Paul Liam Harrison
Paul is CESAGen's artist in residence. He has been working at Cardiff with project researchers with a view to developing a longer term arts residency strategy. Some of the works produced to date in response to this dialogue were exhibited at the CESAGen conference "Genomics and Society" which took place on 12th-14th April 2005 at The Royal Society, London.
Paul is a multi media and cross disciplinary artist with a background and prevailing interest in print, printmaking and publishing. His practice inherently combines the use of traditional methods and materials with new and developing technologies. He is engaged in research, through the development of collaborative projects, which explore methodologies and processes involved in the visualization of information through image making practice.
He is currently appointed as research assistant at the Visual Research Centre, University of Dundee. He is based in the School of Fine Art publishing facility where he both facilitates and collaborates with artists and researchers on the conception and production of a variety of print projects.
These projects form an essential element of Paul’s research as they require the development of structures and dialogue towards a production outcome. A process which can be documented, evaluated and applied within collaborations with other disciplines.
Within this framework Paul has been working with scientists through direct interaction and collaboration for several years now. He has been investigating the development and production of images emerging through developments made in and around the biosciences and in particular the areas of cell function and gene research. He is interested in how this new information is processed and visualized in both a specialist and public context.
Rapid progress in the development of new knowledge and new technologies challenge the way we visualise and perceive our world. The implications of this are far reaching. Paul is interested in how we have dealt with these problems historically and how we can apply this experience to new visual criteria.
Further images and information can be found at his website
