KARYN EASTON
Mar 28
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Mattering Life – Day #4

Professor Kosuke Fujishima & More Lab Time – This morning we had a talk by Professor Kosuke Fujishima from the Fujishima Lab at the Earth Life Sciences Institute in the Tokyo Institute of Technology.       Experiments from The Grow Lab The plan for today was to to get as much material as possible together in order to assemble a presentation that would align with our chosen topic of ‘Beyond Earth’ and the chemical gardens.  Shem the lab technician had suggested that displacing the chemical garden solution and replacing it with epoxy resin might be a great way of preserving the structures.  As lab space had been particularly tight in the last ‘Grow Lab Session’ only 3 members of each group were allowed to work in there at any given time.  We managed to organise this really well between us.  I was interested in recording what was being created and Kismat wanted to remain behind to work on the group’s zine. We decided to create a short film, a variety of chemical gardens and a zine for our presentation scheduled for tomorrow morning. Below is a selection of images and closeups that I took of my chemical garden and […]
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Mar 19
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Mattering Life – Workshops Day #2

Samples Collection & Experimentation – As we arrived back at CSM most of us were feeling pretty tired.  It had been an intense but very enjoyable morning in the science labs at UCL (University College London).  However, we were all pretty excited to start collecting our samples. We felt it would be a great idea to collect some canal water, some moss, and some leaves.  I was really keen to examine the dregs of my Chai Latte so I popped some in a little sample bottle.  I wasn’t so keen to grab the canal water but luckily Charlotte a fellow member of the group was on hand to do this.   Charlotte Collecting Samples   Below is a mix of clips from Days #1 and #2 – they range from crystal garden crystals, to sample collecting, to fruit fly equipment and oxygen free cabinets.       Sample Analysis and Experimentation After Lunch we had a quick de-brief then we headed off into the grow lab for some sample analysis and experimentation.  Shem and Barbera were our technicians.     Shem produced the first four of the following time-lapse sequences. The rest were produced by our group and shot by […]
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Mar 19
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Mattering Life Day #2

UCL Lab talks and Tour – Below are the speakers and the order in which we met them all.  I was absolutely ‘blown away’ by their enthusiasm and knowledge of their subject areas.  It was clear that every single one of them was really excited by their respective research. They are all on a mission to understand the origins of life.  I thoroughly enjoyed my once in a lifetime visit to what I call the ‘origins of life lab’ at UCL.   Talk Images Talk Images Enrique was working with fruit flies to look for chemical signals. Below are some of the images from his talk.   Talk Images Feixue was doing work using a special chamber that allowed for the omission of oxygen. Each of us tried putting our hands into the chamber.  This was so that the early conditions of earth could be replicated.  We all commented on how difficult it must be to work under those circumstances. This is because your hands are encased in on only white gloves but also a layer of relatively thick rubber.   Oxygen Free Chamber Below is a video short showing how the the oxygen free chamber is accessed.   Talk […]
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Mar 19
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Mattering Life – Workshops Day #1

Workshops from Day #1 In the afternoon we had two workshops – one was with Alice Taylor and the second was in the ‘Grow Lab’.   Workshop #1 We were invited to consider the following and then add our thoughts to the window.   Questions Below are the questions we considered.   The Results Interestingly 3 people from our group all suggested ‘movement’ as a sign of life.  It appears to have been a popular choice.   Grow Lab Workshop Below are some images from our time in the Grow Lab.  We each learned how to make a crystal garden and how to produce different coloured sheens with chemical compounds.    
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Mar 18
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Mattering Life Day #1

Grow Lab Intro, Lectures and Workshop – Today was the first day of the ‘Mattering Life’ Programme.  Firstly, I needed to attend the ‘Grow Lab’ at 10.00am for an induction session.  Here we went through everything we needed to be safe while using the lab.     Heather Barnett – Introductory Talk After completing our induction session Heather introduced us all to the people we would be working with throughout the week.  We filled out our consent forms and she also gave an introductory talk.  I have included a selection of slides for reference.   A Selection of Intro Slides   Talk By Nick Lane Next we had a talk by Nick Lane which helped to highlight some of the problems that science was facing when trying to define ‘What is Life?’ and ‘What is Living’ Below are a selection of slides for reference.   Nick Lane – Selection of Slides   Masahiko Hara The next talk was by Masahiko Hara, who posed the question ‘What is Colour, Fundamentally?’  On balance it would seem that colour is as a result of brain perception as opposed to eye perception.  The eyes ‘see’ but it is the brain that actually decoded the […]
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Mar 08
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Low Residency Day #1

All Things Pink – We had lots of fun today! Alex Schady put on a fab pink themed workshop. If I’m totally honest I struggled to get my sculpture to ‘work’ exactly as I wanted it to, but it was still a great session!  I got a little sidetracked by some of the materials I was using.  I became quite absorbed by the layers of plastic that I could create.  However, the project brief required the sculpture to hold a smartphone.  Unfortunately my sculpture was a little flimsy and my phone very heavy, so it was a recipe for disaster.  Luckily my creation just about managed to make it to the end of the day.  Below is a picture of Alex Schady in the photographic studio wearing his sculpture.  I really liked Alex’s creation, which was a much better and more solid design for holding a smartphone.     Shots of My Creation Below are some shots of my strange pink layered sculpture.  Sadly it really struggled to hold my heavy iPhone.  However, I did manage to shoot some video.     Textures I was really intrigued by the textures created by the plastic layers of my creation.  So when […]
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Mar 29
by Karyn in Collaborations, Food for Thought, Lectures, Low Residency, My Learning, My Work, Risk Taking, Workshops, Zoom Meetings 0 comments tags: Collaborations, Food for Thought, Lectures, Low Residency, My Learning, my work, Risk Taking, Workshops, Zoom Meetings

Zoom Session 20 (Low Residency)

Low Residency Part 2 – This is part 2 of the Low Residency.  This blog covers the second week of activities.  To see what happened in the preceding week please see Zoom Session 19.   Low Tech Photography (Monday 10.00am with Felix Loftus) I was very torn about taking this workshop as opposed to the printing workshop.  Printing is something that I’ve always been very interested in, but I’ve never really had the opportunity to explore it to any great degree.  However the pull of photography coupled with tech had way too much of a ‘pull factor’ for me.  Indeed, having taken the workshop I knew I had absolutely made the right choice for me!  It was nice to see both Trisha and Ester at the workshop too. When we entered the classroom there were a variety of Rasberry Pi processors on the table.  these were hooked up to a variety of lenses.  Some were native to Rasberry Pi and some were off the shelf smartphone camera lenses.  I hate to admit it but I was in tech heaven!  Although I was sad to miss printing I don’t think anything could ‘top’ me messing around with programming and kit.  The […]
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