Anne Bevan, Things Unseen

THINGS UNSEEN

2012

Things Unseen involves a collaborative publication and a series of artworks developed through sculpture, print and video.

Looking at single cell organisms known as foraminifera, Bevan used scientific and creative processes, including 3D imagery and microbiology techniques, to alter the scale of these tiny forms, transforming them from microscopic to human scale, through casting, modelling and printing. Bevan collaborated with marine biologist Prof Kate Darling and scientists in the department of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. Field research was based in North Atlantic coastal locations and was carried out through projects including Cape Farewell’s SeaChange expedition. Work continued in the studio and laboratory involving innovative microscopic CT scanning techniques with experimental geologist Dr Ian Butler. 

The work has been shown in exhibitions, conference events and seminars in locations including Taigh Chearsabhagh Art Gallery, North Uist; Royal British Society of Sculptors, London; Bonhoga Gallery and Shetland Museum, Shetland; the Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, Aberdeen Maritime Museum; Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh; and internationally in Dortmund, Germany; Kyoto, Japan and Melbourne, Australia.

2 volume artist book Things Unspoken Things Unseen, by Anne Bevan and Andrea Roe, published by the Pier Arts Centre 2013.

Photography: Anne Bevan/ Michael Wolchover

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Star*sand (video) by Anne Bevan, Ian Butler & Pete Stollery.