Katharine Dowson | SILENT STORIES | Science Museum London - Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries | From 4 February 2025
ARTWORK GIVING VOICE TO CANCER PATIENTS UNVEILED IN SCIENCE MUSEUM TO MARK WORLD CANCER DAY
Silent Stories, a powerful sculptural artwork that explores the profound emotional experience of living with cancer, from diagnosis to treatment to life after the disease, is now on permanent display in Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries at the Science Museum;
Created by artist Katharine Dowson, the work features five glass busts cast from radiotherapy masks of patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer and is accompanied by an original soundscape of voices taken from participating individuals;
Located in the Faith, Hope and Fear section, Silent Stories joins the museum’s art collection and other artworks on free public display in Medicine including bronze sculptures by Eleanor Crook and Marc Quinn, a ceramic pharmacy jar by Grayson Perry, a disease-transmission-inspired aerial installation by Studio Roso, and a photographic portrait series by Siân Davey;
Silent Stories is a part of the museum’s Collecting Experiences of Cancer project, which focusses on adding objects related to cancer and the experience of living with this disease to the collection, and builds on a previous exhibition, Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope held at the museum in 2022.
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