MEDIA ADVISORY

UAG TO PRESENT H.M. & THE AESTHETICS OF MEMORY
WITH DR. JAMES MCGAUGH, KERRY TRIBE, AND DR. JULI CARSON

EVENT:   H.M. & THE AESTHETICS OF MEMORY. Roundtable conference focused on the subject of brain imaging, memory, learning, and trauma. Hosted by UAG (University Art Galleries) at UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts and sponsored by UCI Illuminations: The Chancellor’s Arts & Culture Initiative.

SPEAKERS:  Dr. James McGaugh (Founder UCI Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and the first Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory), Kerry Tribe (Artist), and Dr. Juli Carson (Artistic Director for the UAG, Curator, and Moderator). Introduction by Dr. David Trend (Chair of the Department of Art).

WHEN/WHERE:   Thursday, January 28, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Winfred Smith Hall (Reception to follow). UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Campus. Building 710 in the Arts Plaza. 4004 Mesa Road, Irvine 92617 (parking structure). Directions: http://www.arts.uci.edu/directions

INFORMATION:   Media planning to attend should contact Jaime DeJong at (949) 824-2189 or jdejong@uci.edu. Attendance and parking are complimentary for media who RSVP in advance.

BACKGROUND:   Anchored on the interdisciplinary subject of neuroscience and experimental filmmaking, Kerry Tribe’s experimental film installation, H.M. is currently on exhibit in the Contemporary Arts Center Gallery at University of California, Irvine.  H.M. is a two-channel presentation of a single film based on the true story of an anonymous, memory-impaired man known in scientific literature as “Patient H.M.” In 1953, H.M. underwent experimental brain surgery to alleviate his epilepsy. The unintended result was a radical and persistent amnesia. Though he was no longer able to make lasting memories, his short-term recall, lasting about 20 seconds, remained intact. The film is played through two adjacent synchronized projectors with a 20 second delay between them, so the viewer sees two simultaneous side-by-side projections of the two different parts of the same reel of film. The structure of the installation and the nature of the material together produce a sensation of mnemonic dissonance much like that experienced by H.M.

The art exhibition and roundtable are free to the community. The UAG’s goal is to blend the academic and local communities on the subject of art and neuroscience.

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