Work The Point of Perception
The Point of Perception
FORTHCOMING
Madi Boyd was recently awarded an arts grant from the Wellcome Trust for a project where she will collaborate with neuroscientists based at UCL, London; (Mark Lythgoe, Beau Lotto and Mark Miodownick). The project, entitled 'The point of perception' will result in an art piece based on research into the ambiguity of perception. Specifically, the team wish to investigate the tipping point for ambiguity in perception- the exact point at which there is sufficient visual information for the brain to comprehend what it is looking at. This will be researched with respect to form, depth and colour and will involve several art experiment events held in galleries in London and at the 18/21 gallery. The work will lie on the cusp between an art experience and a scientific experiment. The public will be invited to attend and provide vital research data from their responses to the work. A symposium to discuss the relevance of the project in the context of 'neuroart' will be organised by Helen Anderson, Phd student and lecturer at UEA, Norwich and Ben Martynoga, research scientist at MRC, London.
Madi works mainly in installation art- fusing film and built environments to create original and often mesmerising experiences. She essentially sculpts light - a blank canvas being a pitch-dark room. She has long been fascinated with all aspects of the brain, perception and the connection between seeing and knowing. Recently Madi exhibited in London at the Crypt Gallery, St. Pancras. The group show entitled Illumini", featured 14 artists who use light as a medium of expression or important element in their work. It was a highly successful show, which attracted over 7000 visitors in two weeks. The event was critics’ choice in Time Out and featured in the Daily Telegraph, and Madi's work was very favourably reviewed. As a result 6 of the artists subsequently exhibited in Langthorne Park, east London as part of the launch of the Cultural Olympiad in the run up to the 2012 Olympics.
More of Madi’s work can be seen at
http://www.illuminievent.co.uk/ and http://madiboyd.com/home.html.com
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