Here is our nod to the painting “Wanderer above the sea of fog” by Caspar David Friedrich 1818. The painting Juxtaposes ‘Man’ and his mastery of nature…
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‘Body up’: Current trends and future directions in embodiment and social interaction
Perspectives from neuroscience, clinical & experimental social psychology and new technologies Notes from the Body up Conference UoM 13th June…
6 finger and shrunken Finger illusions
Roger Newport gave a talk on his research at the Body Up conference last week. [See work with the MIRAGE…
Autoscope testing at studio
I tried using the autoscope inside our studio’s project space, climbing stairs and going through doorways. Extremely interesting effects and…
Autoscope prototype
Autoscope builds on laboratory-based simulations of out of body experiences; the portable device allows the participant to freely navigate the…
Alien Hand Experiment
I set up a version of the Alien Hand experiment at the Manchester Art Gallery Workshops, something I had never…
Ganzfeld and Mirror Gaze
1-1 experiment sessions in the studio I invited participants to come to my studio to take part in phase 2…
Clay Hand Experiments
Workshops at Manchester City Art Gallery The aim was to deliver an engaging fun activity for all the family which…
[Re]Mapping perception
Documentation from the [Re]Mapping perception workshop at LJMU 2 May 2019 Here is the original invitation… A workshop for artists/researchers…
Mirror Gaze Box
A rapidly prototyped blackout box for the mirror gaze box, this is to create a dark space for the Mirror…
IR Camera hack
For the Mirror Gaze experiment, I need a camera that works in darkness and can pick up Infrared light. Most…
Experience in progress
When I was visiting a French laboratory (CNRS) back in 2007 to do some research on electrogenic fish, I noticed…
Accelerometer experiments
Tapping into the iPhone onboard accelerometer using “Gyrosc” App and transmitting over OSC to Pure Data…Very strange when you try…
Stereoscopic camera experiments
Experimenting with servo controlled camera rig for Autoscope. Servo controlled through PureData. Next to connect these to the OSC data…
Meta-Perceptual Rail
[Work in progress] A meta-perceptual/ metaphysical rail is a simple piece of hardware that provides a linear track along which to mount mirrors…
Marina Abramović – An Artist’s Life MANIFESTO
Thinking about manifestos, this seems to resonate somehow with both life and art. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Art+Meets+Science+and+Spirituality+in+a+Changing+Economy https://hirshhorn.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/An-Artists-Life-Manifesto.pdf
Autoscope backpack
My alloy backpack arrived and has proved perfect for the job of supporting a laptop and a 2m long boom.…
Synanet workshop: Disrupt Encode Consolidate
Notes for the collaborative Art & Bio-science Workshop at Lancaster University, UK on Monday 17th to Wednesday 19th December 2018 I had a…
Psychometric tests
I took part in a study at BEAM LAB as a ‘neurotypical control subject. This was my first experience in…
Constructing a sense of self
“He felt dizzy, stood up, turned around, and saw himself still lying in bed. He was aware that the person…
Alfons Schilling
“Schilling’s work is a discourse on the anatomy of illusion. a return to the physical experience of perception. this work…
Rubber/clay Hand experiment UoM
I supported some seminars on the Rubber Hand Experiment with undergraduate psychology students, presenting some of my research ideas [unfeasable…
Fieldwork under the ‘Darkest sky’
In a continuing effort to make my activities more sustainable and portable, I decided to cycle from Penrith to a…
Eye tracking experiment planning
Inspired by last weeks conference and some examples of how artists are working with Eye Tracking, I went back to BEAM…
Eye tracking in arts research
Notes from the Digital Humanities, Human Technologies / AHRC NWCDTP Postgraduate Conference 2018 / part 1 https://nwcdtpconference2018.wordpress.com/home/ John Merrill [MMU]…
Tactile Anchoring Device [Images]
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Carsten Holler / Olafur Eliasson
Carsten Holler is a key example within this study, often re- appropriating science for the purposes of art. Staging ‘Quasi-scientific’…
Augmented hands
‘Augmented hand series’ by Golan Levin, Chris Sugrue, and Kyle McDonald, 2013-2015) ‘MIRAGE Illusion Box’ (Roger Newport, 2008) These are…
Be Another Lab
This International group interdisciplinary group adopt mechanisms employed in the cognitive sciences, such as the work of Mel Slater, and…
Labyrinth Psychotica
Labyrinth Psychotica is an artistic research project that aims to simulate the experience of psychosis. It uses multisensory [tactile and…
Tactile Anchoring Device prototype 2
The first film of the Tactile Anchoring Device in progress, showing the use of brushes and fans to generate the…
Meeting With Sally Linkenauger
Notes from a meeting With Sally Linkenauger Lancaster University Psychology Dept. After discovering Sally’s research at the BRnet conference I wanted…
Seeing with the tongue – Paul Bach-y-Rita –
“You don’t see with the eyes. You see with the brain” Paul Bach-y-Rita, Science News Online 1 Sept, 2001; vol. 169,…
Aperture navigation
From the field research trip to the Middlewood Trust, I developed a set of goggles with a small hole and slot…
Navigations
The Ganzfeld [ ‘total field’ ] experiment is a form of perceptual deprivation, giving an experience of a uniform field…
Lenticular goggles
Speaking with an artist while making plans for a future Action Lab, I came up with the idea of making…
The Multi-faceted body
A few notes from the BRnet Conference the Multi-faceted body. June 2018, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK I felt strangely at…
Phantom Presence
This experiment induces the sensation of a phantom presence in the room. The participant blindfolded is asked to use a…
Fieldwork / Night walk
I teamed up with artist Annie Carpenter to pull together a small group of artists and friends for a night of…
Tactile Anchoring Device Prototype 1
Here is my prototype device intended to help autonomously generate the ‘invisible hand illusion’. For this experiment, I created a…
Augmented senses
In this experiment, they created a simple device [Hearspace App] incorporating a compass and headphones. It “allows users to reliably…
“On the embodiment of a discrete volume of empty space”
As I mentioned before [Illusions of Invisible, alien hands, 3 arms, and shrinking bodies…] The Invisible Hand Illusion is a version of the Rubber…
Simulation of touch
Poster – BRnet Conference 2018
Electronic taste perception experiments
[Here is some documentation from one of the activities for the ‘re-mapping the senses workshop earlier this year…] Our sense…
Making Immersive Experiences
“ What do new immersive technologies, such as augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, offer storytellers and makers? And…
VR technology
Some notes and links, reflecting on the VR mask. The absurdity of the interface is both clumsy and undignified technology…
Experimental Psychology Lab
I have been considering what an Experimental Psychology lab looks like. What objects might these contain? Typically these consist of office…
Clay Hand Experiment – Whitworth Art Gallery
This was the first of the public workshops performed specifically for my research. My experiments so far have taken place…