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Clare Park: Gathering Light and Breaking Form (Cambridge)

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    Clare Park shines a light on the world of clinical research and also Parkinson’s disease, in this exhibition at ArtCell Gallery, in the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

    Gathering Light was commissioned by the Joint Research Office at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with support from UCLH Arts, and was first exhibited at UCH Street Gallery in April 2012. The work is the result of a ground-breaking project in which five clinical researchers and their patients collaborated with Clare to explore their feelings about the challenging journey in clinical research. The focus is on ‘translational research’ where researchers work to transform scientific discoveries into new treatments that have a direct effect on patient care. The photographs capture the unique relationship between patient and doctor and the hope and human spirit wrapped up in research projects.

    Clare is also showing some images from her series Breaking Form: Buz and Parkinson’s. This is an on-going collaborative project with a UCLH patient, Buz Williams, and his family exploring the impact of Parkinson’s disease. The images exhibited are part of the narrative photographic study developed over the past two decades within a context of their personal lives and shared professional backgrounds of theatre, movement and dance. www.clarepark.tv

    Runs 9 May – 31 July 2013
    Open hours 10am-5pm, Mon – Fri

    ArtCell Gallery
    Cancer Research UK
    Li Ka Shing Centre
    Robinson Way
    Cambridge CB2 0RE