Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. at New York Hall of Science

Robert Strati
Cerebral Composition, 2014
Digital Print
18" x 24"
Courtesy of the artist
 
 
The BRAIN
 
16th international art-sci juried exhibition
organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.
and held at the New York Hall of Science
 
October 11, 2014 - March 29, 2015
 
Yura Adams (USA), Laura Ahola-Young (USA), Julie Amrany (USA), Travis Bedel (USA), Federico Carbajal (Canada), Lia Cook (USA), Bonnie Cutts (USA), Gregory Dunn (USA), Lauren Evans (USA), Robert Fathauer (USA), Roger Ferragallo (USA), Debra Friedkin (USA), Eran Gilat (Israel), Geoffrey Harrison (UK), Gunes-Helene Isitan (Canada), Elizabeth Jameson (USA), Terri Lloyd (USA), José Miguel Mayo (USA), Patricia Moss-Vreeland (USA), Valeriya N-Georg (UK), Remy Nurse (UK), Robert Peters (UK), Michael Ricciardi (USA), William Stoehr (USA), Robert Strati (USA), Aga Tamiola (Germany), Franco Tosi (Italy), Jayne Walther (USA), Ron Wild (Canada)
 
We have entered the era of “Big Neuroscience.” The goal of the United States’ Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative is to map the activity of every neuron in the human brain, and the mission of the European Union’s Human Brain Project (HBP) is to construct realistic simulations of the human brain.  They are the biggest scientific challenges of the 21st century.
 
Propelled by MRI and fMRI imaging technologies, scientists are already discovering fundamental mechanisms of brain function that will ultimately create a more complete understanding of what it means to be human. These “heady” times for neuroscience are also having a domino effect in the arts. Artists have long reflected upon the nature of perception, memory, and emotion to create their work. But recent breakthroughs in understanding the brain, accompanied by its visualizations, are sparking the imaginations of artists around the world. And recently, a young neuroscientist who was so enamored with the beauty of the brain’s neurons and synapses has created a successful career in the arts as a painter!
 
Separately, and often in collaboration with neuroscientists, artists are using abstract thinking, imagination, and visual perception to respond to new discoveries in brain science. Sometimes, they are spurred by neural maladies that have touched them personally, such as color blindness and dyslexia, or the more serious impacts of brain damage from injury, epilepsy, Alzheimers, autism, and schizophrenia, among others.
 
A new openness from science practitioners and a desire for public engagement with their research findings, has created a plethora of recent art+neuroscience activities including: the new scientific field of Neuroaesthetics; “The Beautiful Brain: Art and Science of the Human Mind” online forum; The Interalia Magazine dedicated to the interactions between the arts, sciences, and consciousness; “Neuroscience Art” exhibitions mounted at The Society of Neuroscience annual meetings; and a 2014 production of a planetarium journey, the NEURODOME, that utilizes the data visualization tools of astronomy to depict high-resolution imagery of the brain.
 
This juried exhibition is the result of Art & Science Collaborations’ international Open Call for stunning visual images documenting original art executed in any media that was inspired or informed by the various aspects of the brain and new discoveries in neuroscience.
 
Cynthia Pannucci, Founder/Director of Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.
 
 
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