Creativity
What is creativity?
Event video
This March we take an original and inventive look at the possibilities… We find out how brain imaging techniques are uncovering the nuts and bolts of this great mystery of the human mind. We’re also exploring how the creative process might be enhanced, now and in the future, with artists, scientists and musicians. Ditch the dull life! Enjoy interactive demonstrations of creativity through music, performance and visual art. Transcend traditional ideas and open new realms of possibility in our hands-on participatory workshops. Leave your dreams behind in our Bedhead installation. Create meaning, interpret and imagine…
This series has been developed in partnership with the European Dana Alliance for the Brain, the Royal College of Music, Tate Modern and Mandarina Arts.
Supported by the Wellcome Trust.
events
Sleep Creative
4 March 2009, 19:00 - 21:00
Do sleeping and dreaming stimulate creativity? Sleep scientists have shown that these processes use the same brain circuitry, while artists have used hypnogogia to induce creative states for centuries. Experiment in our bed installation as musicians perform live and inspire your imagination.
Creative Brains
12 March 2009, 19:00 - 21:00
What does creativity look like? Neuroscientists, improvisational musicians and visual artists discuss this elusive process using imaging techniques to help visualise the creative brain. Demonstrations from artists and musicians provide an insight into the creative process in action.
Creative Community
26 March 2009, 19:00 - 21:00
How does the brain interpret art? An assortment of artists and scientists are on hand to explore how the brain understands music, language, touch and the visual to help you enhance your own creativity. Prepare for greatness in our participatory workshops.