‘Parallel themes in visual neuroscience and the visual arts’ 13 September 2011
Professor Steven Dakin
http://www.dakinlab.org/DakinLab/Main.html
Steven Dakin writes:
‘My thesis is that visual artists operate as “blind neuroscientists” who perform their experiments on canvas, their work illustrating the neural mechanisms of human visual perception. I contend that an evaluation of contemporary art at this level complements current criticism which focuses on the craft and history of a painting, which many viewers find unsatisfactory. In this presentation, l shall use examples from the work of Joan Miro, Ellsworth Kelly, Bridget Riley and Mark Rothko.’
Symposium guests:
- Susan Aldworth – www.susanaldworth.com
- Andrew Carnie – www.tram.ndo.co.uk
- Nathan Cohen – www.nathancohen.co.uk
- Steven Dakin – Speaker – www.dakinlab.org/DakinLab/Main
- Robert Devcic – www.gvart.co.uk
- Megan Dowie
- Katharine Dowson – www.katharinedowson.com
- Mireia Guitart – http://www.mireiaguitart.com
- Karen Ingham – http://kareningham.org.uk/
- Rob Kesseler – www.robkesseler.co.uk
- Reiko Kubota – www.reikokubota.com
- Marius Kwint
- Maria Lopes – www.theconsciousnessfield.com
- Alana Pryce
- Fatieh Saudi
- Igor Tojcic
- Ruth Valentine – www.poetrypf.co.uk/ruthvalentinebiog
- Apologies for absence – Garry Kennard