Name: Seeing Beyond the Lens
Start: 2026-05-18T19:00:00
End: 2026-05-18T21:00:00
Location: Steel Coulson Southside

Experience a unique blend of hands-on exploration and empathetic discussion in this interactive event. Participants will have the chance to view their own hands in magnified detail, gaining a closer perspective on the textures and surfaces we often overlook. Alongside this, the session introduces Surface Echoes, a resource that brings to life the everyday challenges and emotional impact of eczema, offering opportunities for discussion, reflection, and deeper understanding of what it’s like to live with the condition.

ASCUS Art and Science Lab Vitamin C and Skin Cell Microscopy Workshop

Dr. Keira Tucker (Manager of ASCUS Art & Science)

Discover the hidden world beneath your fingertips in this interactive microscopy workshop. Participants will create their own microscope slides using vitamin C and cells from their own skin, collected through a simple sellotape skin peel technique.
Using a large stereomicroscope connected to a projector, you’ll be able to view your own hands in magnified detail.
Along the way, you’ll also learn more about ASCUS Art & Science Lab's based in Edinburgh's beloved Summerhall.

Surface Echoes - a creative reactions project amplifying the voices of people living with eczema

Beverley Hood (Reader in Technological Embodiment and Creative Practice)

Prof Sara Brown (Grant Chair of Dermatology)

Surface Echoes is a resource that brings to life the everyday challenges and emotional impact of eczema. This event will introduce a downloadable resource, consisting of a printable script and a digital audio version. Developed to create empathy, spark conversation, and deepen understanding of the realities of living with the condition, this session will include an opportunity to read and discuss the project.

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