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2009 he established Collaborative Research in Art Science and Humanity (CRASH) at Curtin http://crash.curtin.edu.au HEALTH/BODY Sherryl Ryan Art under the microscope:artist and scientist observing cancer histology using a two-head compound microscope Culture at Work (CAW) is a Research Institute in Sydney founded in 2008 offering collaborative art science residencies. Sherryl Ryan, artist founder of CAW and resident artist at the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), has an interest in breast cancer research. A/Professor Chris Ormandy who leads The Mammary Development Group at the Cancer Program in the Garvan Institute has been collaborating with the artist on this pathway. In that context, the artist had the opportunity to visit the Garvan and to observe histology sections of mice mammary tissue with the scientist David Gallego-Ortega, PhD. Genetically engineered mice have allowed the investigators to examine the effects of specific genes on the development and progression of mammary tumours. In this study, biopsies collected from a luminal breast cancer model (PyMT) have been analysed. 5µm sections of paraffin embedded normal mammary glands and breast cancer tumour biopsies were stained using the Haematoxylin & Eosin technique (H&E) and inmunohistochemistry (IHC) labeling. These methods stain the cellular nuclei in blue and the cytoplasm and other extracellular compounds in a range of pink, in the IHC, the cellular markers will appear in brown. The histology sections were analysed and photographed using a two-head Leica Microsystems DM-E Compound microscope coupled to a high-resolution camera, collaboratively by the artist and the researcher a selection of images was performed. As a result, and besides the scientific interest of the images, a strong artistic imprinting is included in every picture. Discussions about the visual implications viewed within the histology sections between scientist and artist while observing through the two-head microscope created a new art science paradigm leading to complex analysis of how cancer may be connected to systems in the universe. An outcome of the collaborative research was an exhibition of photographs at CAW in March 2011. BIOGRAPHY Sherryl Ryan is a professional artist from Melbourne and CEO Culture at Work. She studied Fine Art at RMIIT and a Post Grad Fine Art at COFA UNSW and Education at Victoria College Melbourne with a Masters in Education from UNSW. Sherryl has developed a research interest in Vygotsky, the relationship between artistic practice and science, creativity in thinking and learning and collaborations with 46
artists and scientists. Sherryl has worked with many arts organisations over 20 years including The State Library, The Australia Council for the Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australian Network for Art and Technology, The Performance Space, Object: Australia Centre for Craft and Design, and as Deputy Coordinator of the IdEAS (Interdisciplinary Enrichment Art and Science ) project with the University of New South Wales, The Australian Museum, Object, The Powerhouse Museum and CSIRO. She worked part-time at the Art Gallery of NSW for ten years developing education programs for disadvantaged, Indigenous and gifted and talented children. She is also the Director of a not -for-profit art and education research institute in Sydney and is Artist in residence with the National Breast Cancer Founation and collaborating With A/Professor Chris Ormandy and David Gallego-Ortega PhD at the Garvan Institute. Michael Garbutt The Heraclitus Project The therapeutic, calming effects induced by the observation of Heraclitean motion (ie types of movement that are always changing but always the same, eg. leaves fluttering in a breeze; fish swimming in an aquarium) are well known (Katcher and Wilkins (1993; Kaplan and Berman 2010). However, it remains uncertain whether the observation of non-natural sources of Heraclitean motion (eg cars on a distant freeway, curtains in a breeze) is more or less effective than the observation of natural objects. Also, it is unclear if the benefits of Heraclitean motion observation (HMO) by either natural or humanmade stimuli can be obtained via video representations instead of unmediated experience. To investigate these questions, I have developed the Heraclitus Project, a series of Heraclitean motion videos featuring natural and non-natural objects. These extended single shot video are designed as art works in their own right but also as therapeutic tools for individual and group use particularly amongst groups such as prisoners and nursing home residents who have restricted access to outdoor spaces. During the conference I will report on my ongoing research/art and project Heraclitean videos which participants can experience for themselves, as video art and as sources of calm delight and attentional restoration. REFERENCES Kaplan, S., and Berman, M.G. (2010). Directed attention as a common resource for executive functioning and self-regulation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 43-57. 47
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