Art in Global Health project (2012-2013)

Records relating to the Art in Global Health project, run by Wellcome Collection in 2012-2013. Comprises catalogues for two Art in Global Health residency exhibitions which took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam featuring art work by Lena Bui, and in Nairobi, Kenya featuring art work by James Muriuki and Miriam Syowia Kyambi; as well as an exhibition catalogue for "Foreign Bodies, Common Ground" held at Wellcome Collection from 14 November 2013 to 9 February 2014. The exhibition featured art works created by each of the artists-in-residence during the project.

2012-October 2013

1 file (in 2 parts)

Art in Global Health was a £400,000 project by Wellcome Collection to support the creation of art works that explored how global health research is conducted and how its findings are used. Artist residencies were established in six Wellcome Trust-funded research centres, each lasting around six months. Artists interacted with the research being undertaken in their host centres and produced art works in response to the research processes they encountered. At the end of the residencies, the art works were exhibited in the countries they were produced in and later in a Wellcome Collection exhibition titled "Foreign Bodies, Common Ground" (14 November 2013-16 March 2014).