The Centre for the Study of the Senses partners with Getty and Kidspace for launch of art and science exhibition

The exhibition, which opened to the public on 15 February, invites visitors to explore human perception by blending art and science to create multi-sensory experiences incorporating colour, light, movement, texture, vibration, and smell. 
 

Wired for Wonder’s immersive multisensory maze encourages participants to navigate a colour-changing maze, “see” with their hands, and challenge friends at a “Smell-o-Phone” booth. 

The exhibition also features a range of sensory installations and experiments by Suchitra Mattai, Miguel Osuna, d. Sabela grimes, Alison Saar, Motorefisico, and USC Immersive Media Lab. 

The project is a collaboration between the Centre for the Study of the Senses; the Getty Conservation Institute; The Centre for Cognition, Values and Behaviour at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LUM); and Kidspace Museum. It is presented in collaboration with Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide – an art, culture, and science exhibition series being held across Southern California. 

The exhibition was co-curated by Professor Barry C Smith, Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study and director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses, alongside Professor Ophelia Deroy, Chair in Philosophy of Mind at LMU and director of CREATE (Center for Research in Experimental Aesthetics, Technology and Engineering) at the Institute of Philosophy. 

Professor Smith, who attended a special launch party for the exhibition on Saturday 8 February, said: “People were delighted to explore their senses through interactive exhibits involving touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound, finishing up in an infinity room created by film students and a sound artist from USC where images and sounds were synched. Everyone had their favourite experience and the excitement was palpable.” 

To find more baout the exhibition please visit pst.art .