Join us for a spirited conversation with Alex May which will showcase a new body of artworks that will increase public awareness of the fascinating field of quantum biology.
Alex May is a British contemporary artist questioning how our individual and collective experiences of time, and formation of memories and cultural record, are mediated, expanded, and directed by contemporary technologies. His work forges creative links between art, science, and technology through a wide range of digital new media, including virtual and augmented reality, photogrammetry, algorithmic photography, interactive robotic artworks, video projection mapping, generative works, performance, and video and sound art.
Alex was awarded The Institute of Advance Studies (IAS) Fellowship in 2023 and joined the University as Artist in Residence. His Fellowship aims to bring an entirely new perspective to quantum effects in biology, seen in phenomena such as photosynthesis and DNA mutation. As part of Surrey’s ‘Quantum Arrow of Time’project funded by the John Templeton Foundation, award-winning digital artist Alex May has been working closely with Dr Youngchan Kim, Director of the Leverhulme Quantum Biology Doctoral Training Centre (QB-DTC), and colleagues to consider how quantum biology is related to our experiences of time and memory through technology and art.
The conversation will be followed by Q&A.
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