Johanna Heldebro’s graduate thesis for New York City’s School of Visual Arts were photographs of her father, helping her to process his sudden divorce from her mom. The photographs were taken without her father knowing, during visits Johanna took from NY to Stockholm. Read more about her work here.
Crazy Art
Crazy Art will be shown at the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2010.
Sneak Peek:
Monday, Feb 8th 10am @ Victoria Hall Theater
33 West Victoria Street, Santa Barbara
Premiere:
Wednesday, Feb 10th 5pm @ Lobero Theater
33 East Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara
Q+A following with Artists, Director, and panel of mental health experts.
Arts and Science Reading
Taken from Science Daily, here are some articles that got me thinking. Hopefully you’ll find them inspirational too.
DSM-5 Proposed Revisions
This list of revisions is not final. See the APA DSM-5’s website for further details.
Structural, Cross-Cutting, & General Classification Issues for DSM-5 Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, and Other Cognitive Disorders Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition Not Elsewhere Classified Substance-Related Disorders Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders Somatoform Disorders Factitious Disorders Dissociative Disorders Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Eating Disorders Sleep Disorders Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified Adjustment Disorders Personality Disorders Other Conditions that May Be the Focus of Clinical Attention
Art in Haiti—After the Earthquake
Check out this BBC visual article, In pictures: Haiti’s art after the quake
Surgical Origami
Origami with the da Vinci Surgical System (Robot Origami) from the Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine, Kanazawa University, Japan. Norihiko Ishikawa, MD, PhD. The da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., NASDAQ – ISRG) is a sophisticated robotic platform designed to enable complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach. Intuitive Surgical’s mission is to bring the benefits of minimally invasive surgery to the broadest possible range of patients.
New Look!
Hope y’all like it :)
The Psychology of Living with Robots
Taken from a favorite blog of mine (for obvious reasons), Hapticity.
FUSION Volume 2
Has the video caught your interest? Download yourself a free PDF copy here.
Considering writing an article for issue #3? Check out the submission guidelines here.
Creativity Explored—SF
Creativity Explored, a non profit located in San Francisco, is a studio for developmentally disabled artists. The artists are taught by other professional artists, and their work is sold in the Creativity Explored galley, as well as during art exhibitions.
It’s a wonderful place to visit and the artwork is stunning. In fact, some of the artwork has been purchased by CB2, a furniture company, and is currently for sale on pillows and handbags. A percentage of each of these three items sold will go directly to Creativity Explored…how much of a percentage, I don’t know.
You can also purchase artwork and related Creativity Explored products online. According to the webiste, 50% of the procedes go directly to the artist. The other half, I’m assuming, goes back into the non profit organization itself.