Archive of Author | Molly Macleod

About Molly Macleod

Molly Macleod is a multidisciplinary artist exploring scientific concepts through collaborative projects with researchers and scientists. Through poetic interpretation and distilling meaning via her use of unconventional, signifying materials, her artwork invites intimate and philosophical engagement combined with accessible simplicity and a minimalist aesthetic. Locating her practice within the liminal space between art and science she employs the scientific method to examine and question cultural phenomena. Molly has grown crystals that hear sounds, cultured the microbial imprint of TATE Modern visitors, formed pigment from her own skin, created a microphone out of carbon from her own body, revealed the sonic world from within trees and walked new paths formed by the patterns of her own veins. She is currently collaborating with researchers at UCL’s WEISS centre and was recently included as the featured artist in I.science magazine published by London Imperial college. Having just completed an MA in Art & Science at Central Saint Martins university her project We Are All Carbon has been shortlisted for the MullenLowe NOVA award.

Molly Macleod is a multidisciplinary artist exploring scientific concepts through collaborative projects with researchers and scientists. Through poetic interpretation and distilling meaning via her use of unconventional, signifying materials, her artwork invites intimate and philosophical engagement combined with accessible simplicity and a minimalist aesthetic. Locating her practice within the liminal space between art and science she employs the scientific method to examine and question cultural phenomena.

Molly has grown crystals that hear sounds, cultured the microbial imprint of TATE Modern visitors, formed pigment from her own skin, created a microphone out of carbon from her own body, revealed the sonic world from within trees and walked new paths formed by the patterns of her own veins.

She is currently collaborating with researchers at UCL’s WEISS centre and was recently included as the featured artist in I.science magazine published by London Imperial college. Having just completed an MA in Art & Science at Central Saint Martins university her project We Are All Carbon has been shortlisted for the MullenLowe NOVA award.

Website www.mollymacleod.com

Instagram @mollymacleodstudio

Articles with Molly Macleod

INTERFACING

INTERFACING was a project in 2021 bringing together scientists and patients to discuss the current role of data in pancreatic cancer research. The aim of the workshop was to spark new conversations and re-frame the context of qualitative research whilst creating a piece of new artwork that represented this. The workshop acted as a safe and open online space to discuss the use of personal data in a medical research setting, explaining it’s current role in training AI models to diagnose and predict pancreatic cancer at an earlier stage.