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Jane Prophet: Neuro Memento Mori –  Portrait of the artist contemplating death

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    Neuro Memento Mori -  Portrait of the artist contemplating death

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Creation Year:


    2014

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    3D Print

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    Life Size

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Artist Statement:


    Jane Prophet?s project explores brain activity during?the contemplation of artworks and death.?

    The questions that underpin this project are:?Can contemporary neuroscience and new imaging technologies increase our understanding of consciousness?? When we look at memento mori artworks are we prompted to contemplate our own mortality? What parts of the brain are active when we look at these artworks? What parts of the brain are active when we meditate on death? Is there any similarity in brain function in these two instances?
    This project is a collaboration between the visual artist, Jane Prophet and neuroscientists Zoran Josipovic (NYU) and Andreas Roepstorrf (Aarhus University). Jane will be the subject of a trial where she will look at representations of memento mori and vanitas paintings and objects while being MRI scanned to monitor the functions of her brain.
    Following Zoran Josipovic?s instructions, she will learn to meditate, specifically to contemplate death.?She will repeat the meditation exercises in an fMRI scanner. Accumulated fMRI brain images will be processed, producing 3D data of the artist?s brain. Sculptural objects made from this data will show the brain in general and highlight the active areas identified during the meditation exercises. The collaborative process also forms the basis for co-authored papers.

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