BACTERIOLOGY ILLUSTRATED

 Suzie Freeman and Dr Liz Lee

This unique corseted dress is made from 15,860 fragments of a book illustrating some of the modern armoury of defence strategies we employ to combat the ever-changing threat from infectious organisms.

Photograph by Patrick Bolger. 

Watch Suzie talk about Bacteriology Illustrated below:

CHECKPOINT

Enter the quarantine zone and prepare to be screened for signs of contagion. Following examination you'll be electronically monitored through the exhibition. 

Photograph by Patrick Bolger.

Watch the OUTBREAK video here.

CONTAGIOUS CREATIVITY

Alo Allik, Annika Koski and Simon Jermyn, Estonia, Finland and Ireland. 

In this artistic experiment three forms of creation - sounds, illustration and cellular automata - were exposed to each other to producea dynamic organism that feeds on inspiration and then grows, mutates and spreads.

Photograph by Patrick Bolger. 

Watch the creators of CONTAGIOUS CREATIVITY discuss their work here.

CYBERNETIC BACTERIA 2.0

Anna Dumitriu, Dr. Simon Park, Dr. Blay Withby, Tom Keene and Lorenzo Grespan, UK.

The chemical communication of bacteria and the live data streams of our own digital networks combine in real time to generate a brand new artificial life form. This installaton explores the layers of complexity both in digital and organic communications networks and investigates the relationship of bacteria to artificial life.

Photograph by Patrick Bolger.

Find out more about Cybernetic Bacteria 2.0 here:

EPIDEMIC PLANET

Vittoria Colizza, Wouter Van den Broeck, D. Balcan, B. Gonclaves, H. Hu, J.J. Ramasco, A. Vespignani, Italy, USA, Belgium. 

Explore how high-speed air travel whisks new strains of influenza around the globe and how effective measures to prevent pandemics may pose daunting ethical and political challenges. 

Watch Wouter explain how Epidemic Planet works:

FUGUE

Gordana Novakovic, UK

Linking the musical form of the fugue with an artificial immune system algorithm unfolding in real time, this work reflects the changes and cascading responses that occur within the real human immune system and expresses them through images and sound.

Photograph by Patrick Bolger.

Watch Gordana explain her work Fugue here:

 

GLASS VIRUSES

Luke Jerram, UK

Responding to the ubiqutous media images of artificially coloured viruses, these transparent sculptures challenge our received notions and ask whether some scientific images are designed and used to promote fear. 

Photograph by Patrick Bolger. 

HORDE

David Bickley, Tom Green and Dr John mac Sharry, Ireland.

An immersive audio visual installation representing the workings on the immune system in the style of an epic Irish myth, Horde explores the complexity of the immune response by drawing parallels between a salmonella infection in the gut and a large-scale ancient battle.

Photograph by Patrick Bolger. 

Watch David discuss his work here:

IMMUNE LAB

Extract some of your own DNA and find out about your immunity to certain diseases while contributing to research by Trinity College immunologists. Following analysis of your sample in the PCR (Polymarese Chain Reaction) machine the researchers will post the test results for secure viewing via this website. 

Find out more about the IMMUNE LAB here:

KISS CULTURE

Maria Phelan, Ireland

Kiss an agar plate to discover the natural flora you carry on your lips and nose. Your plate, once incubated, will contribute to a growing wall of cultured kisses on display within INFECTIOUS. Warning: This exhibit contains sterilized horse blood.

Watch Maria explain KISS CULTURE. 

NOBODY LEAVES 'TIL THE DAPHNIA SING

Sean Taylor and Mikael Fernstrom, Ireland.

Listen to the music made from the swimming motions of so-named water fleas and hear how these tiny crustaceans change their tune when infectious material enters their environment. watch under the microscope as the threat of contagion alterns the patterns of their movements and vocalisations. 

Photograph by Patrick Bolger. 

Watch Sean and Mikael discuss their work here. 

SOCIOPATTERNS

Ciro Cattuto and Wouter Van den Broeck, in collaboration with Alain Barrat, Jean-Francois Pinton, Vittoria Colizza and Alessandro Vespignani, Italy, France, USA and Belgium.

How a digital infection spreads within a public exhibition mirrors the mechanisms of other kinds of contagion. Find out how network scientists are using radio frequency tagging to understand the patterns of human interactions within the Science Gallery. 

Watch Ciro and Wouter explain how SOCIOPATTERNS works within the INFECTIOUS exhibition.

STIGMATISED

Karl Grimes, Ireland.

A drawing series inspired by early medical text books, household physician guides and fairy tale illustrations. The images present an illuminated atlas of the outward signs of infection and explore the ways visual representations inform our knowledge, inner fears and aversion to illness. 

Photograph by Patrick Bolger.

Watch Karl talk about Stigmatised here.

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Examine some of the world's most feared pathogens up close and personal in the INFECTIOUS Microscopy Lab. Check out magnified bacteria such as anthrax and E.Coli alongside immune system cells that help to protect us.