Artist Meets Scientist: (1 of 6 ) Artist Roman de Salvo and Neuroscientist Dr. Ramachandran

Part 1 of 6.

Conducted at the Neurosciences Institute (NSI) Auditorium on May 27, 2010 as part of the ongoing Bronowski Art/Science Forum, this is a conversation between two highly regarded creative and intuitive minds. NSI is located in La Jolla, California.

Dr. Ramachandran is the director of UCSD's Center for Brain and Cognition.
His major areas of research are: cognitive neuroscience, behavioral neurology - the study of cognitive and perceptual deficits in human neurological patients, neural plasticity and "phantom limbs", stroke rehabilitation, human visual perception/cognition, and visual psychophysics. He has been called "The Marco Polo of Neuroscience" by Richard Dawkins. Newsweek magazine named him a member of "The Century Club", one of the 100 most prominent people to watch in the 21st century. Visit www.nsi.edu.

Roman de Salvo is a contemporary American conceptual artist whose sculpture and installations utilize everyday objects and materials in inventive and unexpected ways.. He has shown professionally throughout the United States and in Europe, including the Whitney Biennial, 2000, Musee d'Art, Givemy, 2000, Museum of Contemporary Art, SD 1996, 2001, 2006, The California Biennial 2002, Seattle Art Museum, 2003, The Public Art Fund, NYC, 2003 and the Nevada Museum of Art, 2004. To explore De Salvo's work visit www.romandesalvo.com.

Ron Newby, Founder and Curator of the Bronowski Art/Science Forum moderated the event. Visit www.bronowskiforum.org to learn more.

The video was recorded by artist and scientist Sidney Wildesmith sitting in the front row of the event using a Kodak Zi8. To learn more about Wildesmith's work visit his website at www.wildsmith.com

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