Drawing the real and the unknown: A look at a project by Gemma Anderson

Abstract

From March to November 2015, artist Gemma Anderson hosts the Cornwall Morphology and Drawing Centre (CMADC) at the Cornubian Arts and Science Trust (CAST), Helston, Cornwall. The aim of CMADC is to use drawing as the primary mode of investigation to learn about morphology, the study of form in nature. Through a series of drawing workshops, Anderson and her scientific collaborators identify and address questions that concern both scientific and artistic practice. This text focuses on the second workshop, in which mathematician Professor Alessio Corti worked in collaboration with Anderson to explore ‘Drawing in the Fourth Spatial Dimension’.