Past Events
- In association with the Dana Centre
- What Drives Artistic Creativity?
- panel discussion
- Venue: d.studio, the Dana Centre, 165 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HE
- Date: June 24, 2004
- Time: 8.30 - 9.30pm
- Tickets: Free, but booking required
- Booking: Call 020 7942 4040 or email tickets@danacentre.org.uk
- THIS EVENT HAS NOW TAKEN PLACE.
Can scientific monitoring of brain activity really illuminate our understanding of artistic processes? Does genius reside in the brain or is it a more complex social phenomenon? Is there a danger of biological based explanations of creativity squeezing out an appreciation of social factors, schooling and raw talent? What are the implications of new theories of creativity for the teaching of the arts?
Speakers will include
- Janet Eilber
- dancer and principal artistic advisor to the Dana Foundation
- Piers Hellawell
- composer and Professor of Composition, The Queen's University of Belfast
- Joe Kaplinsky
- science writer
- Mark Lythgoe
- neurophysiologist, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital
Chair
- Tony Gilland
- science and society director, Institute of Ideas
This debate is preceded by an evening of interactive events to explore the links between creativity, arts and the mind - organised by the European Dana Alliance for the Brain, the BA and the Science Museum. The evening's events begin at 6.00pm and run through to 10.00pm. For further details see below or visit the Dana Centre website.
MIDSUMMER CELEBRATION: ARTS AND THE MIND
THE EMOTION OF DANCE How does dance stir our emotions? Performing contemporary and classical dance, artists from the Laban dance company will interact with neuroscientist, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore from University College London.
ART AND THE ALTERED MIND Mark Lythgoe from University College London from investigates what is happening inside the brain of Tommy McHugh: a former builder who following a stroke feels a compulsive need to create.
WHAT IS CREATIVITY? Discover the differences and similarities between science and art with Margaret Boden from the University of Sussex. Discuss creativity and the mechanisms underlying it in humans and machines.
MUSIC AND THE MIND Two professional musicians from the New London Orchestra will play jazz and classical music and explain how they learn and interpret a piece of music. A neuroscientist will discuss the creative mind of the performer with the audience.