SURGE III: Waves of Experience by Kate Emily Kelly

SURGE III takes place at Lethaby Gallery (Window Gallery), Central Saint Martins, UAL, 13 to 27 March, 2024.

Waves of Experience by Kate Emily Kelly

Robert and I had a keen interest in working together as our connection came through issues concerning women and ethnic minorities and the implications that race and gender has on the type of treatment and care you can receive. Robert’s research involves using miniature ultrasound devices that use half a millimetre-wide fibres. He uses these devices to navigate them into the smallest parts of the body. The two major application areas are the cardiovascular system looking for damage and being able to navigate down the airways of the lung to be able to image lymph nodes and try to pick up things, particularly from peripheral cancer disease. Exploring Robert's research led us to work with different charities, reflective of the two strands of his research: lung cancer and heart disease. In response we ran two workshops, one with the British Heart Foundation and the other with ALK Positive. The results of the workshop can be seen collaged and layered together to create 'Waves Of Experience'.

Artist Biography

Kate Kelly, born in East London in 1995 is a British artist and educator. Kelly completed her BA at the University of Brighton where she studied Fine Art Painting. She then went on to various artist residencies, including Cypress School of Art, and Organhaus in Chongqing, China. Kelly has now gained a PGCE and an MA from UAL Camberwell in Fine Art Painting. Her collaborative practice has a focus on portraits, people, painting, audio, voice, narrative, with the foundation of her work starting with intersectional feminism and biographical experiences.

Kate Emily Kelly (MA Fine Art: Painting, Camberwell College of Art) in collaboration with Robert Stafford Williams, the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Surgical and Interventional Science (WEISS) at University College London (UCL), The University of the Arts London Post-Grad Community. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Relevant Links

• Follow Kate on Instagram
• Discover more of Natalia's work on her website
• Find out more about Robert's work
• Find out more about ALK Positive
• The British Heart Foundation

SURGE III

SURGE III is the third instalment of UAL's Post-Grad Community (PGC) and UCL's WEISS Centre collaborative programme that brings together scientists, artists and the public to explore the complexities and application of technology in surgery.

SURGE III was developed with the support of Simon Watt and Phil Wiles from WEISS Public Engagement Team, and Fred Kavanagh, Catriona Mahmoud and Rachael Lakhan from UAL Post-Grad Community.

Post-Grad Community

Established in 2013, Post-Grad Community is an inclusive platform for all UAL postgraduate students to share work, find opportunities and connect with other creatives within the UAL and beyond. Find out more.

WEISS

By combining the strength of engineering and clinical sciences at UCL, WEISS aims to ensure that innovative engineering solutions are reaching the clinic to benefit patients. Find out more.