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Unseen Worlds: Art Meets Science in new Northern Quarter installation

A new public art installation reveals the hidden beauty beneath the microscope.

Sally Gilford’s bold and inquisitive works explore the intersection of STEM thinking in digital and analogue realms. Drawing from over a decade of collaboration with scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research at the University of Manchester, Gilford continues her exploration of the invisible worlds that underpin our daily lives. From architectural artefacts, bio images to historical archives and beyond, she tells stories that nod to the past, present and future, subverting traditional ideals into dynamic provocations.

 

11.08.25

Words by BUILDHOLLYWOOD

In her latest project, Salford-based artist Sally Gilford brings together art and science to reveal the complexity and quiet beauty found within some of our most challenging and destructive medical conditions.

Commissioned by BUILDHOLLYWOOD, the three-story installation brings the microscopic world into public view, the colourful, hand printed design features cartilage tissue affected by arthritis under a microscope.

This latest installation transforms the façade of BUILDHOLLYWOOD’s office into a canvas of scientific storytelling, inviting the public to engage with the unseen and connect with the beauty found within biology.

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