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2024-10-09

EDGE at Berlin Science Week 2024

Film Screening and Panel Discussion 9 November 2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 📍FORUM | Holzmarktstr. 25,10243 Berlin, Germany How can art change our view of mental health? Join us for a film screening and discussion with experts who challenge the stigma of mental disorders and connect research with the public. In our…

2024-01-23

Collective Neurogenesis: neuronal sculptures with knitting and crochet

If you are curious to know what EDGE West (our NRW branch) has been up to, have a look at Collective Neurogenesis! Collective Neurogenesis is a community art and science project in Bad Godesberg. We use textile art techniques like knitting and crochet to make sculptures representing neurons. The first…

2024-01-19

The ÁGAPE — Vorspiel 2024

SENSORIALITY II: The ÁGAPEArt and Neuroscience Through Our Senses Get your ticket here WHY ÁGAPE? Ágape is a Greek word that denotes a selfless and unconditional love, characterized by benevolence and concern for the well-being of others, transcending personal gain or self-interest. As the finissage of the Sensoriality workshop series, the…

2023-12-07

EDGE at Berlin Science Week 2023!

We can’t believe a month has already passed since Berlin Science Week (BSW)! We were thrilled to be part of this year’s program and are incredibly grateful for the whole team over at BSW for this amazing collaboration. Of course we want to thank all of you, the participants, volunteers…

2023-11-05

Join Us for Sensoriality Session 4: Proprioception

How do you navigate your body in space? Explore your proprioceptive senses, led by expert instructors in neuroscience and art! Date: Friday, November 17th 2023 Time: 18:30-21:30 Location: Kunsthalle, Entrance B, 2nd Floor, Eye Square, Berlin Maximum Number of Participants: 25 Description: Have you ever thought about the way you instinctively maintain your balance, reach…

2023-11-03

EDGE at BERLIN SCIENCE WEEK

You are warmly welcomed to join us at the BERLIN SCIENCE WEEK to embark on a captivating adventure, where the realms of art and neuroscience converge in a spectacular display of human curiosity. This year, we dare you to know, to explore, and to be enthralled by the uncharted territories…

2023-10-08

Sensoriality 2023 Session 3: Somatosensory & Cutaneous Perception

Discover the fascinating science behind our sense of somatosensory, and explore how it can be used for creative expression and artistic practice. Date: Friday, October 20th 2023 Time: 18:30-21:30 Location: Kunsthalle Eye Square, Berlin Maximum Number of Participants: 25 Description Somatosensory perception is the ability of the body to sense and perceive different types of…

2023-09-06

Sensoriality 2023 Session 2: Auditory Perception

Unlock the Secrets of Auditory Perception in our Upcoming Session of Sensoriality: Art and Neuroscience through our Senses! Date: Friday, September 22nd 2023 Time: 18:30-21:30 Location: Kunsthalle Eye Square, Berlin Maximum Number of Participants: 25 Description Are you ready to delve into the mesmerizing world of sound and its profound impact…

2023-08-24

Let’s Meet the Experts! Interviews on the Neuroscience and Art of Smell and Taste

Sensoriality Workshop – Olfaction and Gustation – 25th August 2023 6- 9 pm 📍eye square GmbH Schlesische Straße 29/30 D 10997 Berlin Let’s introduce our guest artist – Erin Adams Olfactory art is fairly unusual, how did you first get involved in scent design? My interest in olfactory art began…

2023-08-12

Join us for Sensoriality Session 1: Olfactory + Gustatory Perception

Unleash Your Senses: Dive into the World of Olfactory and Gustatory Perception in Our Upcoming Workshop! Do you find yourself captivated by the intricate science of scents and tastes, and how they influence art? If so, we have an exciting adventure in store for you! Join us for a one-of-a-kind…

2023-07-28

Besuchen Sie den ersten EDGE West Workshop in der Bundeskunsthalle Bonn

Wir freuen uns sehr, das erste EDGE West-Event im August in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Salon 53177, als Teil der Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, anzukündigen. Unser Workshop zielt darauf ab, die Neurowissenschaften durch Kunst zu entmystifizieren und für alle Teilnehmer:innen eine einzigartige und lehrreiche Erfahrung zu schaffen. Das Gehirn und die Neurowissenschaften…

2023-06-06

Open Call for Workshop Speakers: Artists and Scientists

We are excited to announce an open call inviting artists and neuroscientists to participate as speakers/hosts in our upcoming series of workshops Sensoriality: Art and Neuroscience through our Senses. Together we will delve into the fascinating realm of sensory systems and their intersection with artistic creation and expression. We seek…

2023-05-12

Sensoriality 2022

a 5-Part Workshop Series About the Series: Aiming to bridge the artistic community, the neuroscientists, and the general public, EDGE e.V. in collaboration with the MIND Foundation proposed a series of workshops titled Sensoriality: an Immersive Approach to Art and Neuroscience through our Senses. In this series, artists and neuroscientists…

2022-04-07

MONOM

SENSORIALITY: The AGAPÈAn immersive approach to neuroscience and art through our senses In collaboration with:The EDGE Neuroscience & Art e.V./ MIND Foundation Art Section and art through our senses Get your ticket here We are thrilled to announce that on April 30th from 18h until after midnight we will host…

2022-03-31

SENSORIALITY: The AGAPÈ An immersive approach to neuroscience and art through our senses

SENSORIALITY: The AGAPÈAn immersive approach to neuroscience and art through our sensesIn collaboration with:The EDGE Neuroscience & Art e.V./ MIND Foundation Art Section Get your ticket here We are thrilled to announce that on April 30th from 18h until after midnight we will host the celebration of the end of…

2022-03-30

Sensoriality

a 6-Part Workshop Series About the Series:Aiming to bridge the artistic community, the neuroscientists, and the general public, EDGE e.V. in collaboration with the MIND Foundation proposes a series of workshops titled Sensoriality: an Immersive Approach to Art and Neuroscience through our Senses. In this series, artists and neuroscientists make…

2021-09-19

Recap: Melodies from the (Computer)Mind

At our last workshop, Valerio Velardo, gave us an insight into his personal “unexpected journey to art and music”. He is co-founder and CEO of Melodive, which use AI to develop a music system that is able to automatically generate soundtracks for VR and video games. A quote that especially…

2020-09-18

FUNDRAISER

Dear friends, friends of friends, colleagues, artists and scientists, partners and interested people, Our exhibition at MIND foundation (OCT 15-18) and Alte Munze (OCT 29-Nov 1) in Berlin is coming closer! You may be as excited as we are already! We created a donation pool for fundraising our upcoming exhibition and would…

2020-07-08

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,…

2020-06-07

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…

2020-05-30

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…

2020-04-22

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…

2020-04-16

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?…

2019-12-03

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: www.melodrive.com on…

2019-11-07

Recap Creativity and Neuroscience Workshop: Film Screening Why Are We Creative?

For this month’s edition of our Creativity and Neuroscience meetup at >top in Schillerkiez, we had a film screening of Hermann Vaske’s thought-provoking film “Why are we Creative?” For nigh on 90 minutes, the director took us on a travel through time and space (30 years all over the globe)…

2019-10-17

Creativity and Neuroscience Workshop: Film Screening Why Are We Creative?

Join us for the October edition of our meetup and workshop on Creativity and Neuroscience. This time we will be screening WHY ARE WE CREATIVE?. on Wednesday, October, 23rd 6 – 9pm >top, Schillerpromenade 4, 12049 Berlin-Neukölln For over 30 years director Hermann Vaske filmed the world’s most intriguing artists…

2019-10-15

Recap: Art Therapy and the Psyche

In our Creativity and Neuroscience Workshop: Art Therapy and the Psyche, we explored as a group the budding field of art therapy as a perspective on art and psychiatry. Dr. Michelle Ann Meredyth Stewart held a talk on the topic, which launched a lively discussion, and was followed by exercises…

2019-09-04

Creativity and Neuroscience Workshop: Art Therapy and the Psyche

Next Monday, 9th September, from 18:00 – 21:00 join us again at >top in Schillerpromenade 4, Neukölln, where we welcome you to learn about, discuss, and experience the application and research into art creation as psychological therapy tool. Dr. Michelle Meredyth-Stewart will present how art-making is used in diagnosis and…

2019-06-05

Concepts and Communications: the take aways

“I guess the question is not so much: “how do I understand your art” but rather “can you help me appreciate your art?” Last Tuesday, we invited Russ Hodge, science communicator at the Max-Delbrück Centrum Berlin, to give a talk on his models and understanding of how to transfer scientific…

2019-05-22

Creativity and Neuroscience: Concepts & Communication

For the second workshop and meetup in the Creativity and Neuroscience series we delve into creative methods to communicate our often specific stories and concepts. The evening will consist of 2 parts: 1) Russel Hodge, science communicator will give a talk on: “How to see a ghost, think like a…

2019-04-12

Minds & Microscopes: creativity and neuroscience workshop and meetup

Join us for our first workshop-style evening delving further into creativity in neuroscience and neuroscience in art We kick off at 6 pm with Craig Garner speaking about creativity in neuroscience. Afterwards, we will have a speedy date session to pick the brains of our sci-artist friends and connect this awesome community…