Art and Design Lecturer Deborah Gardner collaborates on exhibition inspired by chimpanzee heart
![Art and Design Lecturer Deborah Gardner collaborates on exhibition inspired by chimpanzee heart](http://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/images/resized/750x374-0-0-1-80-Evolutionary_Tree_800x400.png)
Deborah Gardner recently collaborated with the scientist Dr Catrin Rutland (Veterinary School of Medicine, University of Nottingham) in a Creative Reactions virtual exhibition.
The exhibition, titled ‘Evolutionary Tree’, is the ‘art meets science’ branch of the national science fair Pint of Science. Evolutionary Tree is a sculptural response to Dr Catlin Rutland’s discovery of the first os cordis bone in a chimpanzee’s heart.
Evolutionary Tree senses the tree-like structure within the micro CT scanning of the newly discovered bone and the resulting sculpture allows an internal scaffold to spread out branch-like. The tree of life is a universally understood model to explore the evolution of life and relationships based upon similarities and differences; it seems apt that the os cordis discovered for the first time in a chimpanzee’s heart reminds us that these similarities and differences among biological species are open to reappraisal.
![Art sculpture of chimpanzee heart](http://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/images/resized/429x572-0-0-1-80-Evolutionary_Trees_429x572.png)
View the exhibition and catalogue. You can also view all angles of the sculpture on YouTube.
Find out more about Dr Rutland’s research here.