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Reception for “MEMORY: Cerebral Entanglement”
November 14, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
In this exhibition you will find yourself beneath an imagined landscape of the brain. Dendritic arms made of fabric-wrapped wire reach out to create an experience of neuroplasticity.
WHAT: Reception for “MEMORY: Cerebral Entanglement” an art installation by Kindra Crick
WHERE: Dengerink Gallery at WSU (Vancouver) 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave, Vancouver, WA
WHEN: Thursday, November 14th from 5:30 – 8:30pm
One of the greatest mysteries of the mind is our memory, the ability to time-travel and use recollections, whether conscious or not, to shape our future choices. At our core, when we think about who we are, we rely on a confluence of evolving narratives we remember.
For an exploration of memory, join NW Noggin Brain Board members artist Kindra Crick and Legacy Research Institute (LRI) neuroscientist Dr. John Harkness this Thursday.
Memory: Cerebral Entanglement started in late 2015 as a NW Noggin collaboration between Kindra Crick and LRI neuroscientist Dr. John Harkness who was researching memory in Dr. Barbara Sorg’s Legacy Research Institute Lab. Included in this exhibit are three microscopic images taken from the lab’s latest research.
Dr. Harkness investigates net-like structures called perineuronal nets which surround neurons in our brain and are associated with memory retention and the close of developmental learning windows. Although these net-like structures were documented over a hundred years ago by Italian neuroscientist Camillo Golgi, their role in our memories is only beginning to be understood. Golgi described this scaffolding outside the neuron as a “kind of corset.” That description was the inspiration for sculptural materials. To echo Golgi, each neuron is ensnared in netted fabric that shimmers in its delicate embrace of scraps of memory held within each synaptic connection.
On hand dyed kozo paper, ink portraits of untangled, overlapping individual neurons dance around the gallery walls. This is a small sample of the 86 billion neurons which, when networked and active, help generate our every sensation and thought.
Ideas Spreading: untangled ink portraits of neurons on hand dyed kozo paper
In magnifying and re-imagining these hidden molecular structures, Kindra’s aim is to evoke the wonder of discovery and offer an imagined vision of the spectacular biological machinery which may comprise the very core of our memories and our essential sense of self.
Exhibition runs: September 9, 2019 – January 6, 2020
Gallery hours weekdays (M – Th) from 7am – 10pm and Friday from 7am – 5pm and is free and open to the public.
Undergraduates enjoying the MEMORY art installation