Between Glass and Magnetic Fields

How can the complex physical processes behind 'Magnetic Resonance Imaging' and the development of Magnetic Resonance sequences be made visible and tangible? This is the question that guided British glass artist Gregory Alliss during his STEAM Imaging VI residency.

The resulting exhibition, Between Glass and Magnetic Fields, translates the intangible dynamics of magnetic resonance imaging, an imaging method that produces radiation-free, three-dimensional representations of the body, into the medium of glass.

By merging the sensory and investigative capacities of art with scientific rigor and programming, Alliss expands the aesthetic potential of contemporary glass art.

His works integrate contaminated waste materials with the tools and logic of 'Magnetic Resonance Imaging' sequence development to explore the intersections of visibility, matter, and image formation.This Residency & Science Engagement Program is a partnership between Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine in Bremen, Germany, and the Institute for Design Informatics in Edinburgh to create this unique opportunity to explore the potential for application of creative multi and transdisciplinary approaches in digital medicine.

This collaboration involves the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, Oberschule am Waller Ring in Bremen, and is supported by Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.