"not until we've beaten cancer"

ientists, artists, and medical artists teaching Art and Science to a new generation of students have become of utmost importance. The opportunity for a real dialogue about experiences and visions central to their work is very often missing. The so-called ‘exchanges’ are all too often an exhibition, a publication and tell for finished products and productions, rarely encouraging open discussions between scientists and artists. We are therefore pleased that this meeting and exhibition organized by the Art Researches Science - ARS program, the Biological and Medical Art in Belgium group (BIOMAB) and the European Medical Students' Association (EMSA) is convened for the second time during the Antwerp Medical Days at the University of Antwerp, bringing together representatives from a wide variety of disciplines. The topic for the Antwerp Medical Days 2011 is ‘Cancer: Prevention and care for the patient as a person.’ Cancer is a global disease that should be battled against with all our forces, disciplines, backgrounds and abilities. The art work represented in the Q building, room V2 on the UA Campus Drie Eiken ‘not until we’ve beaten cancer’ is research based, observing and inspired by the human body in all its diversity; life and nature in all its beauty, strength, fragility, disease, mortality and death. This scientific meeting and medical art exhibition offers a platform for future networks, workshops and co-productions between young artists, medical artists and scientists. It will also act as an opportunity for regional and local initiatives to be reinforced through trans-continental forum of ideas. We wish all participants an exciting time in Antwerp and hope that these three Medical Days will be productive and successful for the arts and the sciences. Pascale Pollier-Green, biomedical artist and president BIOMAB
Els Gielis, president Antwerp Medical Students’ Congress AMSC 2011
Ann Van de Velde, hematologist, BIOMAB
Francis Van Glabbeek, orthopedic surgeon, BIOMAB

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Work by:

Anneke Blennerhassett (Artist: Fine Art Print, Belgium/Ireland)
Patrick Cromheecke (Paramedic/Visual Artist, Ghent)
Caroline Hübner (Painter and Writer, Antwerp)
Willem Magits (Philosophy Student, University of Antwerp)
David Malan (Prosector, University of Antwerp)
Özkan Özsarlak (Radiologist/Medical Artist, Antwerp)
Chantal Pollier (Sculptor/Medical Artist, Ghent)
Pascale Pollier-Green (Medical Artist, Brakel/London)
Anton Retsin (Visual Artist, Ghent/Bruges)
Eric Vandamme (Visual Artist, Mechelen)
Ann Van de Velde ‘Sanguine’ (Hematologist/Medical Artist, Antwerp/Lier)