Today we went on a school trip to the Tate Modern Gallery at Southbank, London. We were asked to find three pieces of art which we found particularly interesting and related to the idea of the brain and the mind. I have been to the Tate before, but interestingly the pieces I chose aren't the same pieces that stood out to me on the first trip. This would because I had the task to find a brain related piece, meaning I was looking for anything that represented the vastness of the mind. Something complex, or something simple. Here are my choices.
Puzzle Canvas
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| Puzzle Canvas |
This piece reminded me of how the mind tries to resole problems and issues that are within itself. The art reminded me of a jigsaw puzzle, or a Rubiks cube which further enforced me original idea of confusion. The raised and lowered blocks, in my eyes, represent the mind trying to solve a complex problem through its algorithms. We could even say that the grey colour of the piece represents how machine like the brain is when working out problems. It's not colourful and expressive, it's bleak to get the job done.
| Cildo Meireles Babel, 2001 |
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| Babel |
This piece reminded me of how technology connects the world together by the click of a button, which made me find a correlation between how our brain sends messages to itself all over the mind. I did some research of the piece and found that that artist wanted to create a modern day 'Tower of Babel'.
The Tower of Babel is a biblical story in which there was once a tower that housed the all man. In this tower, everyone spoke the same language, until one day the tower was smitten down and the tower collapsed. Leaving everyone who fled the tower speaking different languages. This relates to the brain as we develop our understanding of communication as our minds develop.
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| The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563) |
Gaonkar Umbrella
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| Sound Reactive Umbrella |
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