Zoe Laughlin gives a demonstration to show the amazing physical characteristics of objects invented to change our world. This is your chance to encounter some of the most wondrous matter on earth; from shape-memory paperclips and magnetic liquids, to the lightest solid in the world.
Zoe is a co-founder/director of the Institute of Making and the Materials Library project. An artist and maker, she holds an MA from Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design and obtained a PhD in Materials within the Division of Engineering, King's College London.
Bauhaus: Art as Life events programme supported by The Goethe-Institut London, The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, London, The Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom, The Hungarin Cultural Centre, London and The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Barbican Art Gallery in London presents major exhibitions by leading international figures in the heart of the City of London