Lecture at Royal Society

In July, Luke gave this 25 minute long talk at the Royal Society, London. Rather than a formal lecture, it was designed to inspire both arts and science specialists as well as families in attendance.

Mirror Moon

Made in stainless steel, using NASA accurate topographic data from the moon’s surface, Mirror Moon allows the public to feel and touch every crater, valley and mountain. As well as allowing everyone to explore the Moon visually and through touch, this artwork will also be great for those in our society who are visually impaired.

The artwork will first be presented at the Royal Society in London this July.  

Arise - Nepal

Working with the ARISE team from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Phase Nepal , Luke devised and delivered a workshop with a women’s community group in Khudikola informal settlement, Pokhara, Nepal. The main form of employment for most people living in the village is selling gravel and boulders from the river, which they have to carry up the steep banks in baskets carried on their backs.

The women wrote down their hopes and dreams for their future, as well as the problems and difficulties faced by their community. Their problems include cast and sex discrimination, access to health and education services, flooding, poor roads and simple registration of their existence as an informal settlement by the authorities.

Their words were turned into imagery which then formed stencils used to decorate umbrellas. The umbrellas were then paraded by the group through the streets to local Nepalese music.

The workshop allowed us to collect information on the communities difficulties and for women’s group to get to know our team. The Jerram Foundation is now allocating funds, to deliver practical improvements in their community which will be implemented by the women’s group living there. Details TBA soon.