Diana Scarborough

Diana Scarborough is a Cambridge-based international artist creating multi-disciplinary work that intersects art, technology, history and the environment.

She was trained and worked as an engineer prior to engaging with her artistic practice.

Referencing scale and time, data, ecology and the invisible sciences, her time-based collaborative practice reveals a bias towards process, visualisation and performance.

Working directly with scientists she is able to understand the context of their research trajectory and outcomes with true understanding as she is also an engineer. Processes and implications of space weather, nanoparticle activity, historical developments of technology with social-economic implications all feature in works that highlight the unseen, the forgotten or global concerns transformed by a curiosity-led art lens.

Diana is artist-in-residence with Fruk Lab (bio-nano) at Cambridge University, and co-founder of the multidisciplinary ‘Sounds of Space Project’ with British Antarctic Survey, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge and the School of Music at the Australian National University.

She also teaches creative media, including tailor-made filmmaking, animation and software training.

The Cradle of Fire concept was dreamt up during a chance meeting with Carolyn Waudby in Sheffield. Diana is the  dynamic driving force and lead artist behind the project, her skills, experience and creative passion crossing into virtually every area of this original R&D initiative.

https://dianascarborough.co.uk/