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Harnessing imaging and visualisation software at the forefront of our understanding of vision and cognition, I is Gina's response to some of the most challenging discoveries we can make about ourselves and the role that vision plays in our experience and appreciation of the world around us.
Looking into someone’s eyes and physical presence can tell us so much about the person. Modern scientific observation of the eye is now part of the diagnostic process, enabling the early detection of many illnesses, soon to be self-detection through retinal scanning apps. In I, Gina explores the gap between vision and fact, data and knowledge, seeing and knowing.
When I was made in 2014, it became the best source of video on biomedical innovation in the UK, a library of sorts. The iris scanning interface is the same technology used in airports. It recognises the pattern of your iris which is, allegedly, the most accurate non-invasive identification for international security.
Participants have their iris image pattern captured, made into data, which triggers random clips of image/sound into individual sequences; altering the narrative.
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Collaborators & Contributors
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Developed in collaboration between Gina Czarnecki, Professor John Girkin of the University of Durham, and an interdisciplinary team of scientific collaborators.
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I is a Forma production commissioned by Artichoke for Lumiere Durham and has been supported by The Wellcome Trust.
Programming: Theo Burt and Mark Fell
Sound Construction: Stefan Kazassoglou
Voices: Yoga in Liverpool
Research Assistant: Gemma Riggs
Iris Scanner Technology: Smart Sensors Ltd
Biomedical Imaging Cobalt Imaging
Professor Iain Lyburn
Charlotte Morris
Mark Pike
Roisin Dobbin Stacey
Jeremy Nayler, Cambridge University Hospitals, Media Studio
NHS Foundation Trust
Kim Baxter, Cambridge University Hospitals, Media Studio, NHS Foundation Trust
Cynthia Langley, UCL Opthalmology
Professor Karl. J. Friston, Dr Elaine Anderson
Professor Geraint Rees
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
Dr Tom MacGillivray, Clinical Research Imaging Centre, University of Edinburgh
Dr Carmel M Moran,Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh
Pearse A Keane MD MSc FRCOphth MRCSI
Mr Alex J Shortt MSc PhD FRCOphth
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Dolores M Conroy PhD, Fight for Sight
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Dr Scott Semple
Dr Carmel M Moran
Gillian Gray Megan Swim
Harris Morrison, University of Edinburgh
Professor John Barbur, City University
Dr Clive Siviour, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Dr Hannah Smithson, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
Becky Sanchez, AOP Image Library
Dr James Wong, British Heart Foundation
Dr Diane Proudfoot, British Heart Foundation
National Eye Institute
Kate Whitley, Chris Guerin, Rob Young, Richard Wingate
P Bedford/RVC, Dr David Becker, Wellcome Images
Opthalmic Imaging Association (UK)
Bard Kjersem Department of Ophthalmology, Haukeland University Hospital,
Elliott Franks Association of Optometrists Image Library
Nuada Medical J.J. Staal, M.D. Abramoff, M. Niemeijer, M.A. Viergever, B. van Ginneken
Dietrich Wawzyn, Archive Films, Getty Images
Dr Quan Long, Brunel University
Professor John Daugman, Cambridge University
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
Rogerio Amino & Pauline Formaglio, Institut Pasteur
Dr Rod Dillon, University of Lancaster
Iris Images Suren Manvelyan
Meroe Candy, Wellcome Trust,
Shirley Czarnecki, Saskia, Lola and Mike Stubbs