Mapping Perception - Softcover

Giles Lane; Andrew Kotting

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901540219 ISBN 13: 9781901540215

Publisher: Proboscis, 2002

Synopsis

This text is one of the results of a four-year collaboration between Giles Lane, curator and producer, Andrew Kotting, the director of "Gallivant" and "This Filthy Earth", and Mark Lythgoe, neurophysiologist at the Institute of Child Health, London with the participation of Eden Kotting. The project "Mapping Perception" examines the limits of human perception through an investigation of impaired brain function to further understand the mind and body interaction and our relationship with its abnormality. This dual display of what is seen and what courses beneath the surface brings us to the core substance of what we perceive in ourselves and others. It aims to make visible the connections between the scientific and artistic explorations of the human condition, probing the thin membrane between the able and the disabled. At the heart of the project is Eden, Andrew's daughter. She was born at Guy's Hospital, London, in 1988 with a rare genetic disorder - Joubert Syndrome - causing cerebral vermis hypoplagia and several other neurological complications. Eden thus participates in the project as both a catalyst and a cypher for a more general investigation into how we see the world and perceive difference. The project produced a 37 minute 35mm film, an audio-visual installation, a book and CD-ROM, and a website. The team have also given talks and presentations about the project, notably at Imperial College London's Science-Art Seminar (June 1999) and the Sciart Symposium at the Royal Geographic Society (September 2000), and the Sciart Symposium at the Liverpool Biennial on the 26th September 2002.

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From the Back Cover

Mapping Perception is a humanistic project about changing the way we look at the world and each other. It is not just about making a work of art, but about challenging our perceptions. It also encourages artists and scientists to imagine how their visions can be translated beyond their disciplines. The Castle of the Five Senses - seeing, hearing, touch, taste and smell - represents the limits of normal human perception. Mapping Perception examines these limits through an investigation of impaired brain function bringing us to the core substance of what we perceive in ourselves and others. It makes visible connections between scientific and artistic explorations of the human condition, probing the thin membrane between ability and disability, normal and abnormal. Mapping Perception is the result of a four year pioneering art and science collaboration between Andrew Kvtting (the acclaimed director of Gallivant and This Filthy Earth), Giles Lane (curator and producer, Proboscis) and Dr Mark Lythgoe (neurophysiologist at the Institute of Child Health). At the heart of the project is Eden, Andrew's daughter. She was born at Guy's Hospital, London in 1988 with a rare genetic disorder - Joubert Syndrome, causing cerebral vermis hypoplasia and several other neurological complications. Eden participates in the project as both a catalyst and a cipher for a more general investigation into how we see the world and perceive difference. This book and accompanying CD-ROM celebrates the collaboration and its other major outcomes: an experimental documentary film and an environmental installation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Proboscis
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1901540219
• ISBN 13: 9781901540215
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Giles Lane, Katrina Jungnickel, Mark Lythgoe