Everything Is Connected

Everything Is Connected, a visual art exhibition exploring UCL’s ground-breaking neurological research, ran at the Crafts Council, London from 22nd May to 3rd June during Dementia Action Week. 

The exhibition, produced by UCL public art, celebrated the wide-ranging public art programme, which supports the IoN-DRI Programme – UCL’s ambitious project to build a new world-class neuroscience centre on Grays Inn Road, London. The centre, due to open in 2027, aims to accelerate the discovery of treatments for neurological conditions, including dementia – for which there is still no known cure.

A range of works were on display – many of which will be installed in the neuroscience centre when it opens in 2027. These included digital & video works, soundscapes, interactive installations, photography, painted wall works, lightboxes and sculpture. 

In the exhibition, lead artist Annie Cattrell, who is creating a large-scale artwork for the new building, mapped and reflected on her research journey over the last four years, and artist-in-residence Freya Gabie also showcased some of her work, which will be exhibited within the centre. 

Since construction began in 2020, Cattrell and Gabie have been collaborating with UCL researchers, clinicians, professional services staff, patients and wider communities as part of the programme of work to broaden knowledge and awareness of the groundbreaking neurological research that will be made possible by the new facility. 

The show also featured work by artist Jo Volley, as well as the work of the Arbor programme – artist and researcher partnerships, who have been collaborating with communities with lived experience of neurological disease to create a range of creative projects. 

The centre will be home to the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; the UK Dementia Research Institute and the UCLH National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, bringing together scientists, clinicians and patients under one roof, enabling groundbreaking research to be translated from bench to beside and back again.

The exhibition showcased the following works: