Psychologist talks to international artist on ‘eye tracking’ work
Wednesday 15 February 2017
A psychologist who studies how people experience the world through their sight will be talking to an international artist whose work was inspired by his research during an event at a Manchester gallery.
Dr Adam Galpin, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Salford, will be in conversation with Suki Chan to discuss the development of her project Lucida at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art on Thomas Street on Thursday 16 February.
Her interactive work, which is co-commissioned by the University’s Arts Collection Team and is being exhibited at CFCCA until April, sets out to examine the relationship between the human eye, vision and the brain.
It features a series of digital screens and tracking technology which enable viewers to see their own eye movements through the show.
Dr Galpin, who was one of the scientists who contributed to the work, specialises in tracking eye movements to understand how people’s brains process visual stimuli.
He has previously published research into the way our brains process data while reading and driving, how vision and action are related in Parkinson’s disease and the control of prosthetic limbs, and has also collaborated with the BBC while studying how young children engage with the CBeebies website.
Dr Galpin said: “The way in which our brains and our vision interacts with the world around us is a fascinating area. It’s something we take for granted because it’s how we experience the world on a day to day basis, but it’s often far more complicated than we appreciate.
“We don’t always ‘see’ as much as we think we’re seeing and our brain does a lot of work to fill in the gaps, and Suki Chan’s work explores this condundrum in a very interesting way.”
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