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”
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”
Three Purkinje Boxes joins a Collective exhibition/research days USN
The three boxes from the PURKINJE SERIES presented in this exhibition have long and thin branches stretching outwards. When the upper and lower part of the boxes slides apart, a gilded, hollow room is exposed in the middle. Each box is the size of a reluctant forest feline. Like the cat, the box parts resistsContinue reading “Three Purkinje Boxes joins a Collective exhibition/research days USN”
ARTICLE: There and back again: A carver’s tale of losing and regaining sense of space due to a brain tumour
This spring my most personal and important article thus far was published by Craft Research Journal. You can read and download it for free here: https://doi.org/10.1386/crre_00043_1 (backup link to the article in my university repository here: https://openarchive.usn.no/usn-xmlui/handle/11250/2756610 ) I have been working on this article since January 2018, collecting data and analyzing the material slowlyContinue reading “ARTICLE: There and back again: A carver’s tale of losing and regaining sense of space due to a brain tumour”
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”
Marte S. Gulliksen - Researcher, Artist, Teacher 