LAURA SPLAN, New York City, will travel to Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; London, England; and Rome and Florence, Italy; to study the history of medical instruments, imaging and procedures, particularly the unique histories behind instrument invention and development within their respective cultural and scientific contexts. Splan is interested in the cultural relationships between form and function. These investigations will inform her conceptually and research based work, which attempts to represent the complex cultural histories within science.
