Imprisoned Absence at Langford and OakShott Rooms, Lincoln College, University of Oxford

A performance of chamber music played by the Ligeti Quartet , composed by Vernon C David with original poetry by Banafshé Larijani .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqZxmUnZ5jc

March 1 – July 21, 2024
To Understand a Tree

Gina Siepel

www.ginasiepel.com

To Understand a Tree is a multi-disciplinary project focussing on the dignity of a living tree, its network of eco-systemic relationships, and the ubiquity of the material of wood in design and daily life. It includes many collaborations and public engagements with artists, ecologists, including composer and cellist

Vernon David

https://museumforartinwood.org/event/gallery-talk-and-performance-for-to-understand-a-tree/

https://museumforartinwood.org/exhibition/gina-siepel-to-understand-a-tree/

Vernon David performing at "to understand a tree"

Video by Gina Siepel

Pictured above: Gina Siepel, To Understand a Tree (Time): One Year, video still composite image, 2020

July 23rd 2024, University of Oxford

Forging a transdisciplinary collaboration to pursue the novel science of pain and

pain management

An interface of Art and Science

Participants: Siri Hustvedt, Paul Stenner, Bill Laughey, Emma Fisher, Luke Baxter, Ben Seymour, Rebeccah Slater, Katy Vincent, Banafshé Larijani, Vernon David, Lauren Heathcote, Monica Grecco, Geert Crombez, Andrew Moore, Amanda Williams, Mel Channon

"Music is a whole other language in which

pain can be expressed;

modern music expects you to resolve resistance to

resolution of chronic pain."