Tate | What can the matter be?

‘What Can the Matter Be’
was devised and created by:

Materials Library
http://www.materialslibrary.org.uk

Mark Miodownik
Material Scientist and Head of the Materials Research group at King’s College London
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/pse/diveng/research/materials/mam/

Zoe Laughlin
Artist and Materials Researcher at King’s College London
http://www.asifitwerereal.org

Martin Conreen
Lecturer in Design at Goldsmiths, University of London
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/design/staff/conreen.php

With special guests:

Marcus Du Sautoy
Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University
http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/~dusautoy/

Andrea Sella
Lecturer in Chemistry at University College London
http://www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/people/sella/index.html

Greyworld
http://www.greyworld.org

Audio podcast produced by:
Hannah Andrassy

Video podcast produced by:
Jane Burton, Tate
Camera: Richard Stafford
Production Assistant: Jared Schiller

Supported by:
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, King’s College London and Goldsmiths, University of London .

With thanks to:
Beau Lotto (http://www.lottolab.org/), Jennifer Horrocks and Justin Dillon.

Artworks used in the film

Francis Bacon
Second version of Triptych 1944, 1988
Tate © Estate of Francis Bacon. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2007