ImPRINTING: The Artist’s Brain
A Sonic Self-Portrait by Beatie Wolfe
Temporary Exhibit
imPRINTING transports visitors inside the artist’s brain via a retro-future “thinking cap” allowing us to tune into and discover its many channels and sonic imprints including memories, music, conversations, hopes, fears and dreams.
In this sonic self-portrait, art rebel Beatie Wolfe presents a new format for the digital age: a data-encoded “thinking cap.” Via retro listening stations, plugged into the hat, the audience is able to explore the brain’s many channels, which include music (limbic system), memory (neocortex), collaborations (medial prefrontal lobe), and conversations (Wernicke’s area). The data related to each “brain channel” are ecologically encoded in glass and woven into the cap to be preserved for up to 10,000 years.
Audience
9-12th grades (High school), Adults 18+
Location
Green Wing View Map
Price
Included with Exhibit Halls admission
Language
English
Imprinting in the Digital Age
Drawing on her dementia and music research work, this installation takes a creative and playful look at the nature of neurology and explores the importance of imprinting in the digital age: a philosophical principle and overarching theme of Wolfe’s work. imPRINTING shows us how via this sonic portrait we can gain a greater understanding of ourselves — and of one another — in the process.
Photos by CTD Productions LLC