Event
Will Hall “Dissoception”
March 26, 2014(wed)〜April 6, 2014(sun)
Admission: free
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Artist: Will Hall
Venue
Antenna Media
http://antenna-media.com/
Access: 563 Shimourokogata-cho, Gojo-agaru, Fuyacho-dori,
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8059, Japan
Tel: 050-3722-8945
Hours: 14:00 ~ 19:00
Closed: Monday
Description
Described by the late neuropsychologist Richard Gregory as “the borderland where the inner and the outer world meet”, perceptual illusions are ubiquitous in our sensory lives but often ignored as peculiar evolutionary hangovers. Yet recent developments in philosophy and neurology have proved the importance of studying these idiosyncrasies, and other sensory ambiguities, in earnest and indicated a world of possibility that exists in investigating further.
I aim to enable participants to conduct their own exploration of such sensory phenomena, in a direct/ subjective sense, and reveal possible new ways of thinking about the notion of perception. Using various multimedia systems, the work is designed to allow participants to experiment and consciously engage with their perceptual process, gaining a greater awareness of how we see and interact with our immediate environment.
I hope participants can experiment with tricking the very part of the brain where perception enters consciousness: a mechanism that is normally uncontrollable and elusive to our grasp (in both a physical sense and in terms of our limited understanding of its nature). It is this direct contact and exploration of our surroundings that is so essential to our experience.
Profile
Will Hall
1980 Born in UK
2000 Newcastle College
2003 Barcelona University (Erasmus exchange programme)
2004 The Glasgow School of Art, BA (Hons.), Painting and Drawing
2010 Kagoshima University, Monbukagakusho Japanese govt. research scholarship
2012 Kyoto City University of Art, MFA, Conceptual and Media Planning
Pres. Kyoto City University of Art, PhD, Media Art
2004 BraveART / London (U.K)
2005 Will Hall and Billy Teasdale / Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2010 Shijo Street Gallery
2010 Ryugakusei Ten / Kyoto Art Centre
2010 The Revelers thought the flames were part of the show / KCUA Sho Gallery
2011 Ryugakusei Ten / Kyoto Art Centre
2012 Kyoto City University of Art Graduation Show / Kyoto Municipal Art Gallery
2012 通感 (Colors of KCUA) / @KCUA Gallery
2013 Doctoral Students’ Exhibition / @KCUA Gallery
2013 INTERIM SHOW / @KCUA
2014 Doctoral Students’ Exhibition / @KCUA Gallery
2014 INTERIM SHOW / @KCUA
2012 Kyoto City University of Art Mayor’s Prize
