Brain Roads is an interdisciplinary French-German project for visualization and interactive exploration of the brain. It brings together graphic & digital designers, engineers and researchers in neurosurgery and social sciences. Its ambition is to develop visual representations and interactive tools for exploring the white matter of the human brain. The 3-day workshop, which brings together teams of designers, engineers and researchers, has two main objectives: understand the formative process of current images of the brain model ; define visual design issues and sketch them out by visual means. Organised by Olaf Avenati & Patricia Ribault.
Workshop Program
24 OCTOBER — PRESENTATIONS
13:00 – 13:30 — Welcome!
Emeline Eudes, researcher in aesthetics, ESAD de Reims head of research
Patricia Ribault, Junior Professor in history and theory of Gestaltung
13:30 – 14:00 — Lucius Fekonja, reseacher in neurosciences, project leader “Cutting”
14:00 – 14:30 — Olaf Avenati, graphic & digital designer, lecturer
14:30 – 15:00 — Michel Simatic, engineer, senior lecturer
15:00 – 15:30 — break
15:30 – 16:00 — Maxime Le Calvé, Post-doctoral researcher, anthropologist
16:00 – 16:30 — Fabrice Bourlez, psychoanalyst, philosopher, lecturer
16:30 – 17:00 — Patricia Ribault, Junior Professor in history and theory of Gestaltung
17:00 – 18:00 — informal discussions
25 OCTOBER — WORK SESSION
All day long, designers, engineers and researchers will discuss in small groups and will create sketches (slides, exemples, references, models, printings, …) to envision the various aspects and visual design issues of the global project.
13:00 – 14:00 — lunch break
14:00 – 15:00 — Thomas Picht, PD Dr. Med. & neurosurgeon at Charité will present his perspective of the project and Felix Rasehorn, designer and reseacher at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee will also present his MA design thesis on MRI and tracts visualisation.
During the afternoon, 2 VR helmets will be available for exploration of a virtual Operation room.
26 OCTOBER — RESTITUTIONS
The workshop takes place in the premises of the :
Central Laboratory
Sophienstrasse 22a, D-10178 Berlin
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