PHARMACOPOEIA the art of popping pills - 3th Medical Art Meeting and Exhibition GDA2012

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

SIMPLICIA OMNIA

September 13th - 15th, 2012

3th Medical Art Meeting and Exhibition, Antwerp Medical Days 2012
PHARMACOPOEIA
the art of popping pills

Organized by the Art Researches Science (ARS) program, the Biological and Medical Art in Belgium group (BIOMAB) and the European Medical Students' Association (EMSA) of Antwerp, this meeting offers a meaningful exchange among scientists, artists, and medical artists teaching Art and Science to a new generation of students, encouraging open discussions between scientists and artists and the opportunity for a real dialogue about experiences and visions central to their work.

Open for applications until September 1th, 2012

"Uncovering the secrets of the apothecary’s ancient book, the Pharmacopoeia and discovering transformative elixirs we never believed could exist."
Art work by Anneke Blennerhassett, 2011

****Location

University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken

Universiteitsplein 1 - 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk)

Building Q (Aula Building), Room V2 (Parking P3 and P4)

Public transport: Bus 17, 21, 25, 31, 130, 135, 140 and 141

Bus 17 from Antwerp Central Station; Bus 31 from Antwerp-Berchem Station

Opening: Thursday 13 September 2012 at 20h00

Presentations: Friday 14 and Saturday 15 September 2012 from 09h00 to 17h00

We are pleased that this meeting and exhibition organized by the Art Researches Science - ARS program, the Biological and Medical Art in Belgium group (BIOMAB) and the European Medical Students' Association (EMSA) of Antwerp is convened for the third time during the Antwerp Medical Days at the University of Antwerp, bringing together representatives from a wide variety of disciplines.

The topic for the Antwerp Medical Days 2012 is ‘Farmacology: Doctor, why are we popping pills.’

The art work represented in the Q building, room V2 on the UA Campus Drie Eiken ‘PHARMACOPOEIA the art of popping pills’ is research based, observing and inspired by the human body in all its diversity; life and nature in all its beauty, strength, fragility, disease, mortality and death.

This scientific meeting and medical art exhibition offers a platform for future networks, workshops and co-productions between young artists, medical artists and scientists. It will also act as an opportunity for regional and local initiatives to be reinforced through trans-continental forum of ideas.

We wish all participants an exciting time in Antwerp and hope that these three Medical Days will be productive and successful for the arts and the sciences.

Pascale Pollier-Green, biomedical artist and president BIOMAB vzw
Claartje Macken, president Antwerp Medical Students’ Congress AMSC 2012
Ann Van de Velde, hematologist, BIOMAB vzw
Francis Van Glabbeek, orthopedic surgeon, BIOMAB vzw
Website: BIOMAB
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Artists & Works (in Progress)

In Prima: SIMPLICIA OMNIA
In Altera: COMPOSITA GALENICA
In Tertia: CHIMICA REMEDIA