Thinking about ‘In Praise of Shadows’ in this new work, Blood on Silk: Last Seen

Blood on Silk: Last Seen by Fiona Davies At the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, Sydney, Australia Opening 21st July 2017 6-9p.m. then open until the 17th September daily open hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Curated by Lizzy Marshall The turbine hall at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney, Australia is the first [...]

Blood on Silk: Last Seen – Exhibition Details

Exhibition Launch: Friday 21 July, 6 - 9pm EXHIBITIONS: BLOOD ON SILK: LAST SEEN 22 Jul 2017 - 17 Sep 2017 | 10.00am - 5.00pm Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre presents its inaugural Turbine Hall Commission, Blood on Silk: Last Seen by established Western Sydney artist, Fiona Davies. For this new work Davies will transform the [...]

Beautiful photographs of the reaction between human blood and copper sulphate

https://exploringtheinvisible.com/2017/05/17/blood-flowers-2017-media-my-blood-and-anhydrous-copper-ii-sulphate/ Via Sophie Weeks and written by ( I think) the Liberal Scientist / Simon Sublime

SMACC podcast – ‘There’s a hole in my bucket ‘ panel discussion

This is a great panel discussion about the treatment off site of a patient bleeding out (amongst other things) and getting them to site, to the hospital. Click on this link - https://www.smacc.net.au/2016/04/theres-a-hole-in-my-bucket-the-exsanguinating-patient/  

Article on Artshub looking at artists who make art using body fluids.

My work is included under the blood section after a whole lot of much more shocking materials like urine etc. Click this link to go to the article. http://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/bits-and-blogs/visual-arts/visual-arts-writer/artists-who-turn-body-fluids-into-art-253684 photo credit Alex Wisser

Lungs – found to be part of the blood making process!!!

https://curiosity.com/topics/surprise-lungs-actually-make-blood-curiosity?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20170428fbk00CRSTlungblood&utm_term=00scienceof&utm_content=video

New Work for the Black Rabbit Exhibition

Friday, the 14th April 2017 was the night of the exhibition Black Rabbit curated by Lizzy Marshall at The Slab in Hazelbrook, NSW. I'd made a new work for this exhibition, Drug test Bunny or Lab Bunny a sculpture constructed from sheer black fabric, wire and buttons squeezed onto a hospital trolley. The bunny is not [...]

‘Artists as provocateurs’ – an interesting review of Governance by Gina Fairley in Arts Hub

http://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/features/visual-arts/gina-fairley/artists-as-provocateurs-253537

Article on the use of powdered blood.

http://time.com/4603757/how-powdered-blood-could-revolutionize-medicine/?platform=hootsuite

Why don’t we know how many people die in our hospitals.

Great article by Philip Clarke and Peter Sivey on the Conversation website https://theconversation.com/why-dont-we-know-how-many-people-die-in-our-hospitals-71471 Image from article on Conversation - photographer not named