Manometry II
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
Manometry II
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
Reference
SAS0136_002
Year
2016
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 100
Length: 200
Depth: 5
Length: 200
Depth: 5
Materials
steel, copper wire on linen
Current Location
artist studio
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- Wall-mounted
Background, history, commissioner of the work
Created for 'Making Beauty' exhibition at Djanogly Gallery and produced during a year-long research project supported by an arts grant from the Wellcome Trust and the exhibition by the Arts Council England. Working in collaboration with digestive disease specialists at the University College Hospital (London), University of East Anglia (Norwich) and University of Nottingham, honing in on studies around regenerative medicine.
Thematic/contextual information
Stitched copper and steel wire which lines are derived from analysis of action in the human bowel
Inspired by models and techniques from innovative technology as witnessed in labs and specialist hospital units. Inspired by high resolution, invasive, optical manometry that detects pressure changes inside the bowel. Drawing of a condensed manometric recording of the colon that is showing of the increased contractile activity induced by the meal.
