Exploring Connections Between Cosmos & Mind Through Six Interactive Art Installations in "As Above As Below"

TL;DR

This paper discusses an art exhibition featuring six interactive installations created through collaborations among artists, astrophysicists, and neuroscientists, exploring parallels between cosmic and neural networks using advanced media.

Contribution

It introduces a novel interdisciplinary approach combining art, science, and technology to explore connections between the universe and the human mind.

Findings

Demonstrated visual and interactive representations of cosmic and neural structures.

Showcased collaborative practices across diverse scientific and artistic fields.

Highlighted new ways to communicate complex scientific ideas through art.

Abstract

Are there parallels between the furthest reaches of our universe, and the foundations of thought, awareness, perception, and emotion? What are the connections between the webs and structures that define both? What are the differences? "As Above As Below" was an exhibition that examined these questions. It consisted of six artworks, each of them the product of a collaboration that included at least one artist, astrophysicist, and neuroscientist. The installations explored new parallels between intergalactic and neuronal networks through media such as digital projection, virtual reality, and interactive multimedia, and served to illustrate diverse collaboration practices and ways to communicate across very different fields.