At last, I can share the news that a new series, Neural Connections, is underway. The first work in this series, Neural Connections #1, is now finished. It is made in aspen wood and inspired by how oligodendrocytes hold on to sections of a neuron. On the lower right hand side, there is even aContinue reading “Neural Connections #1”
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A new article, an exhibition, a conference and a seminar
September 2023 has been busy and super fun! So much has happened that I only briefly recap it here: Conference presentation and Article September 20th, 2023, I held a presentation at the Biennial international conference for the craft sciences, BICCS, September 20th. I participated online to audiences both in-person in Mariestad, and online. After myContinue reading “A new article, an exhibition, a conference and a seminar”
Two boxes in the Astrocyte Series
At last. I have now finished two of my most complex (yet) three-dimensional wood carved boxes: Astrocyte#1 and Astrocyte#2. They are spiky and wonky and smooth to the touch. I have spent innumerable hours carving smaller and smaller chips, and stretched my ability to visualize in three dimensions to its limit. Now the two, small,Continue reading “Two boxes in the Astrocyte Series”
Learning from a brain tumor: how a skilled artist’s experience of a brain tumor reveals hitherto unimagined brain function
On January 26, 2022, Peggy Mason and I held an invited guest lecture at the Swedish university “Konstfack”. The lecture was a part of their annual Research Week, and we joined in via zoom to meet a big group of students and faculty. The title of the lecture was “Learning from a brain tumor: howContinue reading “Learning from a brain tumor: how a skilled artist’s experience of a brain tumor reveals hitherto unimagined brain function”
Exhibition: PURKINJE, 2020
The Purkinje Series was exhibited at Foajegalleriet, University of South-Eastern Norway, Notodden, September 9 – October 9, 2020. The solo-exhibition featured works made in the period 2018-2020: Purkinje #2: Bowl, 46cm x 17cm x 6cm Purkinje #3: Bowl, 44cm x 12cm x 6cm Purkinje #4: Bowl, 88cm x 19cm x 7cm Purkinje #5: Bowl, 38cmContinue reading “Exhibition: PURKINJE, 2020”
The Purkinje Series – a poetic text
Norsk versjon finnes nedenfor. Small packets of positively charged particles, ions, push across the space from one neuron to another. In the portals at the far end of the dendrites of the next cell, the ions are let in and trigger a voltage in the new cell. The cell nucleus interprets rhythm, pattern, strength andContinue reading “The Purkinje Series – a poetic text”
Welcome to my page
This page and blog is the place where I present ongoing and previous research, art and also teaching. It’s mostly a static page, but I will write blog-posts to introduce new content. So if you have found this page, it means that something I have published somewhere has peaked your interest. I hope you findContinue reading “Welcome to my page”
Welcome to my page – Norwegian version
(Dette er første og eneste blog-post på norsk…) Denne nettsiden og bloggen er stedet hvor jeg presenterer pågående og tidligere forskning, kunstnerisk arbeid og også forelesninger som jeg tenker er bra at er offentlig tilgjengelig. Det er først og fremst en statisk side, men jeg vil lage blogposter (på engelsk) for å introdusere nytt innholdContinue reading “Welcome to my page – Norwegian version”
Marte S. Gulliksen - Researcher, Artist, Teacher 