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SUMMARY:Colour and Vision - Professor Anya Hurlbert\, Newcastle University
DTSTART:20190125T173000Z
DTEND:20190125T183000Z
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:When Turner daubed a red buoy in his seascape Helvoetsluys\, w
 hat did he mean? In nature\, red may repel or attract\, signalling toxicit
 y or ripeness\, anger\, ruddy health or sexual readiness. For Turner\, the
  red created contrast\, and in making that mark\, he meant to generate sal
 ience and arouse interest\, to dominate his rivals and draw in his admirer
 s.  Colour has long excited emotions and intellectual debate\, not only fo
 r visual art\, but also in philosophy\, psychology\, and physiology. In co
 ntemporary vision science studies\, colour helps people find objects faste
 r\, discern material properties\, learn\, conceptualise and memorise.  Yet
  colour is made in the mind\, not out there in the world. It is a subjecti
 ve phenomenon\, a personal possession\, one that varies between individual
  eyes\, and one that people cling to with ardour when challenged: witness 
 the public divide over the “blue/black”\, “white/gold” dress. So t
 he question is not only what does colour mean\, in life and in art\, but h
 ow does it mean anything? How does the human brain create colour\, stabili
 se it\, and make its meaning?  And why does it evoke emotion and aesthetic
  appreciation? \n\nAnya Hurlbert is Professor of Visual Neuroscience\, Dir
 ector of the Centre for Translational Systems Neuroscience and Dean of Adv
 ancement at Newcastle University\, where she co-founded and directed the I
 nstitute of Neuroscience. She trained as a physicist\, physiologist\, neur
 oscientist and physician\, at Princeton\, Harvard\, MIT and Cambridge. Pro
 fessor Hurlbert’s research focuses on human vision\; she lectures widely
  on colour perception and art\, and has devised and co-curated several sci
 ence-based art exhibitions\, including an interactive installation in the 
 2014 exhibition Making Colour at the National Gallery\, where she was Scie
 ntist Trustee. \n
LOCATION:LMH\, Lady Mitchell Hall
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