CNoS

WAYS OF WORKING 2019 

HD video with sound. 12’28 

Ways of Working was a one-day workshop and evening event, hosted by The Cultural Negotiation of Science (CNoS) fine art research group, Northumbria University in collaboration with the Biochemical Society and Newcastle University’s Institute for Creative Arts Practice (NICAP). The workshop presented an opportunity to address questions that are common to the arts, sciences and humanities – around ways of seeing, methods of working, and approaches towards developing interdisciplinary practice. Whilst acknowledging that both practices are creative, the workshop focused on ‘ways to practice’ that allow for time, space, error and specifically, what we can learn from questioning existing methods of working. With an ethos of open-ended experimentation, engaging in critical dialogue around common themes, the approach of the workshop was research-led and exploration driven rather than outcome driven. Practitioners across the arts, sciences and humanities shared their working methods and explored collaborative practice in both the studio and the lab. The event was facilitated by Louise Mackenzie, building on her research interests in ethical engagement with the sciences through art practice. 

In partnership with the Biochemical Society and Newcastle University’s Institute for Creative Arts Practice.