Naomi Hunter, Brains Trust 2019: Macro Micro (detail), 2019, blown and sculpted furnace glass, engraved optical lenses, metal trolley

It’s when the brain no longer functions as it once did, that its complexity becomes even more apparent. Two diseases attributed to the brain affect my immediate family. My father has Parkinson’s and my mother has Alzheimer’s.  In our brains we trust - for our family - this trust has been lost.

This work is the result of a 5 month residency with Neurologists at the South Australian Medical Research Institute.

Image courtesy Michael Kluvanek