This exhibition is part of the Street scienceand Human perceptionprogramme
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Point of perception
Context: The patterns of light that fall onto the eye are meaningless because they could mean anything. Indeed, resolving uncertainty is the basis of all that the brain does, from perception to cognition. Understanding how the brain solves this problem is therefore the basis for understanding, not only how and why we see what we do, but who we are as individuals and as a society.
The 'Point of perception' was a collaborative project between Madi Boyd, Mark Lythgo and
R. Beau Lotto, which aimed to place people consciously at the point of uncertainty, between the known and unknown. Physically it’s a mirrored box measuring 2 metres x 1.2 metres x 2 metres deep. Within the box are hundreds of wires onto which is projected dynamic patterns of light. There is more than one possible perceptual resolution of the wire sculpture: the space could be both big or small, the geometry could have many different possible shapes. The ‘Point of perception' was first exhibited publicly at the Brain Unravelled Exhibitionin London.
As with all of Lottolab Studio’s public projects, the aim here was also to place people in the unique context of ‘Seeing themselves see’, of being observers of the process by which they literally ‘making sense’ of themselves and the world. Since only by becoming aware the fundamental relationship between one’s behaviours and one’s ecological history is it possible to become actively compassion and creative.
Images by: Sylvain Deleu Photographer
Visuals from the exhibition
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