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nmesae
Sep 3, 20244 min read
Wellcome Collection: Jason and the Adventure of 254
This is the type of exhibit that I leave and tell everyone about for the next few days. It was spectacularly immersive, interesting all...
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nmesae
Aug 16, 20243 min read
"Hello Brain!" @ The Francis Crick
I visited the Francis Crick in Kings Cross today and had a wonderful time walking around their current exhibit called "Hello Brain". The...
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nmesae
Jul 31, 20244 min read
Science Museum Visit
It was blisteringly hot today and I was feeling cooped up and antsy (even after going for a run around the park), so I decided to come...
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nmesae
Jun 24, 20243 min read
Sana que Sana
Instagram: @nataliamesart , @mesa.natalia Sana que sana, colita de rana, si no sana hoy, sanará mañana. This roughly translates to: Heal...
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nmesae
Jun 24, 20242 min read
Grad Show (Sana que Sana) Work In Progress
Drafts on drafts on drafts, drilling, measuring (always measure twice), burning, hacksawing, sanding, polishing... a lot of technical...
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nmesae
Mar 20, 20244 min read
(3/3) Layers of Perception: SURGE III
Natalia Mesa in collaboration with Morenike Magbagbeola, the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Surgical and Interventional Science (WEISS) at...
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nmesae
Mar 8, 202411 min read
Interview for International Women's Day!
Natalia: When did you start focusing on women’s health and wellbeing in your practice? Sarah: I became involved in this idea of women's...
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nmesae
Mar 6, 20244 min read
(2/3) Layers of Perception: SURGE III
Natalia Mesa in collaboration with Morenike Magbagbeola, the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Surgical and Interventional Science (WEISS) at...
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nmesae
Mar 6, 20243 min read
(1/3) Layers of Perception: SURGE III
Natalia Mesa in collaboration with Morenike Magbagbeola, the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Surgical and Interventional Science (WEISS) at...
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nmesae
Mar 6, 20243 min read
Open Studio December 2023
This Open Studio was an opportunity for the cohort to share their works in progress and ask peer and tutors what was working and what...
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nmesae
Mar 1, 20242 min read
Screenprinting and Cyanotyping!
We were tasked with the Graduate Print Sale and urged to start learning printing techniques in order to be ready to submit final prints...
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nmesae
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Engraved PTSD Brains and Family Pictures
There came a point where I realized that for most of the time I had been writing my dissertation, I hadn't been making nay art. I had...
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nmesae
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Kew Gardens Visit with CSM
Not my first and definitely not my last visit to Kew Gardens. I adore this place, it makes me feel like the Grow Lab makes me feel - full...
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nmesae
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Mosaico! First Month Working here
The first week of April 2022 I started working for Daniel Brusatin at his studio. The first few weeks felt like I was on a steep learning...
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nmesae
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Grootbos
In August, right before my dissertation-writing got intense, I went to South Africa and Namibia with my family. The wildlife, landscapes...
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nmesae
Feb 28, 20242 min read
Writing my dissertation
I started writing my dissertation in the spring of 2023. First, doing lots and lots of research, reading, collecting sources and taking...
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nmesae
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Plants at the Grow Lab
Plant Samples at Grow Lab These sessions at the Grow Lab were amazing. So inspiring, mind-expanding, eye-opening and joyful. These days...
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nmesae
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Te guardo los olvidos
After ripping my painting, I started arranging it into different piles, folding it up and layering the pieces. This process was both an...
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nmesae
Feb 25, 20241 min read
AI, Slime Mold and Painting
This project was called "Forced Connections" and its aim was to connect topics in art and science that we drew "randomly" from a pile of...
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nmesae
Feb 22, 20242 min read
Creative Writing : on silence and painting
Back home, the main form of communication is silence. My mother taught us all to speak with our eyes, to read each other’s body language...
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