What kinds of energy are liberated when art and science collide?

Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences Distinguished Lecture

'Personal Protection Equipment' -the photo features the artist Izabela Zolcinska and Natalie Mounter, a nurse who collaborated with the artist to run a workshop on PPE equipment. More info can be found here: https://london.sciencegallery.com/blood/artworSpaces where people with different ways of seeing the world can interact are more important than ever. In politics, culture and the private sphere we must fight to make sure that we hear voices unlike our own.The commitment to diversity is a leadership quality and an artistic manifesto as well as a recipe for scientific progress. As universities build engagement into their research work and the boundaries of the campus become more porous there is a real opportunity for marginalised groups to influence the direction of research. And interdisciplinary practice can open opportunities for new audiences to find a voice.