The Consciousness Field - 10 Year Anniversary - UCL Neuroscience Festival - Brainpower - 2019

This year is the 10 Year Anniversary of my art installation/ ethnographic study of consciousness 

The Consciousness Field. To mark the occasion I took it back to the Mothership (UCL) where it all started back in 2009! This iteration on the 22nd of June was a collaboration with 

Professor Chris Frith who I worked with on The Brain Unravelled exhibition for which I originally created the installation.

The Consciousness Field in Lisbon

As part of The New Art Fest, my art installation The Consciousness Field is in Lisbon until 30 November 2017.  This is from the opening night.

The Consciousness Field - short film

The Consciousness Field - short film

Re edit coming soon

The Consciousness Field is going to be at The Secret Garden Party

From July 21st to July 24th the Consciousness Field will be at the Secret Garden Party

On Mirror Neurons

The Consciousness Field at the Breaking Convention

Breaking Convention - This was the 1st time I showed the Consciousness Field outside a gallery environment and on such a scaled down version. It gave me an idea of how it will work in New York next month and it was a massive learning curve.

Setting up the installation is quite labour intensive and it took the whole of the 1st evening to do it. Thanks to all the help from the conference's volunteers this was a lot less laborious. Everyone was helpful. I did manage to get away to pick up a programme at some point and as soon as I skimmed through it I wondered 'how on Earth am I gona be in two places at the same time?!'

Well, shame on me (!), I opted for letting the installation grow on its own and attended all the talks I wanted and watched the films I was interested in. I was supposed to be glued to the installation the whole time, this was the plan, but then once again I did exactly the opposite! It does make me wonder about free will..

By far my favourite talk was by Robin Carhart-Harris on the effects of psilocybin on brain function. For those who know me this will be no surprise as my interest on brain functioning in well documented!!

All together I collected 67 definitions over the 2/3 days. And the same pattern emerged. I think it will get a lot more interesting once I take it out of the UK, Europa and English speaking countries..

The volunteers were amazing

Great conference! History in the making for sure.. you can watch a short video here or check their facebook page for loads more.

The work of the Beckley Foundation and of MAPS is definitely worth keeping an eye on.. In addition, I watched 2012: Time for Change and Dirty Pictures.

The 'Consciousness Field' is going to New York!

From May 14 to May 17 2011 I will be at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York. I've designed wallpaper and will be selling it there. More on this soon, website under construction.