Produced in collaboration with neuroscientists at UCL, Drs Beau Lotto and Mark Lythgoe, this work is art and science; we intend it as an experiment in the gallery. It manifests as an immersive environment consisting of a ’screen’ which is a giant mirrored, gridded space of uncertainty and projected film. Our interest is in ambiguity in perception and the ‘tipping point’ where there is enough information for the brain to understand what the eye is seeing, the line between form and formlessness.
The work exists at the boundaries of film / moving image. It encompasses neuroscience, vision, geometry and illusion and is designed to work specifically on the human eye and brain. It is currently being developed as an neuroscientific investigation into aesthetics, patterns and the sublime.
It produces a strong effect in many people- they are often completely mesmerised by the aesthetic qualities of the work and spend a long time with the work.
The work was first shown at “The Brain Unravelled’, a group exhibition at The Slade research Centre in September 2009.
The project is on-going
http://pointofperception.co.uk/
http://thebrainunravelled.com/
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The Point of Perception was most recently exhibited at Fusion at The Forum as part of The Norfolk and Norwich Festival (7-22nd May)