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  • FROM the BOWELS -
    ...FROM the BOWELSArtist: Anabela CostaComment:
  • Video projection, print on plexiglass dim: 100 x 138 cm (x 2) The kaleidoscopic video is based on radiological recordings of the author’s brain. The recording of neural connections (nerve tracts) shown by tractography (diffusion MRI) is
  • ... techniques into new visual representations effects a re-contextualization of scientific medical imagery into the field of art.
  • ... with the techno-emanation of the measurements of the skull. Benjamin says, and here he hints at the technically reproducible art: »From the point of view of death, life is the production of corpses.« Memento mori. There is also a tactile-performative side to...
  • ...rint on plexiglass Variable dimensions This series of photographs was produced using a particular form of camera obscura created by the artist’s mouth. Technically the images are based on the use of a small piece of photosensitive paper installed in the mouth with the...
  • ... surfaces detected by the radiological medical apparatus. These renderings characteristically contain the visualisation of the artist’s emotional response to a particular work of art and particular selection of colours. The darkness of space highlights...
  • BUTTERFLY
    Video projection onto an image on a mirror (video loop, 3′) mirror (110 x 110 cm), foil covering, projection and reflection variable dimensions The video installation Butterfly uses radiological images of the author’s brain responding to different
  • PULSATION
    ... generated hybrid as a luminous apparition composed by layering reflected light, video projections of radiological scans of the artist’s brain and related manipulated recorded video images. – Uršula Berlot, 2007 'In their video installations, Uršula Berlot,...
  • LEVITATION & LUMINA -
    ... images projects the viewer into hidden dimensions, hinting at disclosures of higher discernment.' - Alessandra Pace, SCI'ART, 2009 (excerpt)
  • ... states, mental-sensory patterns and mental energies. Cerebral Landscapes – Reflection can also be understood as an artistic metaphor of dichotomy, implied by the dual meaning of the word reflection, since it can denote the optic phenomenon of light...