Arts House Listening Program

(brain canvases) In collection we gestalt: A flock of birds in the wind A school of fish in the ocean Responding to water and wind Like minds moving in collection, together we gestalt A collection of 62 painted canvases. Each is a cross-section of a human brain and shaped as such. Each brain canvas is about half a metre in length and height. They hang on black netting on opposing walls within the rectangular gallery space, from floor to ceiling. The larger collection, with 52 brains, is on the right. It wraps around two walls. The smaller collection of 10 brains is on the left. The arrangement of all the brain canvases mimic a flock of birds mid-flight. All are lit from above by theatre lights. Each canvas is uniquely painted by individual artists in a sensory map style. Each artist was encouraged to feel their sensations, imagined or real, and then invited to depict these in their own style. The brains are painted on raw gray linen, with a limited palette preferencing blue, orange, and flesh tones. Oc