ART x SCIENCE 2021 - a collaboration between the Royal College of Art and the School for Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London - explores how cutting edge medical imaging research is shaping the future of healthcare. Driven by curiosity, two scientists and five artists have collaborated and incorporated the views of community members to create two new art exhibits - In Utero and Hidden Stories of the Heart - that reimagine research for the Great Exhibition Road Festival. Come and chat with artists and scientists and have your say on the future of healthcare.
In Utero invites you to step back into the place we all came from and have all forgotten - the womb. Immerse yourself in the multi-sensory installation to explore how medical imaging research is improving our understanding the way the maternal environment shapes the development of babies' brains.
Developments in MRI, a medical imaging tool, have allowed researchers to see babies’ brains in incredible detail and to investigate how they change in the womb and after birth.
However, questions remain about how maternal physical and mental health impact the development of babies’ brains. Improved understanding could enable better detection and even prevention of developmental conditions.
Taking inspiration from conversations with parents from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Maternity Voices Partnership and medical imagery, In Utero takes you back to a place of wonder and mystery- the womb.
In Utero allows you to immerse yourself in the multi-sensory sculpture and reconnect with your place of origin. Reflect on the factors that impact women’s pregnancy and consider our collective role in supporting expectant parents and, in turn, shaping the health of the next generation.
Collaboration project between Perinatal Imaging and Health Scientists Julie Sigurdardottir and artists Wushuang Tong, Sarah Schrimpf and Stiliyana Minkovska
