EPISODE · Oct 12, 2023 · 40 MIN
ILLUMINATING THE SELF
from BRAINLAND
In this podcast contemporary artist Susan Aldworth is in conversation with Ken Barrett. Susan has worked on collaboratively with neuroscientists and clinicians for over twenty years following a health scare. We speak about her projects based on brain imaging, epilepsy and sleep, her interest in embroidery as a story telling medium, combined with old garments, and her novel appraoch to print-making. We also take a dive into her most recent work, created in response to current political rhetoric regarding migration, exploring her own migrant, Italian, heritage. Participants:Susan Aldworth, artist. https://susanaldworth.com/Ken Barrett, artist http://www.kenbarrettstudio.co.uk/Music: Prelude to Act 1 of Brainland, by Stephen Brown http://cornwallcomposers.com/stephen.htmA film about Illuminating the Self, the extraordinary epilepsy proejct we discuss is here:https://susanaldworth.com/exhibitions/illuminating-the-self/ Animation of the toposcope images :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhH1XYALLPgBrainland the opera:https://www.brainlandtheopera.co.uk/Portrait sketch by Ken Barrett. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this podcast contemporary artist Susan Aldworth is in conversation with Ken Barrett. Susan has worked on collaboratively with neuroscientists and clinicians for over twenty years following a health scare. We speak about her projects based on brain imaging, epilepsy and sleep, her interest in embroidery as a story telling medium, combined with old garments, and her novel appraoch to print-making. We also take a dive into her most recent work, created in response to current political rhetoric regarding migration, exploring her own migrant, Italian, heritage. Participants:Susan Aldworth, artist. https://susanaldworth.com/Ken Barrett, artist http://www.kenbarrettstudio.co.uk/Music: Prelude to Act 1 of Brainland, by Stephen Brown http://cornwallcomposers.com/stephen.htmA film about Illuminating the Self, the extraordinary epilepsy proejct we discuss is here:https://susanaldworth.com/exhibitions/illuminating-the-self/ Animation of the toposcope images :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhH1XYALLPgBrainland the opera:https://www.brainlandtheopera.co.uk/Portrait sketch by Ken Barrett. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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