THE COLLAGE LAB

Silvia Casini is Senior Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen. Her work is situated at the crossroad of visual culture, cinema, science and technology studies. Silvia’s courses are also attended by students in medicine and the medical humanities. She has published in international journals such as Configurations, Leonardo, Contemporary Aesthetics, Cinema & Cie, Nuncius: Journal of the Material and Visual History of Science, The Senses and Society. She is currently working on a new research project on science film festivals combining theoretical work, archival research, and ethnographic fieldwork. Her last monograph is Giving Bodies back to Data (MIT Press, Leonardo Book Series 2021)

Susanne Dietz is a London-based artist working with video that combines digital and analogue processes layering moving image, collage, sound and performance. She works across visual arts and theatre. Her work aims to question the ambiguous nature of reality, memory, and the restless body. Last year Dietz was the artist-in-residence at Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA) with access to the Wellcome-Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre (UWWBIC), Recent screenings, exhibitions and theatre installations include London Short Film Festival, Soho Theatre London, CURRENTS Santa Fe Media Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival (UK), Deptford X, The Barbican, SET Lewisham Gallery Space, and Southwark Park Gallery.

Anne-Marie Minihane is Professor of Nutrigenetics and Head of the Department of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine at the Norwich Medical School. She is the director of Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA) which focus on health and disease prevention with an emphasis on brain, cardiometabolic, gut and musculoskeletal health. Their research investigates the impact of omega-3 fatty acids, fibre and a plant rich Mediterranean-style dietary pattern on brain health, including mood, anxiety, cognition and dementia risk. Currently they have a particular focus on the metabolic changes that occur during the menopausal transition and the identification of nutrition strategies that mitigate ‘brain fog’ and vasomotor symptoms. The inclusion of more creative and inclusive approaches to research design and delivery is always of interest to her and her team at NIHA.