Biomation project focusing on child diabetes (From York Press)
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Biomation project focusing on child diabetes
6:30pm Friday 13th February 2009 in Search
YOUNGSTERS from across York with diabetes are taking part in an award-winning pioneering science and youth arts project.
The project called Biomation will take place next week at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and will involve young people from across the city, a number of whom have diabetes.
The project aims to raise awareness and educate young people about diabetes through film, animation and music technology.
The youngsters will produce a DVD to help educate other young people and will be supported throughout the initiative by professional media artists and clinicians from the children’s diabetes team. Biomation is a partnership between Arts Action York who are the community arts team for the City of York Council’s Arts and Culture Service and York NHS Art and Environment group.
Biomation is funded by the Wellcome Trust Pulse Awards which provides funding for arts projects that engage with Biomedical science, encourage debate about issues raised by scientific developments and interact imaginatively with children and young people.
The 2009 project follows the success of the first Biomation project, which took place in 2007. Biomation has already worked with young people with Aspergers Syndrome and has achieved international acclaim winning the prestigious Best International Animation category at the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.
Over the next few months Biomation will also be working with young people with arthritis and will be embarking on an educational project within schools across York.
Dr Dominic Smith, from York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The children’s diabetes team have said they are delighted that the project workshop is taking place.
“The previous films showed a fascinating view of how diabetes affects young people.
“The young people quickly developed technical skills in producing the animation.
“Their creative ideas helped convey a complex message with great clarity. The project was very enjoyable for all involved.”
