (School of
English and Institute of Neuroscience) and Autumn Brown (School of
Education and Science Gallery Dublin) and supported by Science
Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series will
explore the evolutionary and revolutionary kinship between two
approaches to understanding the universe and our place within it.
Art and science often share a cyclical relationship of exploration
and illumination. How do these disciplines help us frame questions
about the universe and in particular those forces we cannot see?
This month we’re speaking with artist and researcher Alexandra Carr
on her experimental approach to art, inspired by natural processes.
How might a shared point of visual reference help democratise the
big questions about the unknown and the unseen? We will discuss
Alexandra's artistic work in collaboration with physicists,
geologists, and biologists including the development of
biologically smart materials, and speak about her recent
installations including an upcoming exhibition in Dublin, Solaris
Nexum. Carr completed a foundation at Central Saint Martins School
of Art and Design and a ceramics degree at Camberwell College of
Art. She has exhibited work at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, in
collaboration with Jean-Paul Gaultier. She has been commissioned
work from seminal musicians Radiohead, and was recently shortlisted
for the Arts@CERN COLLIDE International Award and longlisted for
the Aesthetica Art Prize 2017, 2019 and 2020. Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/