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A person's entire life: captured |
The study of the brain is a fascination of both scientists and artists alike. It is a study where we realize our entire being, our memories, our observations, our feelings, are reduced to chemical signals and neuron synapses. Every observed brain contains years of a person's life, and has contained every thought, feeling, and experience that person ever had. For this reason, neuroscience continues to be a great interest of people with any sort of background.
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Brainbow: Hippocampus |
The great complexity of the brain and beginning to truly understand it fully poses a challenge that can be solved with the unity of the two cultures. "it challenges us to reach beyond the obvious and take inspiration from other disciplines, in the hopes of making small steps towards an almost unfathomable scientific problem" (Badhwar). Combing the two allows scientists to step out of bounds of the rigid scientific process, and allows artists to create new works that are outside of their usual environment.

To produce any sort of art, one must have at least a basic understanding of how the mind works, and what images would be the most pleasing for viewers. "The human brain is wired in such a way that we can make sense of lines, colors and patterns on a flat canvas" (Landau). Artist must learn to apply that knowledge to produce images that are both recognizable, and enjoyable for the viewers.
Works Cited
Badhwar, A. (n.d.). Interplay Between Neuroscience and Art. Art & Language International, 77-108. doi:10.1215/9780822374121-004
Choudhury, A. R. (2010). Scales for communicating colours. Colour Measurement. doi:10.1533/9780857090195.1.19
Landau, Elizabeth. "What the brain draws from: Art and neuroscience." CNN. N.p., 15 2012. Web. 15 Nov 2012. <http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/15/health/art-brain-mind/index.html>.
Sterling, A. (n.d.). MIT Neurotech: Journey Through the Brain. Eyewire.
Vesna, Victoria. "Conscious / Memory (Part 1)." Lecture. 16 Nov 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DLVQIwOn7o8>
Vesna, Victoria. Lecture. "Conscious / Memory (Part 2)." 16 Nov 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xlg5wXHWZNI>
Vesna, Victoria. Lecture. "Conscious / Memory (Part 3)." 16 Nov 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E5EX75xoBJ0>