Helen Scalway received her training (M.A. Fine Art) at Chelsea College of Art, London University of the Arts. Her practice is concerned with the visual representation of complexity, especially complex spaces, and the links to knowledge and meaning. She works through the creation of diagrams, drawings, collages, and models. She has exhibited in the UK and internationally, and her work features in several books.
Micespace builds on two innovative aspects of Helen’s work. The first is the resurgence of drawing as a vital form of thinking, open to emergence and experimentation. The second is the growing interest in visualization, using diagrams to explore complex spatial relations, building on Deleuze’s conceptualisation of ‘the diagram [as a] map of relations between forces’ (Deleuze, 1988:36).
Gail Davies is Professor in Human Geography at the University of Exeter. Her work incorporates insights from geography, science and technology studies, and anthropology to explore the spatiality of knowledge practices and emerging animal geographies of biomedical research. She has worked for over 20 years on the social dimensions of animal research.
Micespace draws on two aspects of Gail’s work. The first is her work charting the changing geographies of international research using mutant mice. The second is her interest in developing innovative forms of public engagement and creative resources for generating new kinds of conversations about the place of animals in biomedical research.
Helen Scalway and Gail Davies would like to thank to Fiona French, Richard Milne, Cath D’Alton, and Sue Rouillard for their help in the development of the images and website, and the many friends, colleagues and research participants who contributed to the development of the ideas that underpin them. Gail Davies would like to thank the ESRC and the Wellcome Trust for supporting the social science research that has underpinned her work to date.
Copyright note: The gallery images and photographs on this website were produced through a collaboration between Helen Scalway and Gail Davies, between 2007 and 2018. The copyright of these artworks remains with the artist Helen Scalway. The artworks may be reproduced under a CC BY-SA licence. This licence enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must licence the modified material under identical terms. The workshop images, annotated by others, are not available for reuse outside of the academic research context in which they were generated.