The Collage Lab

About

“The restless image. A discrepancy between the seen position and the felt position”

– Rose Finn-Kelcey

We are excited to host a workshop on collective knowledge production led by artist Susanne Dietz in collaboration with scientist Prof Anne-Marie Minihane and scholar Dr Silvia Casini. 

This workshop draws from Dietz’s ongoing artistic research project on menopause and dementia, exploring how to establish common grounds in an art/science collaboration. Facilitated by Susanne Dietz, participants will explore scientific and academic knowledge through non-scientific interpretation of collage making.

The afternoon will begin with short introductions from scientist Prof Anne-Marie Minihane and scholar Dr Silvia Casini joining virtually via Zoom. Following the presentations, Dietz will share her research and lead a collage workshop. Using cutting and pasting we are trusting our bodies in the room to create collective knowledge and experience.

All materials for the collage workshop will be sourced from the artist’s research materials such as video stills, photographs, text, graphs and references. Participants will cut up, rearrange and newly assemble these materials. 

No artistic background or scientific expertise is required—this workshop is designed to be accessible to all who have an interest in the creative exploration of complex topics. Active participation is essential, so come ready to engage in collage making and share your thoughts.

• The event runs from 2pm to 4:30pm with a break. 
• Free
• Booking is required
• 15 spaces

Access: 

• LUX strives to be as accessible as possible so please contact us if you have any particular access needs by calling us at 020 31412960 or emailing us at events@lux.org.uk
• Please note Waterlow Park is on a hill and from Archway there is a steep walk up to Highgate Hill. Some buses run from Archway to Highgate Village.
• Assistance dogs are welcome in all spaces at LUX. 
• The LUX building is fully wheelchair accessible and there are wheelchair accessible toilet facilities.
• Please read more about our general access information here

Silvia Casini is Senior Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen. Her work is situated at the crossroad of visual culture, cinema, science and technology studies. Silvia’s courses are also attended by students in medicine and the medical humanities. She has published in international journals such as Configurations, Leonardo, Contemporary Aesthetics, Cinema & Cie, Nuncius: Journal of the Material and Visual History of Science, The Senses and Society. She is currently working on a new research project on science film festivals combining theoretical work, archival research, and ethnographic fieldwork. Her last monograph is Giving Bodies back to Data (MIT Press, Leonardo Book Series 2021)

Susanne Dietz is a London-based artist working with video that combines digital and analogue processes layering moving image, collage, sound and performance. She works across visual arts and theatre. Her work aims to question the ambiguous nature of reality, memory, and the restless body. Last year Dietz was the artist-in-residence at Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA) with access to the Wellcome-Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre (UWWBIC), Recent screenings, exhibitions and theatre installations include London Short Film Festival, Soho Theatre London, CURRENTS Santa Fe Media Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival (UK), Deptford X, The Barbican, SET Lewisham Gallery Space, and Southwark Park Gallery.

Anne-Marie Minihane is Professor of Nutrigenetics and Head of the Department of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine at the Norwich Medical School. She is the director of Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA) which focus on health and disease prevention with an emphasis on brain, cardiometabolic, gut and musculoskeletal health. Their research investigates the impact of omega-3 fatty acids, fibre and a plant rich Mediterranean-style dietary pattern on brain health, including mood, anxiety, cognition and dementia risk. Currently they have a particular focus on the metabolic changes that occur during the menopausal transition and the identification of nutrition strategies that mitigate ‘brain fog’ and vasomotor symptoms. The inclusion of more creative and inclusive approaches to research design and delivery is always of interest to her and her team at NIHA.