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+ Member Engagement w/ Anabelle Rodriguez & Dr. Paul Grobstein
May 02, 2009 06:00 pm
Be or Become a member to see Landscape on Hold for half-price & meet the artists after the show.
Saturday, May 2 ONLY!
6pm Gallery Talk | FREE & Open to the Public
With special guests Anabelle Rodriguez, Synesthesia curator + Dr. Paul Grobstein neurobiologist and professor of Biology at Bryn Mawr College.
8pm Performance of Landscape on Hold \ Post-show: Member Reception with the Artists
Sponsored by Whole Foods & Flying Fish
Meet us in the Independence Foundation Gallery where guest Anabelle Rodriguez begins the conversation with a curatorial statement of her Synesthesia exhibit. Dr. Paul Grobstein, Professor of Biology at Bryn Mawr College and co-founder of Serendip, will present some of his current thoughts on the neurobiological foundation of the role of perception and play in the brain’s construction of reality. All are welcome to contribute to the conversation verbally, or by writing a comment or question for the moderator to read.
Until then, visit Serendip’s new virtual exhibit for extensive resources on Synesthetisa and Perception, and to see what other people are saying about making sense of the world. + Add your thoughts and reactions in the on-line forum!
Conversation Starter
“It is indeed compelling to suddenly discover that the way one has always experienced the world isn’t the way other people experience it. Synesthesia is a nice example of that, and knowing something of the neurobiology that accounts for such differences is a nice adjunct to the experience. As you may know though, synesthestic perception is actually a continuum, with forms of it present in people who are not categorized as synesthetes; in fact there is some reason to think that synesthesia is actually the developmental norm, with most of us suppressing synesthetic experiences, perhaps for cultural reasons. The really interesting point to me is that despite appearances and experiences, there are probably much greater differences than we suspect in how each of us sees (hears/feels/smells) the world, and likely significant changes in individuals over time.” –Dr. Paul Grobstein
About our Guests
Dr. Paul Grobstein, Eleanor A Bliss Professor of Biology at Bryn Mawr College, is a neurobiologist, educator, and parent with a life-long interest in understanding why people behave the way they do, and how they can continually expand their capabilities. Paul’s laboratory research relates to several broader questions, including the distinction between conscious and unconscious processing. Paul is also a philosopher, with an array of more general interests in the nature of biological, cultural, and intellectual change. He is an active explorer of opportunities made available by the development of computing technology, and of the internet and the web. With a number of colleagues, Paul co-founded and continue to develop the Serendip website as a venue to explore new directions for human culture. Common to all these activities is my strong belief in the capabilities of the human brain to create, both individually and collectively, in ways that achieve improved understandings of the human condition.
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