27/09/2024
🏅Congratulations to Luciana Haill ( ), awarded an honourable mention in the 2024 Art of Neuroscience competition for the artwork “Inside No Hammer Needed”
Inside ‘No Hammer Needed’ – an intimate brainwave monitoring installation – where flickering white strobe lights induce altered states of consciousness. The seated participant, eyes closed and wearing a black EEG sensor band, transmits their brainwave signals to the artist, acting as a nightclub VJ. Multi-layers of Real-time neurofeedback visuals blend into vintage postcards, Victorian portraits, and nostalgic local landmarks. The participant experiences an immersive ever-changing display that intertwines memories and minds. The title suggests that light can affect consciousness more subtly and effectively than trepanning, a procedure where a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull.
‘No Hammer Needed’ has been acclaimed as a form of ephemeral portraiture, capturing transient mental states. Haill’s digital creations evoke waking dreams, offering a captivating glimpse into the mind’s hidden landscapes and blurring the boundaries between reality and imagination. Always merging science and art to reveal the unseen, ephemeral moments that define the human experience.
