One of the first works in this series remade. Formerly in an installation where they wrapped around kneelers in a church, now they are sewn together. All the small incisions around the supports are sewn flat and then all the strips of blanket fabric sewn flat to form a very large blanket shape. The numbers [...]
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Still in Trial but looking good – an optic device that creates a 3D hologram from a blood sample to rate a patient’s probability of forming a life threatening blood clot.
From an article 'How a beer at a uni bar sparked an idea that could save millions' by Blake Foden in the Sydney Morning Herald. Click on beer to get the link to the SMH Site to read the full article
The long version of the card game Racing Patience ICU is now online
https://vimeo.com/285956777 Racing Patience ICU can be a tough game. There's no taking turns and it can be physical and fast. This video starts by explaining the rules and finishes with a call for the video referee.
New Work – Blood on Silk: Blood Running
Video still from a new work Blood on Silk: Blood Running, 2018. The video will be projected onto the surface of a wondercabinet zinc box set on the top of a table. Part of the video of the running blood will occasionally extend onto the floor.
Dezeen article – The artist Ted Lawson uses his own blood to print a self-portrait with a CNC machine
ABC news post – Doctors think its becoming too hard to die
"Doing the right thing at the right time is fantastic and doing the same thing at the wrong time is horrific," he says. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-28/rethinking-our-approach-to-death-and-having-a-plan-for-dying/10014582
‘Gore’ at the Joan, Penrith, Sydney
From the 2nd July until 30th July 2018, Gore will be located in the foyer of the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith, Sydney. Curated by Dr Anika Mostaert and Christine Ghali, Gore is the last of four exhibitions as part of the Art/Science series called Curious. Detail of Blood on Silk ; Bleeding Out [...]
Should you consider the age and gender breakdown of the previously successful applicants when considering if you should submit an application for an arts residency?
Recently I got a rejection letter back from a Sydney based organisation in response to an application I had submitted for a fantastic looking arts residency. As previously I have had a very high success rate with applications for residencies, I started thinking that maybe I should have undertaken a bit more research on who [...]
Infusions of plasma from young producers shown to be of benefit in a small trial of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimers.
http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/11/clinical-trial-finds-blood-plasma-infusions-for-alzheimers-safe.html Published online by Stanford Medicine News Centre, this article reports on a small early stage clinical trial at Stanford University. The trial was conducted to evaluate the safety of giving patients with mild to moderate Alzheimers, infusions of blood plasma from young producers. Unexpectedly in the trial benefits in tests of functional performance by [...]
‘Once upon a time, long ago and far away, there were twenty three units of blood’
Once upon a time, long ago and far away, there were twenty-three units of blood 2018, ribbon, canvas and paint. Two panels each 96.4 x 176.5 (h) cm Photo Alex Gooding In this work twenty-three squat square crosses are arranged in a grid of six by four, with one missing. The dimensions of the cross [...]