Research Article
NerveLoop:Visualization as Speculative Process to Explore Abstract Neuroscientific Principles Through New Media Art
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_3, author={Anton Dragan Maslic}, title={NerveLoop:Visualization as Speculative Process to Explore Abstract Neuroscientific Principles Through New Media Art}, proceedings={ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation. Creative Heritage. New Perspectives from Media Arts and Artificial Intelligence. 10th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2021, Virtual Event, December 2-3, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={ARTSIT}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={New media art Speculative visualization Consciousness The encephalon Neuroesthetics}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_3} }- Anton Dragan Maslic
Year: 2022
NerveLoop:Visualization as Speculative Process to Explore Abstract Neuroscientific Principles Through New Media Art
ARTSIT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_3
Abstract
Consciousness is a concept that is nearly impossible to visualize with conventional data visualization methods. In response to this challenge, I propose strategies for visualizing core ideas based on complex theoretical frameworks that are too abstract, incomplete, or complex to visualize through conventional data visualization methods with New Media Art playing a pivotal role in this speculative visualization process. One of those strategies targets visual speculation by introducing metaphors and allegories as a possible efficacious method. In this practice-based research paper, I present my animated video workNerveLoopas a case study of how New Media Art can be utilized for exploring abstract neuroscientific principles.NerveLoopmetaphorically represents these principles by comparing the brain, the city of Hong Kong and improvisational jazz. The work is conceptually informed by theories from the scientific disciplines of neuroscience, neuropsychology, computational consciousness research and neuroanatomy. Visual and auditive metaphors are explored as potentially powerful tools for expanding research domains and enable meaning making processes that otherwise remained latent. I conclude by reflecting on the creative process and viewer response toNerveloopto evaluate the effectiveness of speculative visualization as an approach.
