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Gold Leaf Prints of the Human Brain by Greg Dunn

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Gold Leaf Prints of the Human Brain by Greg Dunn

TRULY REMARKABLE ART FORM - DIVING DEEP INTO YOUR BRAIN

“Self Reflected” by American artist/neuroscientist Greg Dunn and Dr Brian Edwards is a stunning series of gold leaf prints of the human brain. Bringing new perspective to the mind, the work bridges the connection between the macroscopic brain and the behavior of neurons through a revolutionary technique called reflective microetching. Gilded with 1,750 sheets of gold leaf, slices of the brain are magnified and the natural flow of neural activity revealed in the play of light across the rich and elaborate surface. Made with a combination of hand drawing, neuroscience data, algorithmic simulation of neural circuitry and photolithography, the project represent a seamless and unique marriage of art and science.

Greg elaborates on the method and motive behind this project:

“Self Reflected animates brain activity with light reflecting off of a golden surface and offers an unprecedented insight of the brain into itself. It reveals an enormous scope of neural choreography occurring in our own minds at the very moment of observation. It was created to remind us that the most marvelous machine in the known universe is at the core of our being. It is the root of our shared humanity.”

 

For more info please visit: www.gregadunn.com, www.brian-edwards.com

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Thomas Jackson’s Emergent Behavior

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Thomas Jackson’s Emergent Behavior

Thomas Jackson’s interest in photography emerged from street scenes and has evolved to more conceptual elements. Jackson’s work, which includes photo and installation, often combines elements inspired by self-organizing, “emergent” systems in nature such as termite mounds, swarming locusts, schooling fish and flocking birds. The images attempt to tap the mixture of fear and fascination that those phenomena tend to evoke, while creating an uneasy interplay between the natural and the manufactured and the real and the imaginary. Course:  http://trendland.com/thomas-jacksons-emergent-behavior-1/

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Hotel Mono is All Monochrome [Singapore]

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Hotel Mono is All Monochrome [Singapore]

Singapore’s Hotel Mono is set in six historical shop houses in a historic Mosque Street that have undergone a modern renovation. Keeping its original elements, such as Rococo windows or characteristics airwells, the design of the hotel is clean, minimal and monochrome.

Each room is different, but the black & white colour theme links of all the interiors, alongside the metal elements that infuse the space with an industrial feel. Envisioned by a local studio Spacedge Designs, the hotel is a great traveller’s spot where heritage and the contemporary character of Singapore meet.

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