The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is to join the GSA’s Digital Design Studio (DDS) on the 3D Definitive Human project which will, they say, lead to a 'step change' in medical and surgical training and practice.
The "ground-breaking" digital model starts with precise medical scans of a cadaver and then a team of experts in 3D medical visualisation at the DDS use similar techniques to those that create computer gaming environments to make a complex digital model. Following the announcement of the partnership, the 3D Definitive Human will be available for medical and surgical students, and well as to more than 22,500 members of the RCSEd worldwide.
The 3D Definitive Human is supported by the Scottish Funding Council and NHS Education, Scotland.
gsa.ac.uk
The Scottish Turner Prize winning artist Susan Philipsz, pictured, is to unveil "one of her most ambitious work to date" at Tate Britain later this month.
War Damaged Musical Instruments will be shown at the Duveen Galleries at the London gallery. The work uses recordings of The Last Post on a range of brass and woodwind instruments, damaged in various conflicts.
tate.org.uk
An event organised by Museums Galleries Scotland took place in Summerhall, Edinburgh has gathered key members of UNESCO, the Scottish Government, museums and other Scottish cultural organisations to discuss "intangible cultural heritage and its relationship with human rights."
Intangible cultural heritage includes oral traditions, performing arts, festive events and knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts.
The symposium was the first event if its kind to take place in the UK and featured performances of Scottish singers and storytellers and a puppet performance of the Galoshins by Shane Connolly of Sokobauno Puppet Theatre and musician/performer Stan Reeves.
Museums Galleries Scotland has redeveloped an online inventory of ICH practices in Scotland and is now asking people to contribute examples to their website:
ICHScotland.org
Jazz Nairn presents its final concert of 2015 when the Nova Scotia Jazz Band appears at Nairn Community & Arts Centre on Saturday, November 28 at 8.00pm. Led by clarinettist-saxophonist John Burgess, Nova Scotia Jazz Band brings new vigour to the classic Dixieland music of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke in the manner of Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, and Burgess’s great hero, the late Edinburgh-born cornet player and band leader, Alex Welsh. Jazz Nairn resumes promotions in the new year with American swing saxophonist Scott Hamilton on January 21.
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