Again I wanted to capture people’s opinions of the exhibition but also what they experienced and gained form the exhibition. This was quite important as the focus was on engagement, generating interest and discussion in relation to medical research and clinical trials. The result were positive, everyone seems to fins something within the installations to engage with either from a patience, public or clinicians point of view.
So I deem the installations, the work and exhibition a success in that it bet and in Debbie’s words, “surpassed all expectation”, which is excellent.
Dr Alexa Ruppertsberg from Leeds University also wants to use this an an exemplar case study to show Leeds university academic staff how research can be used on a creative way to engage with the public and ultimately raise awareness of their work. This is something she has been struggling with as up to now they has not been any work to show as examples. They want to be able to use the installations, which I have donated to Leeds Teaching Hospital, Clinical Research Facility, in various event and settings before they are permanently installed next year in the new facility. This is an incredible compliment for my practice and confirms the exhibition was successful in meeting the aims and objectives.
I am due to meet with Debbie and Alexa to discuss these possibilities and hopefully future collaborative engagement 23rd August 2016.
the survey use din the exhibition – SurveyMonkey_81763396
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