The art of research

Held until March 30 2006, it brings together contemporary drawings from 31 people across the University of Cambridge and around the UK. The exhibition aims to demonstrate the importance of drawing in academia and especially the arts and sciences. The exhibition’s contributors range from a Sunday league football manager to the architect of the British Museum as well as academics from the University of Cambridge.

Contributors are from a variety of academic backgrounds including archaeology, engineering, architecture and zoology, and just about every other discipline in between. The show explores the manner in which this most versatile medium is used as an integral part of research, teaching and creativity.

The exhibition will be open to the public during the Cambridge Science Festival, the UK’s largest free festival of scientific events and will be held March 15-26 2006 in and around the University of Cambridge.

The exhibition is curated by Barry Phipps from Churchill College. The works range from doodles to detailed maps and 3D models, demonstrate the long and complex process combining the eye, mind, hand and the imagination in providing a visual component to thought and research in all academic disciplines. The works are not just to be viewed as separate pieces, but seen as part of a larger process of thought and creativity combining into a visual format.

The event is part of the Cambridge Science Festival, held from Wednesday, March 15 until Sunday, 26 March. It provides people of all ages the opportunity to explore science through hands on activities and talks hosted by people who study or work with science, engineering and technology.

The event free and open to the public, 10 am to 4 pm seven days a week. Special arrangements can be made on request.