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Neuro Memento Mori: portrait of the artist contemplating death

By  Jane Prophet 2013 - 2014

A self-portrait 3D printed life-sized bust, Neuro Memento Mori. Video is projected onto this life-sized, 3D-printed self-portrait sculpture. The video combined data from brain activity with animations and live action video to create an uncanny twin.

The work was produced by combining 3D facial scanning with fMRI brain data that gathered during novel MRI experiments, designed in collaboration with two neuroscientists, during which the artist viewed memento mori paintings and meditated on death in the scanner.

Made with assistance from Ivan Zhao and Annick Lung

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