Madi Boyd in collaboration with neuroscientists at UCL, Drs Beau Lotto and Mark Lythgoe, produced the Point of Perception. Madi describes it as
'an immersive environment consisting of a ‘screen’ which is a giant gridded space of uncertainty and projected film. Our interest is in ambiguity in perception and the ‘tipping point’ where there is enough information for the brain to understand what the eye is seeing, the line between form and formlessness.' 'The sculpture has been designed in such a way that the resulting geometry could have many different possible realities, none of which are immediately obvious. By placing people in a position of uncertainty, between the known and the unknown, we aim to investigate the exact point at which there is sufficient visual information for the brain to comprehend what it is looking at. But in addition, the structure – as with all of Lottolab’s public projects – places people in the unique context of ‘seeing themselves see’, of being observers of the process by which they literally make sense of themselves and the world.' lottolab
more on the project here on lottolab's web site, & more on lottolab here.
