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ENDO ECTO
Phillip Warnell
Nash Room, ICA, The Mall, London SW1, UK
Presented by The Arts Catalyst, devised by Phillip Warnell
Dr Simon Anderson & Phillip Warnell – Guest + Host = Ghost
The fascinating capsule endoscopy procedure is a completely new technology, for the first time enabling the photographing of the GI passage in its entirety.
In a two-part performative demonstration, artist Phillip Warnell underwent a live capsule endoscopy medical procedure, integrating projected visual material from his project, Host, which makes use of raw material gathered in this way. In part one, and following a period of preparatory fasting, Warnell ingested an untethered pill sized camera, which embarked on a fantastic voyage through the nine-metre gastro-intestinal tract. In part two, following a period of waiting while the capsule progressed via the bodies peristaltic muscular contractions and during which a number of speakers expanded on the themes in the performance, the camera’s radio transmissions were downloaded to a drive and viewed/interpreted by Gastroenterologist Simon Anderson through a unique software interface.
Phillip Warnell is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is balanced between perception, event & documentation.Using the body as a sound or source image, it is distinguished by its attention: to detail, to technique, to humour, to scrutiny and to the complex relationship between live performance and the mediated image.
Simon Anderson is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at St Thomas Hospital, London
Phillip Warnell is an artist, Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at The University of Gloucestershire, Visiting Faculty at George Mason University, Washington D.C. and an Associate Member of The Centre for the History of Medicine, Warwick University.
Anne-Sophie Cussatlegras - Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence researcher Anne-Sophie Cussatlegras will explain the incredible capability of certain organisms to produce light. Charting an array of techniques employed to achieve this, from symbiotic inter-subjective exchange mechanisms through to internally produced chemical reactions, Cussatlegras will go on to detail her own research into the inscription and measurement of marine bioluminescence; finally giving an extraordinary live demonstration of the organic light produced by single-cell marine dinoflagellates.
Anne-Sophie Cussatlegras is a researcher in bioluminescence at The Centre of Oceanography, Marseille.
Ric Allsopp – Performing The Interior
Ric Allsopp will discuss the way by which performance can reveal hidden, concealed or overlooked aspects of individual or group behaviour, placing them within discourse, acting as a lens through which both subject and object are joined. What were considered visionary and imaginary entries into the individual body, associated, for example, with the traditions of shamanic, magical and theatrical performance, are now routinely materialized through remote
Lisa Le Feuvre
Writer and curator Lisa Le Feuvre will introduce Endo-Ecto, fielding questions for each speaker and chairing a round table session. Le Feuvre is Curator of Contemporary Art at The National Maritime Museum.
Richard Squires
Artist Richard Squires will co-ordinate the visual components of Endo-Ecto.
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