- unreliablity of vision and ways it can be articulated through art
- neurobiology of the eye and how we engage with the world around us (when it’s disrupted by illness)
- experimented with a tree
- ‘waiting’ underwater, waiting with families
- Christine Borland
- AIS, spine defomity where the spine grows in a curved pattern
- willemionabilis tree, from australia, 3 in edinburgh, 1 grew in curved
- straightening trees
- perspective of the surgeon
- ‘backbone’
- observed a surgery
- ‘removal of the body’

CATHERINE BAKER : ARTIST TALK

My Thoughts:

Every artist talk so far has introduced me to a new idea or concept I would not have expected to be interested in. This talk was mainly about art in relation to medicine or illness, focusing on terminal illnesses and AIS, a spine deformity in which the spine grows in a curved pattern.

As an artist, I can imagine focusing on subjects like this come with a lot of strain on your mental health, as well as a lot of planning and thought into how to approach your work, as well as the people involved, in a respectful way. From her talk, I got the impression that Baker does this in a very skilled way, and the way she portrays difficult concepts is done with care and thought.