Arte che cura - How art changes our brain
Institutional Communication Service
Date: 14 October 2024 / 18:00 - 19:45
Aula polivalente del Campus Est
The founder of neuroaesthetics, world-renowned neurobiologist Semir Zeki, lecturer at University College London, will give an overview of the mechanisms involved in the experience of visual artistic beauty in his keynote speech.
Zeki will also present some of his numerous studies, which have opened up new horizons in understanding the neuronal mechanisms involved in an aesthetic experience of enormous importance to human beings. His research developed from studies in neuroanatomy to gradually integrate into the psycho-cognitive approach. David Tremlett, an artist known worldwide for his wall drawing projects in public spaces - such as churches, hospitals, public or residential buildings - will speak as a discussant to debate the intersection between neurobiology and making art. Luigi Di Corato will coordinate the discussion.
Speaker: Semir Zeki, University College London (UK)
Discussion with: David Tremlett, Artist, photographer and sculptor (UK-CH)
Semir Zeki
Semir Zeki is a Professor of Neuroaesthetics at University College London, having previously held the Chair of Neurobiology there. He specialised in charting the organisation of the human visual brain and, since 2008, has contributed to our understanding of the brain mechanisms engaged during emotional experiences, including the experiences of beauty, love, desire and hate – within a field of which he is the founder, namely the field of neuroaesthetics.
David Tremlett
David Tremlett (b. 1945, St Austell, Cornwall) is an artist who works in different media, such as sculpture, installation, and drawing. Right from the early stages of his career, he experimented with 'Wall Drawings': in situ works, sometimes on the walls of ruined buildings he came across during his travels or on the walls of galleries and museums. The artist succeeds in completely appropriating space through the technique of hand-painted pastel or mural painting, thus breaking the traditional distinction between painting, sculpture and architecture.
