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20 OCTOBER
8:00 - Dusk
art exhibition
FIELD OF JEANS: CATALYTIC CLOTHING
London College of Fashion and the University of Sheffield
Venue Euston Square
Address Euston Road, NW1 2RT
Nearest tube station(s) Warren Street, Euston, Euston Square
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Image: Prof Tony Ryan OBEProf Tony Ryan OBE

Tony Ryan is a Professor of Polymer Nanotechnology, and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Science, at the University of Sheffield.
His most influtential work, has been in the new field of Soft Nanotechnology, in which he has developed and applied time-resolved structural techniques to polymers. This work was the subject of prizes in 1990 by the Plastics and Rubber Institute, in 1992, 1999 and 2003 from the Royal Society of Chemistry and in 1999 from the Polymer Processing Society.
He was the Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer for 2002 where his theme was the science and technology of everyday things. The lectures were seen on Channel 4 by 4.5 million viewers.
Twitter page pvcryan
website shef.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profiles/ryan
Image: Prof Helen Storey MBEProf Helen Storey MBE

Helen Storey's work widely spans the arts, sciences and new technology fields. She produce projects which illuminate aspects of science and well being in ways that directly interact with the public, with the broad aim of helping individuals reach their full creative potential.
More recently she has begun to focus her creative energy on working in collaboration with other Universities to solve global problems.
Twitter page ProfHelenStorey
Twitter page LCFLondon
website helenstoreyfoundation.org
website fashion.arts.ac.uk
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Image: 'Field of Jeans', Helen Storey © Helen Storey Foundation
Image: 'Field of Jeans', Helen Storey © Helen Storey Foundation
London College of Fashion and the University of Sheffield, along with their partners and supporters, present 'Field of Jeans, an art-fashion installation which engages the public with Catalytic Clothing, a partnership that brings together the worlds of fashion and science and asks the public to join the campaign for clean air; giving them the opportunity, at this early stage, to shape the technology that has the potential to transform our lives.
Employing existing technology in a new way, Catalytic Clothing seeks to explore how clothing and textiles can be used as a catalytic surface to purify the air we breathe.
Video: Trailer for 'Catalytic Clothing' by Helen Storey and Tony Ryan - featuring Erin O'Connor and music by Radiohead © the artists
This project is the creation of Professor Helen Storey MBE and Professor Tony Ryan OBE who are unlikely collaborators. Helen is a practising artist and designer at London College of Fashion and Tony is a scientist from the University of Sheffield; from the moment they met they realised that combining the worlds of fashion and science would produce extraordinary results.
Previous projects include the groundbreaking Wonderland project which has now been seen by over 11 million people worldwide.
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