As 2025 draws to an end, we find ourselves looking back on a year shaped by curiosity, care, and a shared interest in where art and neuroscience meet. Through events, conversations, and creative encounters, EDGE continued to grow as a space for exchange, not only between disciplines, but between ways of sensing, relating, and understanding the world together.
The year began with Minds in Motion, created in collaboration with ANT Neuro. The evening brought together personal stories, performances, visual artworks, and scientific perspectives on mental health, all experienced within a deeply engaged audience. This first edition set the direction for the months that followed, emphasizing the value of interdisciplinary spaces that allow room for both reflection and emotional response, and opening the door for Minds in Motion to return in January 2026.
In parallel, EDGE launched the NeuroArt Nexus, a monthly series dedicated to celebrating the work of our members and extended network. Taking place both in person and online, Nexus became a regular meeting point, a place to listen, exchange ideas, and reflect across artistic, scientific, and critical practices.
The season came to a close with a joint event with CoCreation Loft on Creative Health, focusing on healing arts, neuroaesthetics, and the often subtle links between sensory experience and wellbeing with talks from Lukas Feireiss, Saskia Wheeler, Coco Kühnapfel, and Kathy Känzig.
Collaboration continued to shape much of the year’s work. During Berlin Science Week, EDGE partnered with A Hidden Variable as part of the exhibition Extra/Ordinary Senses, hosting a panel that explored how perception and sensory awareness influence the way we connect with others, and with the world around us.
EDGE’s activities also extended beyond Berlin. EDGE West (NRW) hosted educational initiatives, including workshops for high school students, while ongoing collaborations such as the weekly neuron crocheting meetups with Collective Neurogenesis continued to bring together science, craft, and community. In the US, and in collaboration with EDGE US, Philip DePoala’s sculptural work Bats in the Belfry was exhibited at Burning Man. Conceived as a monumental exploration of neuroplasticity, collective consciousness, and spiritual animation, the work was realized with the support of Tatiana Lupashina and the Mindseye Bonsai art support camp.
Another major development in 2025 was the launch of a new interview series hosted by Saskia Wheeler. Through weekly conversations with voices from the sciences and humanities, the series reflects on how tuning into our senses can open new layers of meaning, how the spaces we inhabit affect our nervous systems and sense of belonging, and how art can be approached as a therapeutic and relational practice. The series will continue into 2026.
Looking ahead, we carry with us the ideas, connections, and momentum that emerged throughout the year. With the return of Minds in Motion, a new season of NeuroArt Nexus, and the move of our member community to Discord, EDGE continues to evolve as an open, interdisciplinary space for the neurocurious!
If you are interested in becoming a member in 2026, details of where to get involved can be found here.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to EDGE in 2025, members, collaborators, speakers, artists, and participants. We look forward to continuing this work together in the year ahead!
