Patricia and Melissa will reflect on creativity, scientific innovation in stem cell research and societal impact, exploring how art can help us make sense of science and a field moving toward once‑unimaginable solutions.
The discussion will be anchored in Patricia’s new artwork Células Madre, commissioned for the EMERGENCE[Y] exhibition.
Células Madre revisits Patricia’s 2002 Still Life with Stem Cells and reflects the technological advances made in the last two decades. It explores innovation in research, the implication for future generations and the hope that is felt at the potential to cure the currently incurable.
This event is part of a day of free programming exploring the future of stem cell research through art and science. Across the day, enjoy talks from stem cell scientists, collaborative drawing, gallery tours and the EMERGENCE[Y] exhibition.
Patricia Piccinini’s Células Madre is the cornerstone of the Melbourne arm of the transnational collaboration Hope Springs Eternal, funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW. The piece is displayed with Still Life with Stem Cells, as well as Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm’s interactive installation An Internal Other at Science Gallery Melbourne.
