Neuroesthetics Talk Series: Michelangelo Pistoletto

Italian painter, action and object artist, art theorist

Presentation followed by discussion with Ludovica Lumer and Ruggero Poi.
Ludovica Lumer is a PhD in Neuroscience at the University College of London where she studied with Semir Zeki the relationship between visual perception and artistic rapresentation. She has published for important scientifical magazines, catalogues and contemporary art monographies. Since 2005 she has opened a gallery in Milano.
Ruggero Poi is the head of the office of Education (Associazioneidee) at Michelangelo Pistoletto's Cittadellarte. He has been trying to apply mirror neurons' theories for educational and didattic purposes.

Neuroesthetics Talk Series

This talk is part of a series of public events organized by the the Association of Neuroesthetics in collaboration with the Berlin School of Mind and Brain and the Institut für Raumexperimente (Studio Olafur Eliasson).
The sciences, the humanities and the arts approach the natural world and our experience of it from different perspectives. Although traditionally considered separate disciplines, the desire for more holistic understandings has intensified the exchange between them. “Neuroesthetics” is one such node of interdisciplinary exchange, bridging various approaches to questions of art and human experience. On the one hand, rapid development in the neurosciences have produced an extensive database of insight that can further our understanding of both artistic appreciation and the processes of creativity. On the other, artists and those in the humanities continually engage with questions of experience, value and knowledge and their expertise is becoming increasingly relevant to scientific explorations aiming to understand these vital human characteristics. The European Association of Neuroesthetics, which is based in Berlin, has been founded to promote this exciting dialogue and lasting cooperation between the arts and the sciences. Building on the belief that both the arts and neuroscience have purchase on understandings of the human condition, a public talk series together with the Berlin School of Mind and Brain (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), and the Institut für Raumexperimente (Studio Olafur Eliasson) was launched. At (roughly) monthly talks speakers from various disciplines will be invited to present their work. The events are intended as a platform for dialogue – linking artists, scientists and scholars –as well as a space for interdisciplinary research to be presented and shared publicity. Read more about Michelangelo Pistoletto Association of Neuroesthetics
The sciences, the humanities and the arts approach the natural world and our experience of it from different perspectives. Although traditionally considered separate disciplines, the desire for more holistic understandings has intensified the exchange between them. “Neuroesthetics” is one such node of interdisciplinary exchange, bridging various approaches to questions of art and human experience. From one side, rapid development in the neurosciences have produced an extensive database of insight that can further our understanding of both artistic appreciation and the processes of creativity. From the other, artists and those in the humanities continually engage with questions of experience, value and knowledge and their expertise is becoming increasingly relevant to scientific explorations aiming to understand these vital human characteristics. The European non-profit Association of Neuroesthetics, which is based in Berlin, has been founded to promote this exciting dialogue and lasting cooperation between the arts and the sciences. Talk Series
Building on the belief that both the arts and neuroscience have purchase on understandings of the human condition, we are launching a public talk series together with the Berlin School of Mind and Brain (Humboldt-Universität), and the Institut für Raumexperiment (Studio Olafur Eliasson). At monthly talks speakers from various disciplines will be invited to present their work. The events are a platform for dialogue, linking artists, scientists and scholars, as well as a space for interdisciplinary research to be presented and shared publicly.

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