The EER lab
The exhibition Nature is an event that never stops at PSM in January 2023 was accompanied by an EER lab in the gallery’s loggia to further engage visitors in the dialogical space between art and science. Throughout the course of the exhibition, the lab hosted a series of workshops, interventions and panel discussions with artists and scientists from the interdisciplinary research project Experimenting, Experiencing, Reflecting (EER). The events were free of charge and open to the public.
The Experimenting, Experiencing, Reflecting (EER) project is a collaboration between science and art, led by artist Olafur Eliasson and scientist Andreas Roepstorff from Aarhus University, Denmark. It was founded in 2018 and has been funded by the Carlsberg Foundation since 2019. The EER is an initiative founded upon experimentation on topics such as perception, decision making, action, notions of togetherness, collaboration, and the transmission of knowledge. These scientific experiments are incorporated into and inform art projects and installations in museums and other public institutions. Sophie Erlund has been a contributing member of the EER project since its inception as an artist, researcher and producer.
PUBLIC PROGRAM
Panel talk about experimentation and participatory aspects of art making. Experience in the age of digital and virtual experience.
Saturday, January 28 at 12 - 7 pm
Speakers:
Prof. Andreas Roepstorff (anthropologist and cognitive scientist)
Sophie Erlund (artist)
Helene Nymann (artist)
Pireeni Sundaralingam (neuroscientist, artist and brain activist)
Micro-phenomenological intervention of Nature is an event that never stops
Led by Kat Heimann
Tuesday to Thursday, January 25 - 26 12 - 6 pm
Micro-phenomenology is an interview and analysis method for investigating subjective experience. As a research tool, it provides detailed descriptions of brief moments of any type of subjective experience and offers techniques for systematically comparing them. In this intervention into Nature is an event that never stops visitors will be asked to visit the show, including viewing the film in virtual reality, followed by a private interview with Kat Heimann, using the micro-phenomenology method, to explore what experience was had by the visitor while in the exhibition. If you would like to participate in the intervention and have an MP interview with Kat Heimann, please RSVP to office@psm-gallery.com for a time slot.
Workshop Playing with the Sun
Led by Amos Blanton
Friday, January 27
12 - 2:30 pm – Invited school class
3 - 6 pm – Open to visitors
How do ideas move through a group of people exploring an open-ended activity, and how do they inspire new ideas in the process? Playing with the Sun invites learners to follow their curiosity and build something powered by solar, wind, or their own muscles. In the process they develop their understanding of how sustainable energy works and their ability to be creative with it.
The workshop happened twice in the same day, first for an invited school class from the Kant International School, Berlin and from 3 - 6 pm it was open to visitors of the exhibition.