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SSS Autumn Lecture by
Lisa Pettibone
Photos supplied by Lisa Pettibone
Art and science – as different as chalk and cheese? Not so! or so it seemed as we listened intently to Lisa Pettibone’s interesting talk at this year’s SSS Autumn Lecture.
Beginning with her successes since recently completing her Masters in Art & Science, specialising in the subject of gravity in physics and the human experience, Lisa took us on a journey to her creative past, to the experiences which encouraged her to embark on her studies.
And what a ride that was! These included a trip to Iceland to photograph the geologically-active landscapes; Switzerland’s CERN to meet with brilliant scientists whose cutting-edge projects are furthering our understanding of the universe; artist residencies here (London and Surrey) and abroad (Atina, Italy); and various commissions.
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Surrey
Lisa began her artist residency at Mullard Space Science Laboratory in September 2018. She will be using sculpture, installation and imagery to "research and respond to emerging ideas around form, structure and matter in space as seen through concepts of gravity, dark matter and time…"
Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire
Lacock Abbey is the home of the Museum dedicated to Henry Fox Talbot, a great Victorian hobbyist whose interests included optics, chemistry and botany. He invented the first photographic negative.
The Museum approached Lisa asking her to come up with an idea on how to encourage their visitors to make a connection between the Abbey, where Henry Fox Talbot lived and where his photographic equipment and optical devices were displayed, and the beautiful Abbey garden where he planted most of the trees and took his first photographs.
Lisa came up with two works: The Optical Tree and Negative Window.
The Optical Tree 1 by Lisa Pettibone
Aperion 1 by Lisa Pettibone
at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory