EAGG 22nd Nov 2009
22nd Nov 09
GUESTS
Today's guests were from the Super Human: Revolution of the Species - Symposium which is being held at the BMW Edge at Federation Square on the 23rd & 24th of November, 2009. For more information go to www.superhuman.org.au
Barbara Maria Stafford is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Professor, Emerita, at the University of Chicago. She will be appearing at the Symposium.
Barbara's work has consistently explored the intersections between the visual arts and the physical and biological sciences from the early modern to the contemporary era. Her current research charts the revolutionary ways the neurosciences are changing our views of the human and animal sensorium, shaping our fundamental assumptions about perception, sensation, emotion, mental imagery, and subjectivity.
Vicki Sowry has worked in screen production, industry development, new media and television for 20 years. She talked to us about one of the events aligned with the Symposium - the TAXA art/science exploratory project at RMIT Gallery (details below):
Opening: 6pm - 8pm, Thursday 26 November
Design Hub (RMIT Gallery 91)
Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Melbourne
(adjacent to the old City Baths)
Gallery hours:
11am - 5pm on the 27th, 28th of November 2009
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
We also mentioned the Australian Brain Bee Challenge, a quiz based competiton to test the neuroscience knowledge of Year 10 students on a variety of brain-related subjects. For more details go to:
MUSIC
Track 1 - "Epoca" by the Gotoan Project, from the album "La Revancha Del Tango"
Track 2 - "Under the Milky Way" by The Church, this version from the sountrack of the TV show "East of Everything"