7th International Conference on Neuroaesthetics
I received an invitation to the 7th International Conference on Neuroaesthetics to be held at the Berkeley Art Museum January 19, 2008. http://plaisir.berkeley.edu/ The topic will be "Many Faces of a Face". From the website...
To what extent, any by which neural mechanisms, can we divine the intentions of others by studying their face? What happens to our ability to perceive faces when the brain is damaged? What attributes makes us judge a face as being beautiful? How can we simulate faces through the computer? These are some of the questions that our distinguished speakers, from Europe and the United States, will address at this year's meeting on neuroesthetics.
I went a couple of years ago and enjoyed myself immensely and plan on going in January. It definitely appeals to the nerd in me but also, i adore faces. I love looking at the differences in faces and drawing faces is one of greatest pleasure although it is quite difficult. It is difficult to get the "essence" of the face but i love trying to find it.
The conference is free but you need to register so go to the website.
And another item that appeals to the nerd in me was an article by Natalie Angier in the New York Times Science section from November 27 (yes, sometimes it takes me about a week to read the newspaper) about what the purpose of art-making is http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/science/27angi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Some theorists proposed that art serves as a sexual disply, a means of flaunting one's talented palette of genes. Others say that art may seem detached from the real world, an elite state on which proud peacocks and designated visionaries may well compete for high stakes. But among traditional cultures and throughout mostof human history, art has also been a profoundly communal affair, of harvest dances, religious pageants, quilting bees, the passionate town rivalries thatgave us the spires of Chartres, Trims and Amiens. Art did not arise to spotlight the few, but rather to summon the many to come join the parade. Through singing, dancing, painting, telling fables of neurotic mobsters who visit psychiatrists, and otherwise engaging in "artifying", people can be quickly and ebulliently drawn together, and even strangers persuaded to treat one another as kin.
Isn't that a lovely thought?
To what extent, any by which neural mechanisms, can we divine the intentions of others by studying their face? What happens to our ability to perceive faces when the brain is damaged? What attributes makes us judge a face as being beautiful? How can we simulate faces through the computer? These are some of the questions that our distinguished speakers, from Europe and the United States, will address at this year's meeting on neuroesthetics.
I went a couple of years ago and enjoyed myself immensely and plan on going in January. It definitely appeals to the nerd in me but also, i adore faces. I love looking at the differences in faces and drawing faces is one of greatest pleasure although it is quite difficult. It is difficult to get the "essence" of the face but i love trying to find it.
The conference is free but you need to register so go to the website.
And another item that appeals to the nerd in me was an article by Natalie Angier in the New York Times Science section from November 27 (yes, sometimes it takes me about a week to read the newspaper) about what the purpose of art-making is http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/science/27angi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Some theorists proposed that art serves as a sexual disply, a means of flaunting one's talented palette of genes. Others say that art may seem detached from the real world, an elite state on which proud peacocks and designated visionaries may well compete for high stakes. But among traditional cultures and throughout mostof human history, art has also been a profoundly communal affair, of harvest dances, religious pageants, quilting bees, the passionate town rivalries thatgave us the spires of Chartres, Trims and Amiens. Art did not arise to spotlight the few, but rather to summon the many to come join the parade. Through singing, dancing, painting, telling fables of neurotic mobsters who visit psychiatrists, and otherwise engaging in "artifying", people can be quickly and ebulliently drawn together, and even strangers persuaded to treat one another as kin.
Isn't that a lovely thought?
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