Media
June 2010
One of Henrietta Harris’ artworks in response to her collaboration with Henry Waldvogel was featured as the ‘Parting Shot’ in the June 2010 issue of Idealog Magazine.
July 2010
Do You Mind? was mentioned on the NO magazine website before the show opening.
Megan gave a presentation about Do You Mind? at the ‘Science in the Public’ science communication symposium in Hamilton on 8 July, and was blogged about afterwards by Bioblog.
Do You Mind? was featured as the cover story in the Canvas magazine section of the Weekend Herald on 24 July 2010, in an article titled ‘Smart arts: Auckland artists get brainy’. Three artist-scientist pairs were interviewed: Alex Hoyles and Veema Lodhia, Aaron King-Cole and Joanne Lin, and Mei Cooper and Pritika Narayan.
Brain researchers Kim Wise and Reece Roberts and their artist partners Aleksandra Petrovic and Lia Kent MacKillop were interveiwed by Lynn Freeman on the Radio New Zealand Arts on Sunday show in a piece considering ‘Art vs Science’ on 25 July 2010.
Megan Dowie and Estella Castle talked to 95bFM host Charlotte Ryan about the project on her Morning Glory show on 27 July 2010.
TV3 Nightline News attended the Do You Mind? opening on 28 July 2010, interviewing Henrietta Harris about her art practice and contribution to the show.
August 2010
Kathryn Ryan interviewed Erin Forsyth and Megan Dowie on the Nine til Noon show on Radio NZ National on 2 August 2010, discussing how art and science cross over, using Do You Mind? as an example.
Aleksandra Petrovic wrote about Do You Mind? in her blog.
September 2010
There was a write up in the Centre for Brain Research Spring 2010 newsletter.
February 2011
In February 2011 Erin and Leah were invited to speak at the 2011 Science Communicators Association of New Zealand (SCANZ) annual conference, with the theme “Listening to the other side: Non-scientists’ experiences of science”. They made a video to use as part of their presentation, including interviews with Do You Mind? artists Alexander Hoyles, Aaron King-Cole and Aleksandra Petrovic.
June 2011
An article came out in June 2011 in the Journal of Science Communication about the history of science as theatre in New Zealand, written by Peter Hodder. Do You Mind? gets a little reference.
