Exhibition

Neurons and Other Memories: Work in and around the brain

Duration

October 4, 2014 - October 24, 2014

Curator

Patricia Maurides

Artists

Marie Barcic (A 14’), the Alison Barth Lab, JoAnna Commandaros (BFA '86), Erin Crowder, Greg Dunn, Kevin Jarbo and Tim Verstynen, Rob Kesseler, Clayton Merrell, David Plaut, Jena Tegeler (SHS 13’), Aaron Regal (A 13’ MAM’14), JoanaRicou (BSA 04’), Qiong Zhang and Nicolas Kim, Yu Zhao (BHA’14)

Co-presenter

Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

Neurons and Other Memories gathers together the work of artists and scientists whose investigations offer a bridge between and among the fine arts and neuroscience or neuropsychology. These investigations may occur in the studio, laboratory or somewhere in between. Many of these works share the exploration of common territories of anatomy, memory and perception, but with varied sets of tools and perspectives. These investigators ask questions, search, wonder, invent, reflect and offer us a diversity of expressions to enrich our own perceptions of our brain and its mysteries.

This exhibition also offers homage to Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1954), gifted artist and “father of modern neuroscience” whose intricate drawings of individual neurons (or as he called them, his ‘butterflies of the soul’) revealed the exquisite architecture of the brain.

Greg Dunn, Synaptogenesis, 2011.

Neurons and Other Memories was created in collaboration with the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC), specifically Dr. Marlene Behrmann, Co-Director, CNBC and Dr. Michael Tarr, Head, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon. This exhibition coincides with the CNBC’s 20th Anniversary Celebration.

Patricia Maurides is a visual artist and adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon who designs and teaches courses that bridge the fine arts and natural sciences/social sciences. These courses include Art and Biology, NeuroPhoto and most recently Art+theBrain. Maurides has a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of South Carolina and an MFA in Art from Carnegie Mellon.

Neurons and Other Memories is supported in part by the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and the School of Art.

A special thank you to Dr. Juan A. De Carlos, Instituto Cajal (CSIC) Madrid, Spain and Charlotte Tancin, Librarian, Research Scholar, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (HIBD), Lugene Bruno, Curator, Research Scholar, HIBD, Carnegie Mellon.

Yu Zhao, Into the Grey, 2012.

Clayton Merrell, Unfurling Network, 2014.

Neurons and Other Memories. Installation view at Miller ICA.

Neurons and Other Memories. Installation view at Miller ICA.