Join Stephanie Lamprea and Anne Kjær across Speaking Towards One Another exhibition programme to experience short and intimate 15 mins afternoon performances
Stephanie Lamprea photo taken by Oana Stanciu
Anne Kjær photo taken by Robbie McFadzean
Event Details
Speaking Towards One Another performance and exhibition programme will feature daily short afternoon drop-in performances in Inspace. These will include a 15min dance performance by Anne Kjær (Fri & Mon) and a 15min vocal performance by Stephanie Lamprea (Wed & Thurs).
Please note that there will be no performances over the weekend.
Dates: Fri 23rd – Thurs 28th May (no performances on Sat & Sun) Time: 1pm daily | Free/Drop-in Location: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
Performers
Stephanie Lamprea
Colombian-American soprano Stephanie Lamprea is an architect of new sounds and expressions as a performer, recitalist, curator, composer, and improviser, specializing in contemporary-classical repertoire. Trained as an operatic coloratura, Stephanie uses her voice as a mechanism of avant-garde performance art, creating “maniacal shifts of vocal production and character… like an icepick through the skull” (composer Jason Eckardt). She has been praised by Opera News Magazine for “her iconoclasm and fearless commitment to new sounds” and for her “impressive display of extended vocal techniques, in the honorable tradition of such forward-looking artists as Bethany Beardslee, Cathy Berberian and Joan La Barbara.” Her work has been described as “stunning, harrowing, agonising, sonorous…” by The Observer, “divinely deranged” by the Herald Scotland, and that she “sings so expressively and slowly with ever louder and higher-pitched voice, that the inclined listener [has] shivers down their back and tension flows into the last row.” (Halberstadt.de) She has performed as a soloist at Roulette Intermedium (New York City), Constellation Chicago, Sound Scotland, Kings Place (London), Southbank Centre (London), the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the National Concert Hall (Dublin), the Centre for Contemporary Art (Glasgow), the Hidden Door Festival (Edinburgh), and the Casa da Música (Porto). She has collaborated with leading new music ensembles and bands including the Riot Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble, the City of London Sinfonia, Sō Percussion, and Post Coal Prom Queen.
An established multidisciplinary artist, Stephanie has collaborated as a soprano and composer with contemporary artist Jesse Jones to co-create Mirror Martyr Mirror Moon, a film installation presented at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham in partnership with the National Gallery in London. Mirror Martyr Mirror Moon received a five-star rating from The Observer, noting the “mesmerising film… The sound (and vision) is stunning, harrowing, agonising, sonorous and then garbled, stoppered, and running, as it seems, backwards.” Stephanie has collaborated with video artist and photographer Oana Stanciu and composer Tom W. Green to co-create Anthropocenic Garden, a multidisciplinary exhibition for film, music, and dance, commissioned by and presented at the Hidden Door Festival. She has also collaborated with author and activist Jessica Gaitán Johannesson and sound artist Alistair MacDonald to co-create Soroche, a work for music, spoken voice, and film, commissioned by and presented at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. A prolific recording artist, Stephanie released albums Quaking Aspen, Georges Aperghis’ 14 Récitations, and Don’t Add to Heartache, to international critical acclaim. Quaking Aspen was hailed by PopMatters.com as “a bold artistic statement that’s exciting and innovative… a magical, intense, and deeply satisfying journey.” 14 Récitations was described as a “tour-de-force… sportive vocal adventure of impressive proportions,” (Concerti.de), “performance art of the highest caliber,” (PopMatters.com), and a record in which “virtuosity is complemented by total commitment and vivid imagination.” (Bandcamp.com) Don’t Add to Heartache was celebrated as “an impassioned exploration of sound, space, and the relationship between nature and humanity… a fiercely inventive body of work that urges listeners to consider their relationship with nature in an increasingly artificial world.”
Anne Kjær
Anne Kjær is a transdisciplinary artist making work, often collaboratively, across multiple fields and mediums, including live performance, sound composition, film, installation, and site-specific art. Anne’s work is inquisitive about the human condition, multi-sensorial, immersive, emotionally delicate, sonically dense, and informed by her own neurodivergence. At the centre of her practice is the body; its sensory apparatus; movements; stories; and its desire and capacity for communication and connection. Coming from a background in acting and theatre, Anne developed an interest in physical theatre and contemporary dance. As someone without formal training in dance, her choreographic approach is grounded in contemporary somatic practices. Her work accentuates connecting the internal to the external; improvisation; awakening the imagination; expanding and refining the quality and texture of movement; longevity; and discovering pleasure and power in playful effort. Anne seeks inspiration from the movement language of Gaga, the movement research of Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek (Fighting Monkey), Body Weather training (Min Tanaka), Contact Improvisation, and other contemporary movement practices.
Anne’s compositional approach is minimalist; centred around building multi-layered structures of electro-acoustic and live sounds. She uses field recordings, electronically processed sounds, and live and recorded vocals to create works that evoke sensual imagery and contemplation. Anne has made work for intimate headphone experiences as well as multi-channel, amplified systems. In her role as collaborator and facilitator Anne is committed to an ethics of care: to being attentive and responsive towards the needs of others; to awaken to the teachings that others may offer her; to being aware of her influence and responsibility; to the cultivation of empathy for all and adaptability in her means of communication. Anne’s definition of care is an amalgamation of the work of Joan Tronto, Berenice Fischer, Virginia Held, and adrienne maree-brown: Care is the work we do to maintain, recover, nurture, and entreasure the well-being in ourselves, each other, and the world, so that we may live in it as best as possible. Originally from Copenhagen and now based in Glasgow, Anne graduated from the Contemporary Performance Practice programme at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2023.
Join this hybrid Q&A event to find out more about our exciting opportunity for STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data, Residency and Engagement Programme. This opportunity is for University of Edinburgh based PhD postgraduate students.
How can creative exploratory approaches help demystify and increase diverse access to and engagement with Resonance Imaging technology.
This is a hybrid event, but we encourage participants to attend in person for the post-event tour of Inspace, with the chance to chat with the Inspace team. You can also select the Zoom Admission ticket to obtain the access link if you can only join remotely.
2:00 PM – 2:10 PM – Welcome [Miriam Walsh] Welcome at Inspace and Institute for Design Informatics, Miriam Walsh, Inspace Manager
2:10 PM – 2:20 PM – Introduction to STEAM Imaging [Bianka Hofmann] STEAM Imaging: A residence programme exploring digital medicine beyond disciplines. Bianka Hofmann, Head of Science Engagement, STEAM Imaging Programme Lead, Fraunhofer MEVIS
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM – How to design your own MRI sequence [Matthias Günther and Daniel Hoinkiss] How to design your own MRI sequence. Matthias Günther, Institutes Deputy Director, Head of Imaging Physics, and Daniel Hoinkiss, Principal Scientist MR Physics, Fraunhofer MEVIS
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Q&A session
3:00 PM – Opportunity post event to have a tour around Inspace [In-person attendees only]
About STEAM Imaging VI
Are you passionate about using design to make a positive impact and improve health and wellbeing in Society? Do you want to explore the space between creative and scientific practice and how collaborating across disciplines might enable better understanding of specialist healthcare tools and expertise?
Are you a University of Edinburgh postgraduate PhD student (creative), or a pair (creative + collaborator), interested in combining design thinking and data science, and curious about the future of research and development in digital medicine?
The Institute for Design Informatics (IDI) in partnership with the residencies’ host, the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, invites postgraduate students, combining design thinking and data science, to engage in a transdisciplinary exploration of MRI sequence development, using no-field, low field and research MRI scanners, where creativity meets cutting-edge medical technology. This is your unique opportunity to explore and demystify Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), while gaining valuable insights into the rapidly evolving digital medicine market.
If selected for the residency, you’ll gain hands-on experience with No-Field, Low Field, and Research MRI scanners (read more about this technology below) while exploring innovative ways to program MR sequences. Your creative perspective exploring and combining data science, design thinking, and critical inquiry will be invaluable as you share your insights with Fraunhofer scientists and school students in Bremen, Germany – a joint STEAM workshop is integral part of the programme as well as audience engagement in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
This Residency & Science Engagement Program is a partnership between Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, and the Institute for Design Informatics in Edinburgh to create this unique opportunity to explore the potential for application of creative multi- and transdisciplinary approaches in digital medicine. This collaboration involves the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, Oberschule am Waller Ring in Bremen, and is supported by Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.
STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data
Engagement in MRI Sequence Development, Using No-Field, Low Field and Research MRI Scanners
RESIDENCY AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME: DEADLINE 2nd JUNE 2025
How can creative exploratory approaches help demystify and increase diverse access to and engagement with Resonance Imaging technology.
We are delighted to announce this new Call for Creatives at the University of Edinburgh for a Residency & Science Engagement Programme for STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data, an exciting new opportunity for postgraduate PhD students across the University of Edinburgh
Are you passionate about using design to make a positive impact and improve health and wellbeing in Society? Do you want to explore the space between creative and scientific practice and how collaborating across disciplines might enable better understanding of specialist healthcare tools and expertise?
Are you a University of Edinburgh postgraduate PhD student (creative), or a pair (creative + collaborator), interested in combining design thinking and data science, and curious about the future of research and development in digital medicine?
The Institute for Design Informatics (IDI) in partnership with the residencies’ host, the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, invites postgraduate students, combining design thinking and data science, to engage in a transdisciplinary exploration of MRI sequence development, using no-field, low field and research MRI scanners, where creativity meets cutting-edge medical technology. This is your unique opportunity to explore and demystify Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), while gaining valuable insights into the rapidly evolving digital medicine market.
You’ll gain hands-on experience with No-Field, Low Field, and Research MRI scanners (read more about this technology below) while exploring innovative ways to program MR sequences. Your creative perspective exploring and combining data science, design thinking, and critical inquiry will be invaluable as you share your insights with Fraunhofer scientists and school students in Bremen, Germany – a joint STEAM workshop is integral part of the programme as well as audience engagement Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
This Residency & Science Engagement Program is a partnership between Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, and the Institute for Design Informatics in Edinburgh to create this unique opportunity to explore the potential for application of creative multi- and transdisciplinary approaches in digital medicine. This collaboration involves the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, Oberschule am Waller Ring in Bremen, and is supported by Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.
Q&A Event
Join this hybrid Q&A event to find out more about our exciting opportunity for STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data, Residency and Engagement Programme. This opportunity is for University of Edinburgh based PhD postgraduate students.
Applications should be submitted using the online application form and supporting materials should be emailed to designinformatics@ed.ac.uk by Monday 2 June 2025 at 10.00 GMT
Please contact the Design Informatics team (designinformatics@ed.ac.uk) if you would like further information about applying.
Call for Creatives across the University of Edinburgh for a Residency & Science Engagement Programme
STEAM Imaging VI
Fraunhofer MEVIS in partnership with the Institute for Design Informatics
STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data
Engagement in MRI Sequence Development, Using No-Field, Low Field and Research MRI Scanners
Closing Date for Applications: 2 June 2025
This opportunity is for University of Edinburgh based PhD postgraduate students.
How can creative exploratory approaches help demystify and increase diverse access to and engagement with Resonance Imaging technology?
Are you passionate about using design to make a positive impact and improve health and wellbeing in Society? Do you want to explore the space between creative and scientific practice and how collaborating across disciplines might enable better understanding of specialist healthcare tools and expertise?
Are you a University of Edinburgh postgraduate PhD student (creative), or a pair (creative + collaborator), interested in combining design thinking and data science, and curious about the future of research and development in digital medicine? This is your unique opportunity to explore and demystify Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), while gaining valuable insights into the rapidly evolving digital medicine market.Are you a University of Edinburgh postgraduate PhD student (creative), or a pair (creative + collaborator), interested in combining design thinking and data science, and curious about the future of research and development in digital medicine? This is your unique opportunity to explore and demystify Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), while gaining valuable insights into the rapidly evolving digital medicine market.
You’ll gain hands-on experience with No-Field, Low Field, and Research MRI scanners (read more about this technology below) while exploring innovative ways to program MR sequences. Your creative perspective exploring and combining data science, design thinking, and critical inquiry will be invaluable as you share your insights with Fraunhofer scientists and school students in Bremen, Germany – a joint STEAM workshop is integral part of the programme as well as audience exchange/engagement Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Fraunhofer MEVIS in partnership with the Institute for Design Informatics invites postgraduate PhD students, combining design thinking and data science, to engage in a transdisciplinary exploration of MRI sequence development, using no-field, low field and research MRI scanners, where creativity meets cutting-edge medical technology. This innovative concept aims to foster a deeper understanding of MRI programming and explore how design and technology can converge in impactful ways. We invite you to apply, to explore new frontiers, and contribute to shaping the future of MRI sequence development by peeking into a new discipline, exploring and showcasing the value of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches in the context of new medical imaging technology. This opportunity emphasises a transdisciplinary approach, where technology, design, and healthcare intersect in an exciting space of exploration and collaboration.
About the MRI Technology and gammaSTAR
MRI is an essential diagnostic tool, but programming the sequences that guide the scanner during the image capture process is complex and requires specialised knowledge. Fraunhofer MEVIS is simplifying this process by using no-field scanners, compact tabletop MRI devices, large MRI scanners, and the in-house-developed gammaSTAR software platform. This approach makes MRI sequence programming more accessible to researchers, clinical staff, students, designers, and artists. The gammaSTAR platform simplifies MRI sequence programming with modular tools adapted for different MRI devices, lowering the entry barrier.
In the future, Fraunhofer MEVIS will develop workshops for different user groups utilizing modular building blocks, which can be combined in various ways to suit each target group’s needs. These modules range from basic blocks designed by physicists to advanced ones for medical professionals creating new technologies. Tools are needed for visualizing, inspecting, controlling, simulating, and combining these building blocks in an intuitive way to create new MRI-technology and applications. It also facilitates the use of MRI phantoms —3D-printed models that can be used as stand-ins for human tissues —that make sequence testing cheaper and easier, promoting faster and more efficient development of customised MRI sequences, demonstrating the clear potential for gammaSTAR to become an industry standard. Applicants will be encouraged to explore this groundbreaking software and its applications where this is of particular interest.
Design and Data combined approach
Design Informatics is a field of study that combines data science with design thinking to create meaningful datadriven experiences, products, and services. The central premise of design informatics is that data is a medium for design: by shaping data, we shape the world around us.
For this project we are seeking creative proposals inspired by this approach and that:
bridge the gap between MRI physics and those interacting with these technologies
explore human centered design in the context of digital healthcare technologies
explore the potential of user-friendly digital solutions that empower patients, clinicians and members of the public to engage with MRI technology
In the rapidly evolving field of medical imaging, a design informatics approach has the potential to play a pivotal role in simplifying complex scientific tools for experts and making them accessible to non-experts, positively contributing towards making advanced tools more intuitive and effective. How can raw data be transformed into actionable insights? How can design thinking and data science be combined to ensure that technology meets real human needs, leading to better healthcare outcomes? As the demand for data-driven design for AI-powered healthcare solutions, and user-centered medical research technologies continues to grow, the need for cross disciplinary experts, to contribute to digital medicine is skyrocketing.
About STEAM Imaging Residency
This is the sixth iteration of the Fraunhofer MEVIS STEAM Imaging residency program and the second time for Fraunhofer MEVIS and the Institute for Design Informatics to partner together for this programme, which fosters engagement of the younger generation with future technologies through on-site and online exchanges, as well as research explorations in digital medicine. At the heart of this Residency and Science Engagement programme is collaboration, co-development and co-delivery of a STEAM workshop with scientists from Fraunhofer MEVIS for school students, which is an integral part of the two-week stay in Bremen in November 2025. Following the two-week on-site Residency, you will have the opportunity for further remote exchange with the scientists for 6 weeks and finally share your journey, in a creative showcase in Inspace at the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh during the 2026 Edinburgh Science Festival, promoted through Ars Electronica channels. You’ll inspire curiosity, foster dialogue, and build bridges between fields, offering audiences a hands-on experience with MRI technology, with the opportunity to incorporate live image capture via Zoom with the MR lab team in Germany.
STEAM Imaging aims to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and facilitate effective communication among participants. By bringing together individuals from different fields and the younger generation, we aim to provide fresh perspectives and innovative solutions to real-world questions and challenges in digital medicine. By involving creatives working at cross sections of Design and Data, we aim to raise broader questions and support alternate approaches to exploring and presenting scientific topics in the field of digital medicine. Additionally, we strive to promote cross-sectional and cross-disciplinary understanding and build lasting ties between the organizations.
This Residency & Science Engagement Program is a partnership between The Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, and the Institute for Design Informatics in Edinburgh to create this unique opportunity to explore the potential for application of creative multi- and transdisciplinary approaches in digital medicine. This collaboration involves the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, Oberschule am Waller Ring in Bremen, and is supported by Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.
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Fraunhofer MEVIS and the Institute for Design Informatics invite PhD postgraduate students from across the University of Edinburgh, to submit playful proposals that explore and experiment with MRI technology. Successful applicant(s) will be invited to share their creative explorations with school students in Bremen during the two-week residency and with the broader public through a digital showcase of their exploration and journey and associated engagement event in Inspace during the 2026 Edinburgh Science Festival.
Selected creatives will be expected to
Collaborate with scientists, engineers, physicists and school students to explore and gain understanding of the research of MR sequence development.
Contribute to an engaging STEAM workshop on their explorations in collaboration with MEVIS scientists for school students in Bremen that demystifies medical imaging for non-specialist audiences.
Share their explorations using Fraunhofer MEVIS no-field scanner and inspired by tabletop and real MRI scanner tools based on the learning and collaborative work with scientists and students during the Residency.
Present their exploration throughout the project in an engaging format, using digital media and through an associated event, to diverse audiences, at Inspace, at the Institute for Design Informatics in April 2026, during the Edinburgh Science Festival.
We are looking for creative proposals that:
Critically engage with these technologies to push the boundaries of accessibility and engagement
Use digital media to share and visualise their exploration and journey in Inspace (e.g. digital art/illustrations, video film, animation, infographics/data visualizations, creative websites/apps, video games, augmented virtual reality, projected/immersive experiences or other digital formats we’ve not mentioned)
Offer new insights into MRI technology and its potential through an associated engagement event in Inspace (e.g. interactive talk, audience engagement activity, workshop, discussion event etc., if wished supported by the MR team to incorporate live image capture via Zoom).
All project outputs should be presented and disseminated in a way that is accessible to a range of audiences, from school students to the general public.
Scope of funding
For your exploration journey, you will be in close exchange and cooperation with Fraunhofer MEVIS scientists on-site in Bremen, Germany, for two weeks in November 2025 and for six further weeks remotely through scheduled interactions. Tailored to your interests, a mentor and experienced sci-art producer will guide you through the process. The residency aims to support self-driven discussion on and engagement with Fraunhofer MEVIS’ R&D, software, and MRI related technology.
Support offered by Inspace
Access to Inspace as a venue and for development and production, which includes seven window facingprojectorplus one main space projector and sound system
Opportunities to promote your project in Design Informatics newsletter and across our online communications channels
Access to some equipment (e.g. projectors, 3D printers, display screens, etc.)
Curatorial and practical support (e.g. Inspace related technical support)
Space to exhibit a digital visualisation of your exploration and journey in Inspace in April 2026
Successful applicants will be offered associate membership of IDI for the duration of the programme (Nov 2025 – Apr 2026)
Successful applicant(s) will receive, via the Institute for Design Informatics:
An artist stipend of5000 EURO – this includes all creator/collaborators time for participating in the residency, associated talks/events and delivering the final showcase in Inspace. This is based on 20 days overall and guided by the Scottish Artists Union new graduate artist residency rate A production budget of 4000 EURO – administered by Design Informatics and reimbursed through receipts and an expense claim process Travel costs of up to 500 EURO Travel subsidy of 450 EURO Artwork transportation costs of up to 250 EURO Accommodation costs in Bremen, Germany, up to 1050 EURO
Who can apply
We are looking for University of Edinburgh based postgraduate PhD students, studying in design or creative fields to apply. Applicants must be able to demonstrate experience and knowledge of design thinking and methodologies as part of their practice and how they would approach creatively combining design and data in their proposal.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate their capacity to participate in this programme alongside study commitments and must not engage in any other paid contracted University of Edinburgh work for the duration of the residency.
PhD students must also provide written agreement from their supervisor stating that participation in this programme will affect neither their studies, nor their duration. Undergraduate students are unfortunately not eligible to apply.
For a pair of applicants, the lead creative named on the application will be required to submit the application form on behalf of the collaborator and will be the person who attends the two-week on-site part of the residency in Bremen and takes on responsibility for the project budget. The stipend will be split 50:50 between a collaborating pair unless otherwise requested (please note this in your application). The lead applicant must have the ability to travel to Bremen under their current VISA.
All applicants must have a UK address for the duration of the Residency and Science Engagement programme and also have proof of right to work in the UK to be eligible to apply.
Timeline – 2025-2026
Nov 2025 – 2 week visit in Bremen including contributing to a STEAM school workshop jointly with the scientists (if pair – one must be nominated to travel to Bremen and the fee split) Nov 2025 – Mar 2026 – remote exchange with Fraunhofer MEVIS scientists available (for concept development) Dec 2025 – Communications deadline – project title, summary and promotional image submission Jan – Mar 2026 – further, but more limited, remote exchange with Fraunhofer scientists available upon request and for exhibition and event preparation Jan 2026 – Technical Rider deadline – presentation requirements for digital showcase Mar 2026 – Install Rehearsal in Inspace Apr 2026 – Delivery of digital showcase and associated engagement event in Inspace
Important Note: Please review the dates/timeline requirements for this opportunity and speak with your supervisor to make sure this will work with your studies. The successful applicant (or project lead, if applying as a pair) will need to be able to travel to Bremen under their current VISA.
Submission Process
Applicants must submit their online application along with emailing the supporting material (portfolio, CV and budget) to designinformatics@ed.ac.uk by Monday 2 June 2025 at 10.00 GMT
Application Applications in writing are preferred but video recorded submissions with transcript are also accepted if required to support accessibility.
For your final submission please use the online form only
Please contact designinformatics@ed.ac.uk if you require the application form in another format or if you have further access requirements you would like to discuss.
Supporting material In addition to the online application, applicants must also email to Design Informatics the following supporting material as a single PDF attachment: Portfolio – (10MB max.) including details of 3 previous projects with text descriptions for each (100 words max.) along with either images (6 max. overall) or for moving-image and sound documentation, please provide links to YouTube, Vimeo or Soundcloud files (10 minutes max. overall). CV – (2-sided A4 page max.) Budget – You can access a budget template in Word here:
Access rider (optional) – If there are certain access needs that you would like us to be aware of when connecting and working with you, please feel free to submit an Access Rider Form. You can find a template in Word here:
Please contact designinformatics@ed.ac.uk if you require this document in another format. See also Access Docs for Artists for more information.
Equality monitoring form (optional) – We also invite all applicants to complete our equality monitoring form, which helps Design Informatics and Inspace to understand the people, regions and communities that are connecting with us and the places and people that are currently missing from our network. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: We are committed to equality of opportunity, and we value and promote the diversity of our participants’ skills and therefore welcome all applications – regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation, and identity. We also seek to locate and amplify under-represented voices and perspectives through our creative programme and work to promote a positive culture, one that celebrates difference, challenges prejudice and ensures fairness and respect.
Selection Process
Your submission will be considered by a panel including members of the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS:
Prof. Matthias Günther – Deputy Institute Director, Head of MR-Imaging, Fraunhofer MEVIS Bianka Hofmann – Head of Science Engagement, STEAM Imaging Program Lead, Fraunhofer MEVIS Nicola Osborne – Institute Manager, Design Informatics Miriam Walsh – Inspace Manager, Design Informatics Evan Morgan – Research Software Engineer, Design Informatics
When selecting creative proposals, the panel will check eligibility and assess the quality of your submission based on:
the strength of the vision behind the concept and the proposed engagement with MRI technology through the combination of design thinking and data science
the creative and playful dimensions of the proposed concept and your capacity to deliver the proposed showcase and engagement activity to broader audiences in Inspace
the openness to collaborate with scientists to widen existing MRI STEAM workshop activities to be co-delivered to school students
how proposals demonstrate their interest in STEM topics, capable of bringing the topic of digital medicine to life, and offering new insights or perspectives for audiences
how the proposal shows that it is realizable within the available budget and timeframe.
The panel will base their decision solely on the submitted material, so it is important that your submission clearly demonstrates the quality and ambition of your vision.
FAQ’s
What Are MRI Sequences? MRI sequences are carefully designed protocols that determine how the scanner collects data. Data science plays a crucial role in improving these sequences, e.g. through machine learning for sequence optimization, using AI-driven methods that enhance image parameters for better quality and faster scans. Deep learning models can help accelerate scans while maintaining diagnostic quality. Real-time data analysis allows MRI sequences to adjust dynamically based on patient-specific characteristics.
What does MRI data look like? Before reconstruction, MRI data is stored in k-space, a matrix of complex numbers representing spatial frequencies. These data are not directly interpretable as an image but forms the foundation for reconstructing an MRI scan. It often looks like a symmetrical or structured pattern of bright and dark spots. After applying Fourier transformation, the data are converted into grayscale images. These images resemble medical scans with varying shades of gray depending on tissue properties. Some MR techniques generate parameter maps, such as perfusion maps, diffusion maps, or functional MRI (fMRI) activity maps, which may be color-coded to indicate different physiological or biochemical properties. In fMRI or dynamic imaging, MR data are stored as a time-series of images, showing changes in signal intensity over time.
Do I Need to Know about MR Physics? No!
Do I Have to be a PhD Student Working Alone or Can I Work in a Pair or a Group? You can work alone or with one other student in collaboration – we don’t recommend larger group responses. However, please note that the travel costs only cover one applicant visit to Bremen, and you would need to reach agreement on who would directly participate in the Bremen-based activities.
Do I have to be a PhD student in Design Informatics? No. While you, and the potential collaborator if applying as a pair need to be University of Edinburgh PhD students, we are keen to receive proposals from creative students from any discipline that are interested in broadly exploring and combining design and data
What is gammaSTAR? gammaSTAR, developed by Fraunhofer MEVIS, is a vendor-independent MRI sequence development framework that allows real-time configuration and adjustments directly at the scanner. It simplifies development through modular design for quick testing and iteration. Its compatibility with various MRI devices reduces hardware costs, simplifies multi-center studies, and enhances efficiency. The framework supports AI-driven sequence optimization, and future AI integration will automate sequence creation, enabling faster development and personalised medicine applications.
Do I need to know how to program? No! However, if you are interested in what technologies the gammaSTAR framework does use for sequence development, application, and frontend development: The gammaSTAR framework currently uses Python and Lua for sequence development and application and Angular, an open-source web application framework developed and maintained by Google, for frontend development. Are there any other programming languages that can be utilised? Since gammaSTAR sequences and building blocks are data structures, other programming languages, such as JavaScrpt, can be utilised, as well.
Who is the Fraunhofer Society? The Fraunhofer Society (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) is a leading German research organization focused on applied research and technology development. It collaborates closely with industry to turn scientific findings into practical solutions, driving innovation in fields like healthcare, materials science, AI, and renewable energy. With over 70 institutes, it plays a crucial role in advancing technology and improving industries worldwide.
What kinds of costs can be included in the production budget? The production budget should cover all costs and fees associated with the delivery of the exhibited digital visualisation of your exploration and journey and the associated event, both in Inspace. This can include for example; materials and supplies costs, production costs, technical costs, software costs, freelancer fees, additional creative fees and other costs. This is not an exhaustive list so please adapt the budget template provided with this call as may be required for your project.
Resources and Links
Links to More Information about MR Sequence Development
Fraunhofer MEVIS, programme lead, develops real-world software solutions for image and data-supported early detection, diagnosis, and therapy. Strong focus is placed on cancer, as well as diseases of the circulatory system, brain, breast, liver, and lungs. The goal is to detect diseases earlier and more reliably, tailor treatments to each individual, and make therapeutic success more measurable. To reach its goals, Fraunhofer MEVIS works closely with medical technology and pharmaceutical companies, providing solutions for the entire chain of development, from applied research to product-ready medical products. Fraunhofer MEVIS, a part of the Fraunhofer Society, has a network of national and international partners from the fields of academia, industry, clinics, and the public sector. The Institute’s scientists are committed to raising awareness about how digital medicine and related STEM sciences influence healthcare. Besides their primary mission, they develop experiential projects at the intersection of science, art, and technology to stimulate critical dialog of new technologies, reach new audiences, and foster a diverse R&D landscape.
Institute for Design Informatics and Inspace
Fraunhofer MEVIS reached out to the Institute for Design Informatics (IDI) at the University of Edinburgh, where data science is combined with design thinking in a context of critical inquiry and speculation. The central premise of design informatics – that data is a medium for design, and by shaping data, the world around us is shaped – is particularly true for the field of digital medicine.
With a motto – design for, with and by data – this reflects how Design Informatics looks at design and data from different perspectives: designing research products, prototypes and experiences that are underpinned by data and enable new data interactions; creating new methods and techniques that use data in design processes in innovative ways; and looking at the agency, autonomy and power of data in how systems are designed and the world is experienced.
Inspace is run by the Institute for Design Informatics based at the School of Informatics and Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh and its programme aims to unlock digital technologies, tools and data and explore their role in society through a creative lens.
Oberschule am Waller Ring
Fraunhofer MEVIS’ partnership with Oberschule am Waller Ring aims to foster multidisciplinary talents and encourage students to explore science, technology, design and art and they collaborate together to rethink education in the context of digital transformation in healthcare and cross-disciplinary learning. STEAM workshops enhance students’ understanding of digital medicine by offering the designers perspective. Fraunhofer MEVIS seeks to inspire high school graduates in Bremen’s Walle district—an area with socio-economic challenges and a high immigrant population—by promoting STEM subjects and educational equality. Fraunhofer MEVIS has a history of co-creating STEAM workshops with this school and diverse creators, blending artistic and scientific approaches to engage students with new technology and complex health issues.
Ars Electronica
Analyzing and commenting on the Digital Revolution for decades, developing strategies and competencies for Digital Transformation, Ars Electronica addresses central questions of our future jointly with artists, scientists, technologists, designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and activists worldwide. The focus is on new technologies and how they change how we live and work together. Ars Electronica has been cooperating with STEAM Imaging on different levels since 2017. They support transferring technological knowledge and learning through art and foster strategies to diversify STEM and technological developments.
Inspace is thrilled to share Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme announcement of the selection of seven outstanding UK-based artists for their commissioning project, aimed at exploring and enriching the responsible AI ecosystem through artistic expression, and to be premiered at Inspace for the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival.
This initiative, part of BRAID’s ongoing efforts to integrate the arts and humanities with the uptake of AI across our society, focuses on art’s ability to critically engage audiences in thinking about responsibility in AI usage and developments. The artists will not only create artworks but also participate in programmed activities developed to engage our network of stakeholders and audiences. Congratulations to the selected artists.
Selected artists
Image by Arda Awais
Identity 2.0
Identity 2.0 is a creative studio imagining better digital futures. Their work explores inclusive stories about our relationship to technology.
Since 2018, they’ve transformed research into creative mediums and playful knowledge spaces and have worked with Stop Killer Robots, The Royal Society, and Museum of London. They have also spoken at the World Wide Web Foundation, University of Oxford and University Arts of London about curating exhibitions, using art for social change, and creative entrepreneurship.
Julie Freeman works with natural living systems and emergent technologies. Her large scale installations, sound sculptures and online artworks have, since the early 1990s, pioneered her conceptual and critical approach to working with sound and real-time data as living and malleable art materials.
Julie has shown work at leading institutions including the V&A, the ICA, Modern Art Oxford, the Barbican and the Science Museum, as well as internationally. She has been recognised by many organisations including the BBC, The Guardian, and New Scientist.
Julie founded the Open Data Institute’s art programme ‘Data as Culture’ in 2012. She is a TED Fellow, co-founder of Fine Acts, and runs Translating Nature, a digital and data art studio.
Kiki is a visual artist and multimedia storyteller based out of Birmingham. She has a degree in Design for Art Direction from the University of the Arts, and over five years of experience in content creation for TV, film, and social media. Specialising in visual communication, Kiki uses her experience of public engagement in science, cultural organising and creative placemaking to explore the intersection of art direction and interaction design within communications, firmly believing that storytelling can drive positive change.
Kiki is dedicated to promoting equitable and inclusive creative experiences for all and takes a culturally responsive approach to producing engaging media that resonates with Black communities in the UK, in particular. She is committed to uplifting Black Women in their communities to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to participate fully in society.
Speaking fiction to power, Louise Ashcroft’s work meddles with the bizarre logic of late capitalism and playfully addresses its social issues. Her recent film ‘What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting’ (2024) is a research-comedy foray into the fertility industry’s inequalities and her own queer journey to non-parenthood. A related project ‘No Kids Nursery Rhymes’ (2024-5) surveyed 180 childfree (by choice or otherwise) people, turning their complex experiences into catchy songs, which were sung by a choir of non-parents. In other work, Louise is anarchically redesigning St.Peter’s School Huntingdon in partnership with Wysing Arts Centre and hundreds of pupils who are making animated cardboard dioramas.
Past projects have involved guerrilla residencies in shopping centres, a generative storytelling coat with 50 pockets which turns feely trash into collectively improvised fables, and a collab with recycling plant workers in Exeter searching for the dark sublime of landfill by making glitchy e-waste instruments.
Rachel Maclean has spent the last decade showcasing her ground-breaking work in galleries, museums, film festivals and on television. Working across a variety of media, including video, digital print, paintings and VR, she makes complex and layered works that reference politics, fairy tales, celebrity culture and more.
She has shown her work widely, both in the UK and internationally, receiving critical acclaim in the spheres of film and visual art. Her major exhibitions include solo shows at Tate Britain and National Gallery, London; Arsenal Contemporary, New York; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany; and KWM Art Centre, Beijing. Maclean represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2017 with her film commission Spite Your Face.
In 2013, Maclean was awarded the prestigious Margaret Tait Award. She has been twice shortlisted for the Jarman Award.
Studio Above&Below is an award-winning art and technology practice founded by Daria Jelonek (DE) and Perry-James Sugden (UK) after graduating from the Royal College of Art. Grounded in research-based methodologies, their work bridges the gaps between humans, machines, and our umwelt, exploring how media art can foster more meditative, healing, and sustainable interactions with our surroundings.
Since its founding in 2018, the duo has specialised in creating immersive artworks that combine Mixed Realities (XR), digital art, and data systems to make invisible phenomena tangible, challenging predetermined technological structures. Their large-scale public artworks integrate advanced technologies, such as real-time environmental data and meditative scenography, to give our umwelt a voice and reveal the unseen.
Image courtesy of the Artist
Wesley Goatley
Wesley Goatley is a critical artist and researcher based in London, UK. His work critically interrogates the myths and manipulations of the AI industry and its relations to society, geopolitics, and the climate crisis, and how art practice can intervene.
He has given talks on his practice and research at events such as Global Art Forum Singapore, the McLuhan Center for Culture and Technology in Toronto, CTM Festival Berlin, and the European Data Forum Eindhoven.
His installations, performances, and films have been shown at international venues including Eyebeam in New York, Berghain in Berlin, The Nam June Paik Art Center in Seoul, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He has a 25-year practice as an experimental performer and musician, including work for labels such as Kranky (US) and Southern (UK).
The commissioned artworks, which range from digital installations to sculptural interventions, zines and comedy sketches, are set to address themes that reimagine AI uptake, inspire activism and resilience, and showcase artistic creativity in the field. These themes align with BRAID’s mission to build public awareness, break down structural barriers in AI, and reimagine responsible AI perspectives and practices.
The project will culminate in an exhibition based at Inspace during the Edinburgh Art Festival in August 2025, providing a platform for artists to share their visions and for audiences to reflect on the role of AI in our society.
Representing more than an exhibition, the project is a step towards better, more thoughtful conversations about the future of AI in our lives, and we look forward to working with the artists across the year to bring these conversations to life.
This art commissioning programme is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and delivered by BRAID in partnership with Inspace at the Institute for Design Informatics, with support from Edinburgh Art Festival and Better Images of AI.
About BRAID
BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) is a 3-year national research programme funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council, led by The University of Edinburgh in partnership with the Ada Lovelace Institute and the BBC. It is co-directed by Shannon Vallor and Ewa Luger, working alongside a team of co-investigators representing the breadth of the Arts and Humanities.
In the Institute for Design Informatics, we fuse design and creative methodologies with data, data science and data-driven technologies. We create prototypes and experiences that make real to people the ideas that underpin the data society, and aim to ensure that new technologies sustain and enhance human values.
Inspace is part of the Institute for Design Informatics and is a collaborative hub, commissioning and producing creative activity. Our public programme connects data, research and creative talent. We host events and exhibitions where people can explore, learn, debate and create. Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens. We are home to Inspace City Screens, a unique seven screen street front projection space visible from Potterrow in Edinburgh.
We are delighted to share the news of the recipients of the Authenticity Unmasked: Unveiling AI-Driven Realities Through Art artist commissions, the culmination of which will be exhibited during the 2025 Edinburgh summer festivals as part of a broader AI, Art and Creativity showcase. More details to be announced soon.
Across the next few months these selected artists will explore AI’s role in reshaping authenticity perceptions, challenging audiences to question when, and why, digital content is perceived as real.
AI-generated content is reshaping how we perceive truth and authenticity. From viral deep fakes to AI-altered political videos designed to manipulate public opinion, digital authenticity is increasingly uncertain. AI tools can even rewrite personal history, generating images of moments that never existed or altering past memories.
The commissioned artworks will be presented at a public exhibit as part of the Edinburgh Festivals in August 2025. They will challenge our understanding of authenticity, engaging audiences in questions such as: When do we care if content is authentic? What shapes our perception of digital truth? How can we foster trust in digital media?
This Commission programme is presented in collaboration with Adobe and the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), co-founded by Adobe in 2019 to enhance transparency and provenance in digital media.
Selected artists
Georgia Gardner
Georgia Gardner is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher from Scotland, working with research-driven performance, video, sound, and writing. Georgia’s practice explores embodiment, (dis)obedience, and intersecting forms of reproduction that create a social template for success. This template instigates a rhythm of other-oriented striving and quiets self-conceptions of worthiness. Queering this template that often correlates otherness with failure, Georgia’s practice spends time with our everyday, embodied, and empathetic rebellions.
“I am interested in researching how the central concepts of my practice interact with the developing technological ecology in the arts. Particularly, I am thinking about technomorality and how my artistic values—empathy, embodiment, and introspection—conflict with artificial production.” https://georgiagardner.com/
Kinnari Saraiya
Kinnari Saraiya (b. Bombay, based in London) is an artist, curator, writer and thinker of the colonial present. She works within the gaps in knowledge, the inaccuracies of interpretations, the mistranslations of a text, where myth weaves around a historical narrative forcing the collision of pre-humanist thought and posthumanist desire. Through the recovery and binding of ancient and new tools, resources, and technologies, her work constructs a portal, a time capsule that helps define, find, create, escape, and imagine a fluid future. “I’m really excited to be part of this commission, experimenting with artificial intelligence, algorithms, and archives to build speculative stories and challenge how we remember, interpret, and imagine new futures.”
dmstfctn, (f.k.a Demystification Committee), is a London-based duo formed by Oliver Smith and Francesco Tacchini, working with installation, performance, films, and video games. Their work has focused on opaque systems of technology and power, most recently looking at anomalies in artificial intelligence. dmstfctn often directly involve audiences in their work, inviting them into the ‘demystification’ of systems by replicating and replaying them together, and into their ‘remystification’ by building worlds, characters and myths atop them. They have performed and exhibited internationally in venues such as Berghain, Serpentine, HKW and Onassis, and at festivals such as Unsound, CTM and transmediale. “We’ve been searching for the deceptive characters role-played by AI systems for the last few years. We look forward to think back and think further on this with a new research community.”
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), stands as one of the most disruptive technological advancements since the inception of the internet. The CREA-TEC project addresses the challenge of guiding responsible innovation in the development of AI-assisted tools for the creation and consumption of creative content.
CREA-TEC is led by Dr Caterina Moruzzi, Chancellor’s Fellow in Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, and the creativity technology company Adobe. The project will last 18 months, from May 2024 to October 2025.
In the Institute for Design Informatics, we fuse design and creative methodologies with data, data science and data-driven technologies. We create prototypes and experiences that make real to people the ideas that underpin the data society, and aim to ensure that new technologies sustain and enhance human values.
Inspace is part of the Institute for Design Informatics and is a collaborative hub, commissioning and producing creative activity. Our public programme connects data, research and creative talent. We host events and exhibitions where people can explore, learn, debate and create. Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens. We are home to Inspace City Screens, a unique seven screen street front projection space visible from Potterrow in Edinburgh.
Join this event including a performance followed by a panel discussion as part of Operation Biodegradable exhibition.
Join this event including a performance followed by a panel discussion to hear from researchers at the University of Edinburgh, joined by researchers at Lancaster University exploring embodiment, materialism and technology, as part of Operation Biodegradable exhibition, for the 2025 Edinburgh Science Festival.
This performance is a collaboration between several artists led by Theodore Koterwas and will be based on interactions with an AI within a physical environment. The set has adapted a system developed by Joseph Lindley and Roger Whitham who originally used it for Shadowplay, an interactive installation playing with Shadows and AI.
The panel discussion will invite researchers and key members of the exhibition to create an open and expansive dialogue around the exhibition themes, inviting audiences to ask questions and share their own comments observations.
Theodore Koterwas (performer and speaker) is an artist, designer and musician is an artist working with data, physical phenomena and the human body to make things resonate. He seeks to draw critical attention to aspects of daily experience that go unnoticed but profoundly impact on how we understand each other, technology and the environment. His multidisciplinary practice produces art installations, performances, museum exhibitions, and software applications for public engagement, creative collaboration, and teaching and learning.
Ruby Marshall (performer and speaker) is an artist, designer and musician is a Lecturer in Soft Robotics at Design Informatics. Her research focuses on actuated textile design and function, looking at how physical properties can be varied and tuned to produce a desired system output. Although trained and qualified as an Aero-Mechanical engineer Ruby’s interests lie in soft robotics for human well-being with a view to exploring and creating novel, biological and eco-friendly robotics.
Beth Davidson (performer) is an artist, designer and musician is an interdisciplinary designer and 2024 graduate from MA in Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Through this course and concurrent research opportunities she has moved away from fashion to focus on social design. Her research interests include embodied interaction, soma design, co-design, and disability studies. Beth comes to the domain of human computer interaction with a critical and conceptual lens which explores how the body is represented and utilised in design methods.
Mark Hughes (speaker) is consultant neurosurgeon and honorary senior lecturer. He underwent neurosurgical training in London, Edinburgh, New York, and Leeds – and completed a Wellcome Trust-funded PhD en route. His subspecialist work focuses on pituitary tumours and anterior skull base neurosurgery.
Roger Whitham is a designer, researcher and educator based at ImaginationLancaster, Lancaster University. His research centres on collaborative interactions that span distinct contexts, technologies, sectors and scales; explored through co-design, tools and visualisation.
About the Exhibition
Discover how biomaterials and human-centred design could revolutionise surgical environments at this exhibition brought to you by staff, students and graduates at the University of Edinburgh. Showcasing a range of artwork, artefacts and prototypes, it offers a hands-on opportunity to engage with and understand the challenges and potential solutions in designing an operating theatre that better supports surgeons and the environment.
Inspace is part of the Institute for Design Informatics and is a collaborative hub, commissioning and producing creative activity. Our public programme connects data, research and creative talent. We host events and exhibitions where people can explore, learn, debate and create. Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens. We are home to Inspace City Screens, a unique seven screen street front projection space visible from Potterrow in Edinburgh.
Join Inspace and the Institute for Design Informatics, for Operation Biodegradable evening reception to celebrate the exhibition.
Join Inspace and the Institute for Design Informatics, for Operation Biodegradable evening reception to celebrate the exhibition, part of the 2025 Edinburgh Science Festival, and to meet the researchers, designers, artists, students and graduates behind the work on display.
About the Exhibition
Discover how biomaterials and human-centred design could revolutionise surgical environments at this exhibition brought to you by staff, students and graduates at the University of Edinburgh. Showcasing a range of artwork, artefacts and prototypes, it offers a hands-on opportunity to engage with and understand the challenges and potential solutions in designing an operating theatre that better supports surgeons and the environment.
Inspace is part of the Institute for Design Informatics and is a collaborative hub, commissioning and producing creative activity. Our public programme connects data, research and creative talent. We host events and exhibitions where people can explore, learn, debate and create. Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens. We are home to Inspace City Screens, a unique seven screen street front projection space visible from Potterrow in Edinburgh.
Join the premiere of the first full performance of Speaking Towards One Another in Inspace this May.
Speaking Towards One Another project is created and performed by Stephanie Lamprea (soprano), Yuki Neoh (performer), Megan McArthur (performer), Oana Stanciu (video art), Jen McGregor (dramaturg), Anne Kjær (video dramaturg and performer), and Tim Cooper & Alistair MacDonald (live electronics).
Speaking Towards One Another is a series of interdisciplinary staged performances for voice, live electronics, video, wearable performance technology, and British Sign Language. The first full performance will be premiered in Inspace in May 2025 as part of a video and sound installation.
This unique opening performance will use live electronics to transform and digitise the singing and speaking voice, and wearable digital technologies to transform British Sign Language into live sounds and visuals. The concert will be accessible to hearing and D/deaf audience members via visual interpretations of the music, a live BSL translator, and printed programmes with all texts spoken, sung, and signed in the performance.
Speaking Towards One Another is made possible with funding from the National Lottery through Creative Scotland, Hope Scott Trust, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Make It Happen Fund, The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities with support from Inspace Gallery and the Institute for Design Informatics.
Exhibition Details
Speaking Towards One Another installation is co-created by Oana Stanciu, Anne Kjær, Stephanie Lamprea, and Yuki Neoh. It features multi-screen projections of ‘moving portraits’ and a music composition by Wende Bartley, performed by Stephanie Lamprea. By exploring images of public identity, gender performativity, female presence, expression, and testimony, the moving images seek to subvert the male gaze and become figures of power in the public space.
This project will feature two newly commissioned musical works by composers Laura Bowler and Amble Skuse, and recent works by composers Rebecca Saunders, Stuart Macrae, and Tom W. Green, setting texts by writers and artists Alwynne Pritchard, Carol Ann Duffy, Gertrude Stein, Adah Isaacs Menken, and Hannah Siddiqui. These works create a theatrical narrative addressing topics of women’s testimony, language and the body, gender representation, and resilience within disability.
This unique opening performance will use live electronics to transform and digitise the singing and speaking voice, and wearable digital technologies to transform British Sign Language into live sounds and visuals. The concert will be accessible to hearing and D/deaf audience members via visual interpretations of the music, a live BSL translator, and printed programmes with all texts spoken, sung, and signed in the performance.
Inspace is part of the Institute for Design Informatics and is a collaborative hub, commissioning and producing creative activity. Our public programme connects data, research and creative talent. We host events and exhibitions where people can explore, learn, debate and create. Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens. We are home to Inspace City Screens, a unique seven screen street front projection space visible from Potterrow in Edinburgh.
From intergalactic connections of data, technology and matter, to biomaterials and human-centred design, this is just a glimpse of the two featured exhibits Inspace will present at this year’s Festival.
We are delighted to announce that we are back again this year partnering with the Edinburgh Science Festival to bring you two featured exhibitions along with performances and late events.
This year’s Edinburgh Science Festival theme of Spaceship Earth draws on inspiration from science fiction and science fact, questioning how we might better live on Earth. As scientists begin to ponder the wonders of long-term space travel, the Festival invites visitors to enter the mind of an astronaut as a poignant reminder that resources on earth are finite and that we have the tools to utilise to create a sustainable future for us all.
– Edinburgh Science Foundation
Check out the programme highlights below and we look forward to seeing you there!
Programme highlights
Sat-Mon, 5 – 7 Apr, 2025
Design, Data and Beyond exhibition at Inspace features the work of Design Informatics MSc/MA students presenting a series of creative prototypes which explore their intergalactic connections of data, technology and matter and that reflect on human (and beyond human) experiences of the future.
Operation Biodegradable exhibition and event programme at Inspace presents artwork, artefacts and prototypes by staff, students and graduates at the University of Edinburgh inviting you to engage with and understand the challenges and potential solutions in designing an operating theatre that better supports surgeons and the environment.
Edinburgh Science Foundation is an educational charity, founded in 1989. Best known for organising Edinburgh’s annual Science Festival – the world’s first public celebration of science and technology as a festival – as well as their science education outreach programmes, Generation Science and Careers Hive and their community engagement work. Their mission is to inspire, encourage and challenge people of all ages and backgrounds to explore and understand the world around them.
In the Institute for Design Informatics, we fuse design and creative methodologies with data, data science and data-driven technologies. We create prototypes and experiences that make real to people the ideas that underpin the data society, and aim to ensure that new technologies sustain and enhance human values.
Inspace is part of the Institute for Design Informatics and is a collaborative hub, commissioning and producing creative activity. Our public programme connects data, research and creative talent. We host events and exhibitions where people can explore, learn, debate and create. Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens. We are home to Inspace City Screens, a unique seven screen street front projection space visible from Potterrow in Edinburgh.
