Blog posts tagged ‘arts’

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Two people are sat at a desk in a beige room. One of them is holding up a large sheet of paper with a body diagram that organises departments like organs.
19 Feb 2026

Crisis Acres (2025) — Screening & Q&A with Tom K Kemp

After the Single Use presents a screening of Crisis Acres (2025), exploring NHS systems through simulation, followed by a live Q&A.
The satirical advert for the single-use plastic speculum satirising the pink colour to please women when most doctors are men
06 Aug 2025

“Tinged with a Feminine Pink”: Adverts, Art and Greenwashing

At our Edinburgh workshop, researchers turned frustrations with single-use plastics into satirical adverts, using humour and art to expose hidden harms and greenwashing in healthcare.
Rows of different lightbulbs in the Energise Gallery.
24 Jul 2025

Contemporary Technology Collecting

How can contemporary collecting shape our research on single-use plastics while guiding ethical curation, museum collaboration, and future preservation?
An animated discussion about disposable plastics as part of the exhibition curation.
18 Jun 2025

A Guide to Sparking Cross-Disciplinary Conversations that Drive Meaningful Research

The After the Single Use team created a pop-up exhibition in less than 3 hours to showcase our research. How did we pull it off?
Exhibition promotional poster
27 May 2025

Pop-up Exhibition and Reception

The project team are holding a pop-up exhibition exploring the production, circulation, and disposal of single-use medical plastics.
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