DCU lecturer awarded bursary by the Arts Council

Karl Grimes, lecturer on photography, imaging and new media at DCU, has been awarded a major bursary by the Arts Council for his project 'Future Nature'

"Image from Future Nature exhibition

His new exhibition Future Nature consisting of large scale photographic prints, lightboxes and video opens at 5th@Guinness Storehouse on February 8th and runs until March 24th

In "Future Nature", Karl Grimes continues his analytical engagement with the themes of retrieval and resurrection - bringing to light and into the light the objects and specimens previously hidden in dispersed archives and research databanks. The exhibition takes as its content the unique animal embryos and foetuses housed in the research collections of the Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht, Netherlands, and the Tornblad Institute, Lund, Sweden.

In the meantime, if you would like to see more of Karl's work, then visit his award-winning website at: http://www.karlgrimes.net