Jane Prophet
A love of interdisciplinary collaboration
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To a greater or lesser extent the works documented here each owe a debt to conversations and insights gained from rich collaborative partnerships with engineers, medical researchers, surgeons and scientists. In some cases these interdisciplinary collaborations go much deeper and involve partners in the productions of the artworks. This is typified by my work with Gordon Selley, whose algorithmic trees were developed for The Landscape Room, Decoy and The ‘blot’ Series. Our partnership began with TechnoSphere, co-authored in the mid-1990’s.
My way of thinking, and of seeing the world, has expanded through chance encounters, collaborations and friendships with many such remarkable people. Ironically, some of the most important are not represented by this selection of works, but have nevertheless had a profound impact on me and my art work: the extraordinary mathematician, Mark d’Inverno, who continues to challenge my thinking, always with humour, and with whom I have learnt to see the creativity that can come from exploring conflicting worldviews; the visionary liver pathologist and stem cell researcher, Neil Theise who has patiently shared his research with me and changed forever my understanding of the body; and the inspirational materials scientist, Mark Miodownik who has shared his unique library of strange and uncanny materials with me on numerous occasions.
