vegleges vision programfelhivas Csaba Pleh, Professor of Psychology Budapest U. of Technology and Economics, Center for Cognitive Science Presently at Collegium Budapest, Budapest, Szentharomsag u 2 H-1014 cspleh@ colbud.hu, T: 3612248323, Fax: 3612248310 Mobile: (06)303500431 ----- Original Message ----- From: Kovács Gyula To: Pléh Csaba Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 10:49 AM Subject: vegleges vision programfelhivas VISION International exhibition, symposium, screening series, net.project, publications Budapest Autumn Festival Mûcsarnok/Kunsthalle Budapest C3 18 October 17 November 2002 Vision, human vision in particular, the primary focus of our project, is a historically changing, active, cognitive process. With the cooperation and collaboration of neuroscientists, psychologists, historians and artists, we have undertaken the task of establishing a new, interdisciplinary field, which we hope will prove to be suitable for the establishment of new perspectives toward the comprehension of vision. Vision Image and Perception, exhibition organised as the opening event of the Budapest Autumn Festival by the C3 Foundation and the Mûcsarnok/Kunsthalle Budapest in the Mûcsarnok, aims to present the active process of human vision as approachable through historical, cultural, technical and neurobiological methods, with the aid of artworks, demonstration charts and apparatus, as well as the potentials of interactive multimedia. The exhibition and the accompanying events, among them the symposium entitled Brain and Image, would like to create a discoursive space in which the representatives of the various scientific and artistic branches, the authors and researchers, can become acquainted with each others? points of view, and can examine the common and divergent domains in such a way that it be interesting and informative, both for the recipients and for the viewers. With respect to the understanding, modelling and description of vision, the scientific research of the past one-and-a-half to two decades has reached a point that we must recognise: extremely important experiences are concealed within those objects and experiments that we have come to denote with the collective term of ?art?. Similarly, artistic compositions and the experiences of artists can provide a basis for the evolution of a new system of perspective for scientific researchers, taken in the strictest sense of the word. The Visio research group that was formed within the framework of C3 last year was established in order to create an opportunity through the investigation of the process of vision for a dialogue between the various fields of research, and for becoming acquainted with those new tendencies of examination that are taken note of with a general interest, beyond the professional approach. In this way, the investigation can be inspiring for both the artists and the scientific researchers. In the present case, similarly as with our previous exhibitions achieved with great success, The Butterfly Effect and Perspective, our aim is to establish a comprehensive, scientific and technological historical context. Thus, we have organised a scientific symposium founded upon the participation of eminent international and Hungarian professionals neurologists, neurobiologists, art historians, as well as a screening series and additional lectures, the publication of printed and digital materials, and the presentation of such (media) artworks that reflect upon the research of vision and the sphere of thought of image and perception. Principal elements of the presentation organised in all exhibition halls of the Mûcsarnok/Kunsthalle: The first, and largest, group of artworks presents the thematic sphere of vision image and perception, through the means of contemporary media art and in accordance with the characteristics of art. We sent out a call for applications toward the realisation of such new works that are linked to the theme at hand and would be produced first and foremost through the application of technical media. Those projects suitable for realisation and approaching the subject at hand are produced within the framework of the C3 Foundation Lab Grant. The recipient is provided with technical and operational assistance, as well as the opportunity for consultation with our scientific colleagues participating in the programme. The second, the historical section is divided between earlier artworks, apparatus and documentation. Here, for both the researchers and the audience, such rarely visible and studiable original objects and equipment are rendered accessible, which, with the exception of such infrequent occasions, are closed to public view. New, until now unpublished, results and reports relevant to the theme of research are employed and presented in connection with this Hungarian and international material. The third part is comprised of demonstration tableaux, prepared for this occasion, as well as those produced earlier by scientists researching similar themes, which render viewable those artworks that, due to their high value, are inaccessible and unlendable, which are important as illustrations or images demonstrating and assisting in comprehension of the theme and research. Participating artists include, among others: Róza El-Hassan, Gábor Gyõrfi, János Sugár, Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák, Péter Türk, Joachim Fleischer, Miklós Erdély, Rosa Barba, Aegedius Sadeler, György Jovánovics, Agostino Musi, Mária Chilf, Ilona Keserü, Dóra Maurer, Jan Saenredam, Hendrik Goltzius, Gábor Palotai, Gábor Kerekes, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Attila Csörgõ, I. L. Galeta. Historical material is lent by, among others: the Technical History Museum - Prague, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of György Gadányi, Library of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, the Hungarian Patent Office, all Budapest. Accompanying events take place in various locations in Budapest. FILM-EYE Screening series throughout the period of the exhibition. EYE, VISION, IMAGE - DOCUMENTATION / DATABASE / PUBLICATIONS Text anthology/Catalogue/Web development Responsible for the event series, leader of the Visio research group on the part of C3: Miklós Peternák; Assisted by: Nikolett Erõss and József Mélyi, as well as the other members of the Visio research group; Scientific preparation work and consultation: Dr. Ilona Kovács, Dr. Gyula Kovács, Zoltán Vidnyánszky, László Beke; Web development: Gusztáv Nikázy http://vision.c3.hu e-mail: vision(a)c3.hu __________________________________________________________________ IMAGE AND THE BRAIN International Conference on Vision Mûcsarnok / Kunsthalle Budapest - Budapest Autumn Festival - C3 19-20 October 2002 The Budapest Autumn Festival is one of the major festivals organized annually in Budapest. It attracts tens of thousands of visitors from inside and outside of Hungary. This year, the opening event of the Budapest Autumn Festival is an exhibition and International Conference, Vision, in the Mûcsarnok/Kunsthalle, the main exhibition hall for contemporary art in Hungary. The scientific conference is entitled Image and the Brain, and it will focus on the following topic: Visual art is the product of the human brain, and therefore the creation and appreciation of art depends upon and obeys the general organizational principles and rules of the brain. Understanding the neural basis of visual art can help us to answer some of the most challenging questions of human history: what is art and how did it evolve? The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for scientists, artists and others interested in questions about visual art and its neural basis. Invited speakers include: Vilayanur S. Ramachandran (Professor of Neurosciences and Psychology, University of California, San Diego). Melvyn A. Goodale (Canada Research Professor in Visual Neuroscience; University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, Kanada) Prof. Nicholas Wade (Professor of Visual Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee) Prof. Jean-Pierre Changeux (Collège de France; Institut Pasteur, Paris) Richard Gregory (Professor of Psychology, Downing College Cambridge) Prof. Thomas V. Papathomas (Laboratory of Vision Research, Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA) Siegfried Zielinski (Kunsthochschule für Neue Medien, Köln) Peter Weibel (ZKM, Karlsruhe) Jaroslav Andel (Art historian, New York) Prof. Tamás Roska (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest) Scientific preparation work and consultation: Dr. Ilona Kovács, Dr. Gyula Kovács, Zoltán Vidnyánszky