The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, Pain Adelaide and the Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) present The Art of Pain, an exhibition, keynote lecture and panel discussions about the experience of chronic pain.
Two artists, 2015 Synapse resident Eugenie Lee and 2014 Synapse recipient Cat Jones, have worked with Professor Lorimer Moseley investigating and contributing to the work being undertaken by the Body in Mind research team. Eugenie is an accomplished visual and installation artist and Cat an established performance and interdisciplinary. A third artist, who has also worked with pain researchers in clinical settings, is interactive and media artist George Poonkhin Khut.
Each of the three artists have created very different, but thematically-aligned works concerned with the experience of pain and its possible management. Cat Jones will be performing during the 1st week of the exhibition in the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery with her interactive installation.
The exhibition will be framed by public presentations, led by Professor Moseley, and discussing contemporary pain research and its implications. This will include a keynote address and discussion sessions between Professor Moseley, members of his research team and the artists, about the insights that can be gained by involving artists in interdisciplinary research.
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The keynote address will see Professor Michele Sterling in conversation with Professor Lorimer Moseley on Whiplash – current concepts and future directions. It will be held on Tuesday 21 July in the Allan Scott Auditorium at 6.00pm. Proudly supported by the Motor Accident Commissions, and in conjunction with the Art of Pain, this evening lecture will focus on whiplash and low back pain. Professor Sterling is one of the most important experts internationally on neck pain after car accidents. Professor Sterling will provide an overview of what is hot and what is not, in the prevention and management of whiplash associated disorders. Her lecture will be followed by a more interactive session in which she and Professor Moseley will discuss some of the more perplexing aspects of neck pain and there will be time for questions from the floor.
The Art of Pain will coincide with National Pain Week, which aims to break the silence and reduce the stigma of living with chronic pain. This year’s theme is “Pain… Let’s talk about it.”
Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, Pain Adelaide and the Australian Network for Art & Technology
The Art of Pain Exhibition is FREE at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery,
Open weekdays 9am -5pm, late Thursdays until 7pm
Exhibition is open from Monday 20 – Thursday 30 July
FREE registration: Keynote Address: Whiplash – Current Concepts and Future Directions
With Professor Michele Sterling in conversation with Professor Lorimer Moseley
Tuesday 21 July 2015, 6.00pm – 7.15pm
Allan Scott Auditorium, University of South Australia, City West campus
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