Pharma-psychological dance moves based on the molecular structure of serotonin (excreted by the brain and responsible for feelings of well-being and happiness)
In 1839 the American physician and naturalist, Samuel George Morton, published his Crania Americana. In this he developed his theory based on comparative measurements in which he initially used mustard seed and ultimately lead shot to determine a racial hierarchical scale based on cranial capacity. In a determinism that equated brain size with intellect, he found that Caucasian skulls were the largest, followed by Asian, Native American and lastly African. This artwork draws an analogy to the hierarchical understanding of speciation and racialised taxonomies. Three funnels are labeled with three subjects of psychological experiment - pigeon, rat and chimpanzee – and filled with their relative brain weight in seed.
Specimens and models in cabinet on loan from the Pathology Learning Centre and the M.R. Drennan Anatomy museum, University of Cape Town, 'Hysteria' (2013), by Nina Liebenberg (portraits of Sigmund Freud’s patients using Bulotta Africana tea, once used as a treatment for hysteria) and X-rays of indigenous plants sourced from Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens (used in the treatment of insomnia, anxiety, hysteria, convulsions and epilepsy).
Nicolas Hlobo's Chitha (2006) and Pierre Fouché's Psamma Arenaria (2007)
Walkabout with neuro-psychologist, Dr Ross Balchin, and curator, Nina Liebenberg
Screening room complete with a Freudian couch, showing 'Atomic Brain Invasion', 'They Saved Hitler’s Brain' and a range of other brain-related movies.
Walkabout with local school group
Walkabout with local school group
nstallation shot, 2013
Pharma-psychological dance moves based on the molecular structure of serotonin (excreted by the brain and responsible for feelings of well-being and happiness)
In 1839 the American physician and naturalist, Samuel George Morton, published his Crania Americana. In this he developed his theory based on comparative measurements in which he initially used mustard seed and ultimately lead shot to determine a racial hierarchical scale based on cranial capacity. In a determinism that equated brain size with intellect, he found that Caucasian skulls were the largest, followed by Asian, Native American and lastly African. This artwork draws an analogy to the hierarchical understanding of speciation and racialised taxonomies. Three funnels are labeled with three subjects of psychological experiment - pigeon, rat and chimpanzee – and filled with their relative brain weight in seed.
Specimens and models in cabinet on loan from the Pathology Learning Centre and the M.R. Drennan Anatomy museum, University of Cape Town, 'Hysteria' (2013), by Nina Liebenberg (portraits of Sigmund Freud’s patients using Bulotta Africana tea, once used as a treatment for hysteria) and X-rays of indigenous plants sourced from Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens (used in the treatment of insomnia, anxiety, hysteria, convulsions and epilepsy).
Nicolas Hlobo's Chitha (2006) and Pierre Fouché's Psamma Arenaria (2007)
Walkabout with neuro-psychologist, Dr Ross Balchin, and curator, Nina Liebenberg
Screening room complete with a Freudian couch, showing 'Atomic Brain Invasion', 'They Saved Hitler’s Brain' and a range of other brain-related movies.
Walkabout with local school group
Walkabout with local school group
nstallation shot, 2013