Recap—Creativity and Neuroscience: Movement and Mind

In April, we hosted our first Creativity and Neuroscience online workshop on "Movement and Mind". (Also, it was our one year workshop-anniversary!) For this workshop we invited performance artist, dancer, dance movement therapist, movement director, and body researcher Sophie Mars. The workshop included a mix of lecture, poetry, physical examples, as well as, references to … Continue reading Recap—Creativity and Neuroscience: Movement and Mind →

“At the EDGE of Neuroscience and Art”

The Charité NeuroScience (CNS) Newsletter featured us in their march 2020 edition on science communication. Scroll down to page four to the interview by Alex Masurovsky with one of our members Ian to find more how we got started, our visions and much more!The CNS Newsletter is created by and published every three months for … Continue reading “At the EDGE of Neuroscience and Art” →

Creativity and Neuroscience Workshop: Art as Research

Art-based research is the use of an artistic process as a form of study. The workshop will begin with Ashley and Liz presenting their work and explaining their personal art-based research methods. It will also investigate new methods for generating, developing, and communicating new ideas by offering practical exercises and a group discussion. In order … Continue reading Creativity and Neuroscience Workshop: Art as Research →

Spatial Navigation: The Art and Science of Wayfinding

On the 5th of May, Dora -a writer and geographer interested in creative digital mapping, and Amy Young -an artsy neuroscientist fascinated by neural correlates of space and place, hosted an online workshop exploring the neuroscience of spatial navigation. Their interactive discussion featured our cellular toolkit, the systems in place that encode our wayfinding ability, … Continue reading Spatial Navigation: The Art and Science of Wayfinding →

Call for Artists open until May, 31st!

Interested in showing your art at the intersection of art and science? Are you a scientist and would like communicate your research in a creative way? Our call for artists for our annual multimedia exhibition is still open until May, 31st! More info here.Exhibition dates: 13th-18th October, 2020Location: 2 contrasting locations in Berlin TBC (due … Continue reading Call for Artists open until May, 31st! →

New Members Meeting 02.05 via Zoom

From workshops, exhibitions, consulting and more, we always have loads going on to get involved with and would like to invite YOU to our community! This year EDGE neuroscience & art e.V. became a registered association (Verein) and we are excited to be able to take on members. Some benefits of becoming a member include … Continue reading New Members Meeting 02.05 via Zoom →

Creativity & Neuroscience Workshop: Spatial Navigation

What is isolation inertia doing to my brain? How are spatial navigation and cognition connected? Why are members of some cultures so good at navigating without compasses or maps? How can creative wayfinding benefit us? In this interactive online workshop, we will explore the art and science of finding our way. 6-8pm May 5th, 2020 … Continue reading Creativity & Neuroscience Workshop: Spatial Navigation →

Movement and Mind Workshop

Our Creativity & Neuroscience MeetUp and workshop has reached it's 1 year anniversary! We couldn't be more excited to share with you this month's ONLINE workshop with Sophie Mars... Hoping to update your software in time for spring? Looking to understand more about how your body can reprogramme your mind? Meet Sophie Mars, dance movement … Continue reading Movement and Mind Workshop →

CANCELLED – MindDrawPlay by Georgy Zarubin

Creativity and Neuroscience : Brain Awareness Week 2020 For this months' workshop we invite everyone to experience MindDrawPlay by Georgy Zarubin – a project of experimental interactive audio-visual art. Representing translation of brain waves to drawing, graphical and musical space controls, MindDrawPlay is grown on a base of a research work in the direction of … Continue reading CANCELLED – MindDrawPlay by Georgy Zarubin →

Creativity and Neuroscience: Melodies from the (Computer)Mind

This month we are discussing the interactions between artificial intelligence, creativity, and art-making, with particular reference to music. Valerio Velardo from Melodrive will present a short presentation on AI-based art, and participants can try out the VR artistic experience device KanTor, which uses AI-music generation. More about Melodrive: http://www.melodrive.com on Monday, December, 9th 6 – … Continue reading Creativity and Neuroscience: Melodies from the (Computer)Mind →