BEYOND THE BRAIN
BEYOND THE BRAIN
- Curated by Sabrina Mumtaz Hasan
you need to interrupt in order to have agency
you need to interrupt to become positive
you need to interrupt so you are parasitic
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Currently Open to the Public
June 29 - September Mon - Fri 10 AM - 5 PM
THECUBE, Studio 5, 155 Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ (Entrance through the Wooden Gate)
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The Cube is pleased to present resident works by Beyond the Brain at 155 Commercial Street, London.
For the past three months the artists in residence, have been approaching The Extended Mind theory in diverse and thought-provoking ways. Raising questions: from the social consequences of the web-extended mind to paralleling the human with host-parasite interactions. Following a series of public seminars probing practitioners from interdisciplinary fields, Beyond the Brain will now present the exploration through diverse media including—but not limited to—sculpture, installation, painting and photo collage. THECUBE has a unique multi-level arrangement, the perfect host to allow the complimentary works to speak to one another across the space. Shifting in tone and colour, engaging with the architecture of the space.
The artists in residence are: Becky Lyon, Charlotte Bolster, Jasmine Smith, Priya Odedra, Sabrina Mumtaz Hasan and Tracey Zhang
As a collective, the artists have engaged with Tate exchange, I,Science Magazine, Saatchi Gallery, The Royal Society, Wellcome Trust and Science Gallery Dublin.
THECUBE is a coworking space in Shoreditch, London - home to freelancers and small businesses with an interest in Science, Technology and Design. The Beyond the Brain Collective is a collaborative, creative endeavour between six artists in Residence from Central Saint Martins MA Art and Science.
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Sabrina Mumtaz Hasan: Sabrina works within the mediums of sewn sculptures, text and diagrammatic painting. Her practice is stimulated by her writings on materialising the positive aspects of a parasite, in favour for catalysing social change; similarly, in the style of the Frankfurt School. Important works to surface, are Understanding Endo (2017) selected for Savage Journal Issue 5 DIRT, Mobility Parasites (2017) shown for National Storytelling Week 2018, Parasites That Hang (2017) selected for I, Science Magazine Issue 39 DESIGN and Parasitology in the studio (2018) shown at Tate Modern. Her work Cluttered (2010) was exhibited at Saatchi Gallery for “Imagine a World Without Prejudice” curated by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
Alongside her postgraduate education, Sabrina is co-curating the next Laundry Arts programme, a space for BAME women, presenting at AMP Gallery this October, performing her Socio-Parasitology Manifesto release at Hundred Years Gallery in late June and co-curating an international exhibition based on the Socio-Parasitology Manifesto, exhibiting this summer.
Jasmine Smith: After graduating with a BSc in Neuroscience with minors in clinical psychology and studio art from the University of Rochester in New York, Jasmine moved to London to pursue a masters in art and science from Central Saint Martins. She has been experimenting with the ways that the fields of art and science intersect, and how this interdisciplinary research can be symbiotic. Previous research interests involved neurodegenerative diseases and brain plasticity, which has been a starting point for her art practice. Using research based evidence, she aims to create artwork that grounds itself in science but displays the concepts in new thought provoking ways.
Becky Lyon: Becky is an artist from London exploring potential futures through artefacts, sensory transmissions and moving image. She describes her practice as ‘elastic fictions’ – malleable propositions opening up discussion, debate and interaction around critical issues surrounding a possible post-natural planet. She has exhibited at the TATE Modern Studio Reflex and TEDx Royal Society and her work will be exhibited at The Science Gallery Dublin Life at the Edges and the Athens Digital Art Festival, The Singularity, this summer. She is Co-Programme Lead for London LASER and the V&A Futures Series.
Tracey Zhang: Tracey is an experimental artist who explores contemporary art through bridging the gap between the West and the East. Comparing her earlier practices of traditional painting (BA) in China and later experiments in oil painting (MA Fine Art) at CSM, she is now taking on the challenge of interdisciplinary research between art and science. Her current focus is on how to maintain and reinforce the power of creativity in art and positivity in psychology through embodied experiences such as seeing, feeling, and doing. This idea derived from ancient Chinese wisdom of integrating the hand, the eye and the heart into the painting process. Her approach will be developed by juxtaposing such ancient Eastern philosophy with the study of Embodied Cognition in Western neuroscience.
Charlotte Bolster: Charlotte’s background in Neuroscience, includes an MSc in Clinical Neuroscience, and two years research experience at The National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Her art practice draws on this through focus on social connection, disconnection and isolation, and their recurrent interaction with mental, neurological and physical health.
Priya Odedra: Integrating a background in biochemistry and the humanities, Priya’s art practice and research is an interdisciplinary conduit to explore the relationship between humans, the environment and technology. Can technology influence one’s cognition and behaviour? Through experimental methods and artistic mediums that involve a technological aspect, her work probes the dichotomous nature of technology, as a cultural appendage and also a fundamental part of human identity.
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