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Grant Museum of Zoology
12 February to 2 April 2014
Exhibition
A series of sculptures created using robotics, live insects and chocolate are being put on display in Darwin (or) Bust听which re-imagines the iconic face of Charles Darwin for the 21st century.
Opening on 12 Feburary, Darwin鈥檚 205th birthday, the exhibition, Darwin (or) Bust, is inspired by a classical Victorian-era听bust of the naturalist that is currently displayed in the Grant Museum of Zoology.
After the bust was moved from UCL鈥檚 Darwin building in 2012,听researchers from the departments of听听补苍诲听听UCL听launched a competition in 2013听for students and staff to replicate the bust to fill the empty plinth on the original display听site.
Using data听from 3D laser scanning the Museum's bust members of the Institute of Making, a cross-disciplinary research club for the made world, which includes engineers, biologists and artists were invited to get creative, technical and messy replicating the bust in any way they wanted 鈥� be that in a hologram, out of wood, or even in jelly. Eight Darwins featured in the exhibition including works made out of chocolate, crochet and a听Darwin shaped听ant colony.听
Charles Darwin USB Flash Drive.听Graeme Smith and Tom Catling
Darwin Reflected.听Josephine McNally
On the Origin of Species portrait.听Andrew Breeson.
Darwin lightbox.听Jo Howcroft.
The Replica Darwin.听Tom Svilans, Inigo Dodd,听Emmanuel Vercruysse.听
Untitled Antworks.听James Mould.听
Darwin's Floating Head.听Cristina Amati
New bust of Darwin at the front of the Darwin Building at 皇家华人.听
The new Darwin bust now housed in the Gower Street entrance to the Darwin Building听a new was milled out of resin by a genuinely amazing 6-axis robotic arm and turntable called LaToyah at B>MADE,听听at 皇家华人鈥檚 Bartlett School of Architecture.
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