"Looking at key breakthroughs in scientists’ understanding of the mind between 1780 and 2014, Mind Maps: Stories from Psychology, explores how mental health conditions have been diagnosed and treated over the past 250 years. The tools and methods of treatment for psychological problems that have been developed throughout the years are also considered." - PsychotherapyUK
My initial idea when asked to look at archives was to do a piece that is linked to the brain. The reason I went for this approach was due to the fact that I always had a general interest on how the brain takes in information.
The Mind Maps: Stories from Psychology
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My approach for the exhibition originated from my interest in the brain. It has endless features that helps with our daily experience.
"Both science and art are human attempts to understand and describe the world around us. The subjects and methods have different traditions, and the intended audiences are different, but I think the motivations and goals are fundamentally the same." -Forbes
The first exhibition that I visited at Gaswork also included elements of science, in terms of using the internet to make connection similar to neurons/nerves. They are both structured in the same form.
London has various museums which usually have their own archives, given that they specialise in different fields. Realising this I decided to look at science museums that have either an online or physical archive about the brain.
V2
- Colour Blind Test
V1
- Observational video
Combining the to manin features that I will look at from the Frontal Lobe; behaviour/personality and movement.
My idea for this is to capture random everday activies such as talking to your friends but focusing body language as its a form of behaviour.
I would film these activies on my phone randomly capturing the people surrounding me at home, work or university. It's not staged like a short film or anything since I want it to be realistic. Therefore, there is no script whatsoever.
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IDEA SKETCHES
Brain Picture
Would be printed on A2 Paper
Magnetic lights acttached to the four sections
DIY magnetic led lights from printerest
My thought for the Occipital Lobe is to test how fast the eyes react to colour and sending this information to the brain. The audience would know the result of this immediately as it can then differentiate the number from the colours. This is going to be presented on the monitor and in stages of difficulties.
The Temporal Lobe
I was thinking to do a hearing tese. The audience have to guess the sounds that will come from two small speakers which will each have a one ear headphone. So, they will have two different sounds that might sound different or similar and write it down on a sheet. This will help them realise how quick and easy or difficult and low it is for the brain to pick up the sound.
The Parietal Lobe
At first I was thinking about using both smell and touch for this section of the exhibition. However, since I'm not sure about the audiences allergies or health issues I got rid of the idea of smell. And focused only on touch.
For this section I'm going to put several objects in small boxes of 4 and ask the audience to write down what they feel. This will be done whilst blindfolded since the sensors are at its strongest at that time.
If the audience finds difficulties of figuring out the objects then there is hints on the box, so all they have to do is open it and read it.
Final Project Layout
