What I CNU

What I CNU is a site-based, interactive installation leading participants through an interactive choreography with Ray, a presence hiding inside a medical scanner. Equipped with a tracer, we follow Ray through the machine to discover what is keeping him there. Engaging the participant in a discovery of their bodies using mirroring techniques, animation, haptcis, spatial sound, motion capture, and AI, participants master their movements inside the space of the installation with Ray's help. By journey's end, Ray will come to rely on the participant as much as the participant has come to rely on Ray. Developed by the Alchemists Preserve. It harnesses the power and imagery of PET technology, challenging us to see cancer for what it is, a disease that will demand attention from each of us at some point in all of our lives. Aimed at engendering empathy and elevating our understanding of cancer, What I CNU is about impact and helping us see our role in the future of scientific discoveries.

About Aidan's research:

Aidan has demonstrated the importance of Sodium ion transport in the metabolism of glucose in cancer cells using a multitude of clinically relevant medical imaging techniques and some he developed himself. By better understanding the role of Sodium and other ion salts in cancer metabolism it is hoped that the aggressiveness of tumours can be evaluated earlier, and patients can receive more precise therapies to improve their outcomes.