[visionlist] ART AND THE VISUAL SYSTEM SYMPOSIUM

[Susana Martinez-Conde]

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DON'T MISS THE ECVP2005 PRE-MEETING SYMPOSIUM ON ART AND THE VISUAL SYSTEM!!
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The 28th European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP2005) will be hosting
a one-of-a-kind event: The Art and The Visual System Pre-Meeting Symposium
for interested scientists and non-scientists!

This symposium, which will take place immediately preceding the main
ECVP2005 conference in A Coruña, Spain (http:ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com),
will bring together an unprecedented array of vision research focused on the
perception of art. And what makes this symposium so very special is that the
speakers have agreed to deliver their talks at a level suitable for
interested non-scientists!

The symposium will take place over two days, on August 20-21, 2005. The
first day, which will be delivered in the Spanish language (with
simultaneous translation to English), will start off with several lectures
on basic visual function for those attendees who wish to learn more about
the inner working of the visual system. The day will finish with a few
lectures on the relationship between Art and The Visual System. The second
day, which will be delivered in the English language (with simultaneous
translation to Spanish) will feature a full day of lectures on Art and The
Visual System from the very scientists who discovered their relationship.

The two days will abound in free periods in which the public can mingle with
speakers and ask the questions they've always wanted to ask about art and
visual perception. Several book signings will also be featured so that
attendees may take home personalized writing from the scientists who made
the insights!

For those of you not familiar with the city of A Coruna and the Northwest
region of Spain (Galicia), check out the Oscar-nominated movie "The Sea
Inside" (Mar Adentro)! The movie features many of the wonderful landscapes
and beaches of A Coruna and Galicia! 

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********** First day (August 20) confirmed speakers ***********
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Luis Martinez (Universidade de A Coruña, Spain)
	TBA

Jose-Manuel Alonso (State University of New York, USA)
	TBA

Susana Martinez-Conde (Barrow Neurological Institute, USA) 
	"Contribuciones del Op-Art a las ciencias de la vision: nuevas
ilusiones con esquinas y el arte de Victor Vasarely" [Op-art contributions
to vision science: new illusions with corners and the art of Victor
Vasarely]

Camilo Jose Cela–Conde (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain)
	"Tras los correlatos neurales de la percepción estética" [Seeking
the neural correlates of aesthetic perception]


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********** Second day (August 21) confirmed speakers **********
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Margaret Livingstone (Harvard Medical School, USA)
	"Vision and Art"

Patrick Cavanagh (Harvard University, USA)
	"The Artist as Neuroscientist"

Nicholas Wade (University of Dundee, UK)
	"The Visual Art of Visual Science"

Semir Zeki (University College London, UK)
	"Evolution and Dissolution of Form"

Baingio Pinna (Università di Sassari, Italy)
	"The Watercolour Illusion and the Italian Renaissance Chiaroscuro: a
Link between Vision Science and Art"

Dennis Pelli (New York University, USA)
	TBA

Register now in the Special Events section of the registration form for
ECVP2005 (you do not need to register for the main meeting):
http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com 

In addition to this spectacular event, you are also invited to join the
delegates of ECVP2005 as a "Standard", "Student", or "Guest" registrant of
the main conference. As such, you will be welcome to join us for the various
special events of the main meeting, such as:

*** The world's 1st Annual "Best Visual Illusion of the Year" Contest! 

*** An exclusive art exhibit of "Images From Science"!	

*** Free tickets to all of the local science museums including: 
** The main interactive science museum (called the "Best museum in the
world" by Umberto Eco).
** The unique aquarium, which is open to the sea.
** The DOMUS, a one-of-a-kind anthropological museum showcasing humans in
all their glory.

If you do not wish to register for ECVP2005, you are nevertheless welcome to
join us for several other special events such as:

*** A Gala Banquet featuring the very best in Galician food, wine, music,
and dancing! 

*** An excursion to nearby Santiago de Compostela led by an art historian!

Register for all of this and more in the Registration Section of
http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com!

On behalf of ECVP2005's Executive Committee: Susana Martinez-Conde 
(Chair), Luis Martinez, Steve Macknik, Jose-Manuel Alonso, Peter Tse

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Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD
Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience
Barrow Neurological Institute 
350 W. Thomas Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA

Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484
Fax: +1 (602) 406-4172
Email: smart at neuralcorrelate.com
http://neuralcorrelate.com