Performance Space 122 (New York, NY)
According to neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran, "the discovery of mirror neurons is the most important unpublicized story of the decade," doing for psychology what DNA has done for biology. Kick off your shoes (literally) and step into a universe like no other in Waves of Mu, Amy Caron's two-room installation-performance that uses a warped lab/lecture/experiment to demonstrate the scientific and empirical integrity of mirror neurons.
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The idea the artist was trying to convey was obvious. The presentation of the material could of been better and some of the choices for skits was a little boring. The first 30 minutes set a high standard that the rest of the show did not meet.
"You don't know what you're in for. It's a surprise that tells you something about yourself that you already know, but are not aware of. You experience what being human is all about." --Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran
Informed by the monumental discovery of mirror neurons and created alongside world-renowned neuroscientists, Amy Caron's warped lab/lecture/experiment gives a nod and a wink to hard science while cleverly activating her "test subjects" to cheer, cringe and discover through experience a new awareness of our interpersonal world. This beautifully complex two-room installation-performance drives multidisciplinary art headlong into new territory.
The Waves of Mu experience will offer a unique multidimensional education, demonstrating the scientific and empirical integrity of mirror neurons. It will also present thought-provoking connections between mirror neuron deficiencies and autism spectrum disorders, thereby challenging our cultural concept of normality and its effect on human evolution.
Waves of Mu is presented as part of Room, a commissioning program created by Performance Space 122 to encourage artists to collaborate with experts outside the traditional performing disciplines.
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