As a consequence of the greater spatial mapping of darks, a 0.5
x 0.5 mm cube of visual cortex can represent the same position of a dark
spot but
different positions of light
spots that appear to rotate around a dark anchor
in visual space.
Well at any rate, the work
in this show really is great - it had me from the moment I
spotted Steven Shearer's 2005 Poems
X: a series of text - based inkjet prints, each with a
different, mind - alteringly beautiful waterfall of ranting, blasphemous, obscene and graphic poetry.