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Glass Microbiology, Luke Jerram

Title (Dublin Core)

Glass Microbiology, Luke Jerram

Description (Dublin Core)

This glass sculpture was created by an artist from the United Kingdom, commissioned by a “university in America to reflect their current and future research, learning in health, and its focus on solving global challenges.” This item shows how art has been part of the pandemic experience as a teaching tool. The experience of visual art can convey thoughts, emotions, trigger feelings and conversations, and is an important part of exploring and understanding how people are navigating the pandemic. This piece is part of a larger collection of virus sculptures, which have been featured in medical journals, and displayed in museum collections around the world.

Date (Dublin Core)

2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Luke Jerram

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

screenshot
images

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Public Art
English Art & Design

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

art
glassblowing
sculpture
Covid-19
Luke Jerram
research

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

glass blowing
visual art
United Kingdom
teaching
virus

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

02/03/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/11/2021
08/02/2022
09/12/2024

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This item was submitted on February 3, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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