‘In Search of Chemozoa’ – finalist in major competition
Congratulations to Boredomresearch! In Search of Chemozoa is a finalist for the SCINEMA International Science Film Festival (a project of the Royal Institution of Australia) in the experimental/animation category. The film festival is the largest of its kind in the...
Cancer Garden creation described in ‘Leonardo’
A paper describing the background to the creation of Endless Forms Most Beautiful, the cancer cactus garden at Arizona State University, has appeared in the arts/science journal, Leonardo. Read about the unique collaboration between of the landscape architect, the...
Another Big Win for Artwork
‘In Search of Chemozoa’ has received the Best Film 2021 Award @SigmaXiSociety STEM Art and Film Festival. Sigma Xi is one of the oldest and largest scientific organizations in the world. Congratulations to Vicky Isley and Paul Smith aka boredomresearch! This win...
In Search of Chemozoa – free exhibition
This wonderful artwork will be screened between Nov 7th 2021 until January 2022 at the Sigma Xi STEM Art and Film Festival, taking place online during their annual conference. Registration to attend the STEM Art and Film festival is free. Further details about the...
Chemozoa wins Europe Film Festival Award!
Congratulations to Vicky Isley and Paul Smith aka boredomresearch. Their ACE sponsored creation, Chemozoa was judged Best Short Experimental film at the Europe Film Festival in London, UK this summer. Wonderful news!
In Search of Chemozoa – a smorgasbord of resources!
Watch the wonderful on-line exhibition of In Search of Chemozoa by artists, boredomresearch. The work is based on some of the cancer research of ACE. The 3D version is now touring the world and participating in international competitions. Learn the technical tricks...
Last chance to view (in Arizona) ACE’s stunning art exhibition
In Search of Chemozoa, is an art video installation featuring a beautiful fictional protozoa that evolves and struggles as it navigates its river in search of a safe haven. See it in Restless Balance, an exhibition by award-winning British art duo Vicky Isley and Paul...
Cacti Garden
”Endless Forms Most Beautiful” is a cactus garden installed on the grounds of the ASU campus. “Genetic mutations can create new and sometimes beautiful forms of life, like the crested cacti featured in this garden. Cells in these crested cacti get mutations during...
Remembrance Tree
“Remembrance Tree” is a social practice art experience where visitors can write the names of people they know who have been impacted by cancer and add them to Endless Forms Most Beautiful, our somatically mutated cactus garden. These metal plant identification tags...
Mimicking Cancer with Music
While the science behind cancer is complex, the essence of the disease can be elegantly expressed as music. Like musicians in a group, working together to produce a piece of music, different cells in our body work together to produce a living, breathing person. When...