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Experimenta: The Art of Slime Mold With Heather Barnett

Join Imagine Science Films for a discussion with our very own Artist in Residence, bioartist Heather Barnett. Heather Barnett Heather Barnett is a British artist, researcher and educator working with biological systems and scientific processes. With interests ranging across medicine, psychology, perception and visualisation, projects have included microbial portraiture, cellular wallpapers, performing cuttlefish and self-organising installations. Heather's ongoing 'collaboration' with the true slime mould, Physarum polycephalum, observes and captures the intelligent organism's growth patterns, navigational abilities and seemingly human behaviours. Her films, animations and photographic studies take inspiration from the array of scientific research -- which includes city planning, cellular computation, decision-making, and complexity -- in a game of creative control and authorship. The Physarum Experiments is an exploration of the simple yet complex behaviours of this biological and cultural phenomenon. Heather has been Artist in Residence and held Research Fellowships in diverse organisations including hospital pathology departments, satellite mapping companies and science research laboratories. Recent commissions include Guy's Hospital Cancer Day Unit (winner of Best Use of Visual Art in Healthcare, 2011) and the Postgraduate Medical Institute at Anglia Ruskin University (2012). She is a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Art/Science at the University of Westminster, where she is project lead for Broad Vision art/science research and learning programme. She is also Lecturer on the MA Art and Science at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK. She is also Creative Director of the biologically inspired design brand, micro-designs.