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exhibition: Kettles Yard Gallery, Cambridge/Wellcome
Trust Two10 Gallery, London/Wipple Museum of Science
and Technology, Cambridge. http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/pages/exhibitions/archive/noise.html
Artist's
information from the n01se catalogue, 2000:
John
Tchalenko - Film Maker
Involved in perception and eye tracking. Currently
running a research unit at Camberwell College
of Arts. Previously Tchalenko was Lecturer in
Seismotectonics at Imperial College. The Eye Mouse
Project The painter's eye movements.
John
Tchalenko and Humphrey Ocean
Their collaboration started in 1991 with Double
Portrait which led to in depth research into the
drawing process. This work included eye hand co-ordination
and brain scanning studies.
John
Tchalenko
Where in the World are we? 2 inkjet prints of
MRI images of Humphrey Ocean's brain while drawing
Review
and thoughts by Catherine Watling:
This collaborative work is an excellent example
of the cross over point between scientific and
technological enquiry and philosophical and artistic
research. The MRI scan images shown at the n01se
exhibition represented in colour the areas of
the brain that were stimulated whilst the artist
Humphrey Ocean was copying a picture inside the
MRI scanner. Lab technicians were used as a control
in this experimental process, using the same images
and materials they copied the same picture as
Humphrey. Interestingly, significantly different
areas of the brain were in effect 'lit up' demonstrating
the possible differences of brain stimulation
in such an excercise between artist and scientist.
Is there such a thing as physiological creativity?
How can advanced medical technology help us to
explore deeper into the previously unexplored
realm of brain imaging? And how accurate are the
results of such an exploration?
Useful
links:
n01se Catalogue available from Kettles Yard Gallery.
http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/pages/exhibitions/archive/noise.html
The Whole Brain Atlas:
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
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