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Monash Memo - 9 May 2001

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The right chemistry in art

English multimedia artist Mr Richard Brown brings his passion for art and alchemy to Monash for a three-month artist-in-residency.

As well as giving talks to Monash multimedia students, Mr Brown will produce a piece based on his fascination for alchemy consisting of glass, liquids and metals for exhibition later this year.

"One of the glass and metal objects will be monitored by two computers showing a time lapse of what it has been doing," he said. "The glass and metals constantly change and produce different colours over time, and viewers will be able to see this process on-screen as a type of animation."

Mr Brown, a research fellow at the Royal College of Art in London, briefly ran a multimedia company but has spent recent years focusing on multimedia art.

His 'Millie', a virtual reality neural net starfish, was a popular exhibit in the Mind Zone at the Millennium Dome in London. His more recent work, 'Biotica', was built around the theme of artificial life and exhibited in New Orleans. Inquiries: extn 32882.

Caption: Mr Richard Brown developing his next installation for the Faculty Gallery.