(Santa Monica, USA) Widely considered by critics, curators and writers to be one of the most important artists emerging from Brazil in the years following the Neo-Concrete movement of the early 1960s, Waltercio Caldas, member of PIPA's Award Jury in 2012, is known for his rigorous formal concerns which arrive from investigations
into human perception.
Not exact matches
Dalahast, I'm not trying to get
into epistemology, but I do think that
human perceptions are fallible and memory is one of those
perceptions.
Later the idea gained ground that we can not «speak of nature apart from
human perception in the historical development of knowledge», that all knowledge is «a creative interaction between the known and the knower» and that therefore there is no System of scientific knowledge or of technology which does not have the subjective purposes and faith - presuppositions of
humans built
into it.
The declining cost and increased availability of computer technology means that this technology is being extended
into most areas of
human living, literally reshaping
human perception of reality.
The «resource turn» in egalitarian political philosophy, and the prioritisation within practical welfarism of resource redistribution by the nation - state, implicitly buy
into the same impoverished view of
human motivation — they abandon positions from which they could criticise the neoliberal
perception of
human behaviour, and serve to perpetuate its dominance rather than providing alternatives to undermine it.
Ironically, most of the research
into the evolutionary basis of language has focused so far on a single function — speech
perception — which is unique to
humans, and thus evolutionary precursors are hard, if not impossible, to identify.
That is to say, the lens shows a wide view, but still offers a sense of
human - like depth
perception: as close objects come
into focus, far away objects look blurry.
Of all the
human senses, the visual system — the network that turns light
into neural signals that create the
perception of sight — is the most studied and best understood.
Little did they realize that the illusion could provide such razor - sharp insights
into human motion
perception.
Structural studies give insight
into how a
human sodium channel involved in pain
perception can be selectively inhibited.
Since 1996, major changes in infectious diseases have occurred, such as the introduction of
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / AIDS and West Nile virus
into the United States, advances in HIV / AIDS treatment, changes in vaccine
perceptions, and increased concern over drug - resistant pathogens.
Dennis Proffitt and his students have shown that
human cognition, in this case,
perception, also takes
into account bodily capabilities.
But to the sports and exercise scientists, the Olympic Games are bound to represent one of the most wonderful examples of how science may be used to push further the limits of the
human body and the
human mind — enhancing physical abilities, stretching our
perception of the possible, and bringing faith
into dreams.
Researchers discovered a gene also found in
humans helps zebrafish convert water motion
into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain for
perception.
Though the resulting data has proven valuable, Stains said, the flaws of
human memory and
perception inevitably find their way
into that data.
Thomas Hardy, an English poet of the late Victorian era, noticed that heredity was expressed in the
human face; a
perception that he translated
into a few memorable lines of poetry.
«The coupling of these two models is predicated on the assertion that climate change drives changes in extreme events, extreme events interact with
human perception of risk to influence emissions behaviors and emissions behaviors then feed back
into climate change, leading to a fully interacting model.»
Where Denis Villeneuve's 2016 sci - fi thriller «Arrival» succeeded in capturing our often - skewed
perception of time, raw grief, the existence of a higher power and the expansive depths of the universe, Garland's («Ex Machina») equally heady Annihilation compresses
human emotion
into lichen and mutating cells.
Scripted to draw viewers
into the
human drama, Oculus employs flashbacks and alternate realities to confuse this brother - sister pair's
perception of events.
As the public
perception of
human dietary issues continues to expand, the trend has carried over
into the pet space, industry participants reported, and nutritional issues are front and center for customers.
«Our study shows that dogs have the ability to integrate two different sources of sensory information
into a coherent
perception of emotion in both
humans and dogs.
Driven by an interest and insight
into «the way that the world is constituted», as well as what he describes as «the pure joy of seeing», Gursky makes photographs that are not just depictions of places or situations, but reflections on the nature of image - making and the limits of
human perception.
The multi-layered interpretations emphasize
human perceptions of time and the temporal nature of the present, which is constantly emerging from and turning
into the past.
One of Gormley's central themes is the
human body, which he uses in ever new constellations of large sculptural ensembles or as individual figures to investigate and call
into question issues of space and
perception.
In its veristic details, «Slipped Wink» toys with our immediate
perception, but also bolsters Pigott's continued exploration of how
human ego is translated
into the inanimate object, such as a chair.
Like the finest instrumental electronic music, the canvases and their dramatic titles slam
human perception into overdrive — bridging the gulf of comprehension between the average Western metropolitan experience and the all - too - threatening issues we as a generation are only just beginning to confront.
Katie Paterson manipulates two basic
human sensesof sight and smell to unbind viewers from the reality of geography and allow them to voyage
into outer space and experience the universe beyond the ordinary reaches of our spatial
perception.
JPO translates raw emotions
into colorful, powerful and expressive works of art while visually connecting concepts of
human perception.
In this talk, Professor Sørensen will give insights
into these new technologies and what they mean for
human auditory
perception.
The works are the outcome of the collective's broader research
into the applications of technology and science within art and their perpetual quest to probe the limits of
human perception.
Currently fusing fluid sketching and charcoal work styles from his past with spray paint and distress techniques that he has developed over the years, the viewer will notice major differences in genre between the 2009 and 2010 works: while the current pieces dive
into a more figurative and abstract realm, the 2009 series of paintings «With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility» focuses more on a comic - themed visualization of the all - too -
human defects of character, faulty
perception, and skewed sense of humor.
This is the artist's debut at the gallery and demonstrates his ongoing investigation
into the properties of visual
perception and the brilliance of surface as represented and rendered in the
human figure.
At Tate Liverpool Schneemann will premiere Precarious, a multi-screen video installation that continues the artist's investigation
into the relationship between personal experience and the changeability of
human perception.
Schneemann will premiere Precarious, a multi-screen video installation that continues the artist's investigation
into the relationship between personal experience and the changeability of
human perception.
She currently has a solo show on at New York's James Cohan Gallery — «From Earth
into a Black Hole» — which poetically investigates the
human perception of time and space.
In one such conversation, I mused on whether this
perception, in fact, is simply the result of the global media and World Wide Web distilling all of
human existence
into a super-concentrated 24/7 digital elixir of alarm.
Recognition of this reality and
perceptions of what is «politically feasible» may partially account for acceptance of targets for global warming and carbon emissions that are well
into the range of «dangerous
human - made interference» with climate.
This Perspective describes how integrating
human behaviour and risk
perception into flood - risk assessment models may improve identification of effective risk - management strategies.
Used creatively, restricting a camera's depth of field can simulate the operation of the
human eye and control
perception: your precious offspring (cunningly located off centre) is in crisp focus, while your irritating nieces and nephews who crowded
into the shot are simply colourful, supporting blurs.
Instead, the
perception of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as inferior
humans seems to have prevailed, perpetuated by government policies of segregation from and later assimilation
into Western culture within the last 100 years.