SURGE III 

Waves of Experience

 

A medical screen, exploring the themes of patterns and portraits through the visual language of ultrasound waves.

Robert and I had a keen interest in working together as our connection came through issues concerning women and ethnic minorities and the implications that race and gender has on the type of treatment and care you can receive.

 

Robert’s research involves using miniature ultrasound devices that use half a millimetre-wide fibres. He uses these devices to navigate them into the smallest parts of the body. The two major application areas are the cardiovascular system looking for damage and being able to navigate down the airways of the lung to be able to image lymph nodes and try to pick up things, particularly from peripheral cancer disease. Exploring Robert's research led us to work with different charities, reflective of the two strands of his research: lung cancer and heart disease. In response we ran two workshops, one with the British Heart Foundation and the other with ALK Positive. The results of the workshop can be seen collaged and layered together to create 'Waves Of Experience'.