York Hospital will be staging the premier screening of animations produced by young people on the children's ward this week (Thursday 22 November) as part of a new digital youth arts project - Biomation.

Biomation is a pioneering science and youth arts project involving artists and clinicians working with young people from the children's ward at York Hospital. It explores the social, emotional and scientific aspects of their clinical conditions through animation, film, digital media and creative writing.

Their work, which is the first of three pieces of art work, will be unveiled on Thursday and showcased outside the children's ward at the hospital.

The special screening of 'Zargon on the Big Screen' is being staged at the hospital for young peole involved in this first project - a diabetes project - and their families. The early evening event will be a chance to see the animations projected onto a large screen. Visitors will be able to meet the artists, young people and clinicians who were invoved in the project and hear more about their work.

Young people involved in the project will also be presented with a DVD of the animations they produced.

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.