Life is change. How do we deal with the fragility and transience of our body? What drives us? Do we have a body? Or are we our bodies? These questions are asked by artists and scientists alike.
Join us in exploring the fragility and complexity of the human body. Discover perspectives from art and science, and engage with three speakers who reflect on what it means to be human.
Speakers
Emily Sargent, UK, is Head of Curatorial at Wellcome Collection. She has curated numerous high-profile exhibitions exploring themes relevant to health and the body, including In the Air, Living with Buildings, and Brains, which have toured to five venues across Spain. She leads the Curatorial Team at Wellcome Collection, developing long-term collection displays and temporary exhibitions, such as The Coming of Age, opening on 26 March 2026.
Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library in central London connecting science, medicine, life, and art. They believe everyone’s experience of health matters. Through their collections, exhibitions, and events, in books and online, they explore the past, present, and future of health.
Katharine Dowson, UK, investigates themes of the human condition, nature, and the scientific world. She often collaborates with academics. Dowson uses glass as a metaphor representing both the fragility of human existence and a permeable membrane through which light passes, revealing otherwise hidden structures and worlds.
Sofie Muller, BE. In her layered installations, sculptures, and drawings, Sofie Muller reveals the vulnerability of the body, as well as the deepest and darkest layers of our psyche, creating a psychological portrait of the inner world of humankind.
Left: Seyni Awa Camara, Untitled, 2024 terracotta. From Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection at Wellcome Collection. Courtesy of The Museum of Everything. Photo Steven Pocock. Right: Sofie Muller, Tristan, 2008 painted bronze
The Online Club Bodytalk: Our Fragile Body is part of a series, preluding Sculpture Network’s International Forum, Bodytalk - The Return of the Human Figure in Contemporary Sculpture which will be held from 29 - 31 October in Berlin.
Hosted and moderated by curator Anne Berk.
Join our Zoom Meeting on Monday, 30 March 2026, 20.00 CET.
After the lectures get together and networking in smaller groups.
The event will be held in English. Participation is free of charge, all you need is a PC, tablet or smartphone with an internet connection. Please register with the button "Register now" to receive the link to the Zoom meeting.
