Event 3


For my third event, I attended the Octopus Brain Storming on May 5th at 11 am. I found this event very interesting but it was just simulation testings. I thought that if it was actual testings it would have been a lot easier to follow along with how the testings worked.












In the picture to the right, I volunteered to go through the simulation test. I was a little disappointed that it was a simulation only because when we got to read more in depth I was really excited to test it out.


The original test was meant for two people to hook up to electrodes and try to match similar brain wavelengths by creating a conversation without talking. The wavelengths were then to be shown through colored lights. The goal for the two people was to match up with the sam color tentacles that are touching. Also, music would play to try and fit the mood while the two people would seek to attempt to match brain wavelengths.
 











This event relates to the lesson of neuroscience and art. Artists/scientists who employ neuroscience in their artwork use brain signals and the science around it to create their art. With this event, the electrodes picked up signals from the brain and the computer written out allowing the octopus hats to light up. Overall, the relationship between this event and week 7's lesson on neuroscience and art is linked with the brain and its wavelengths.

Works Cited

Anker, Suzanne. "Neuroculture." Neuroscience. By Giovanni Frazzetto. Vol. 10. N.p.: Nature Reviews, 2009. 815-21. Print

Attending the Octopus Brain Storming Event, Art Sci CSNI Gallery. Personal photograph by Rachel Garcia. 2017.

Octopus Brainstorming Event Info Charts, Art Sci CNSI Gallery. Personal photograph by Rachel Garcia. 2017.

Octopus Brainstorming Event While Trying on the Hats, Art Sci CNSI Gallery. Personal photograph by Rachel Garcia. 2017.

Vesna, Victoria. "Neuroscience-pt1.mov." YouTube. UCOnline, 17 May 2012. Web. 24 May 2017. <https://youtu.be/TzXjNbKDkYI>.

Vesna, Victoria. "Neuroscience-pt2.mov." YouTube. UCOnline, 17 May 2012. Web. 24 May 2017. <https://youtu.be/TFv4owX3MZo>.

Vesna, Victoria, and Others. 2017. Live Demonstration. Octopus Brain Storming, Art Sci CNSI Gallery.


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