Laboratory for Variable Risk Assessment

This sculptural installation is presented as a working laboratory for measuring how people perceive low level radiation. The sculpture features a cabinet of over 90 items of domestic Uranium glass lit with UV light. Each item is measured with a Geiger counter and tagged with its radioactive emission in micro Sieverts per hour (μSv/hr). Visitors to the exhibition are engaged in conversation about the radioactive risk of the glass and provided with the opportunity to test the glass with a Geiger counter.

The work was exhibited at: Making A Difference: St James’ Church, Goldsmiths College, University of London, February 2013. Objects of Transcendence, Watermans Art Center, Kew, London, Jan - March 2017. NEON Festival, Dundee, Scotland, November 2017. In 2013, the glass was tested by Brian Roberton, Radiation Protection Officer at Imperial College, London.