HELIX - Artist Talk with David Blandy & Daniel Locke at GV Art Gallery
by Lighthouse
Date and time
Description
David Blandy and Daniel Locke will talk about the development of Helix and their collaboration with scientist Adam Rutherford. From the initial discussions and drawings, to their work in creating the digital graphic novel.
Helix is a collaborative digital graphic novel created by artist David Blandy, scientist Adam Rutherford and illustrator Daniel Locke. Helix tells the history of DNA from the perspective of a 500 year old man kept alive by genetic therapy. The story spans a 40,000 year period, from ancient chimera, to modern day spider goats, to a speculated future of centuries old human beings.
At GV Art, the exhibition shows Helix on touch screen devices, displaying the digital flexibility of the format, plus original drawings and sketches created by Locke. The digital graphic novel was made possible by Storythings, a creative agency working with new ways of storytelling, who created the web version of Helix from the collaborators’ original texts and drawings.
Helix was commissioned by Lighthouse, and supported by the Wellcome Trust and Arts Council England.
Lighthouse: http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/david-blandy-adam-rutherford-and-daniel-locke-helix
London Science Festival: http://londonsciencefestival.com/2013/helix/
