A Clockwork Brain: How can art deepen the social discourse of science such as Nero-enhancement?

February 17, 2016

With the title “A Clockwork Brain: How can art deepen the social discourse of science such as Nero-enhancement?” a dissemination event of the NERRI Project was held on the 13th of February 2016 in Reykjavik. The Centre for Ethics of the University of Iceland hosted a panel discussion and art exhibition at Art Museum. In panel discussion specialists in the field of social science and neuro-enhancement participated from the NERRI consortium; George Gaskell, professor of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Judit Sándor, professor at the Departments of Political Science, Gender Studies and Legal Studies at the Central European University and Agnes Allansdóttir from Toscana Life Sciences. 

In between discussions video works by Auður Anna Kristjánsdóttir, Fritz Hendrik Berndsen, og Mina Tomic and The Icelandic Love Corporation were screened. The discussion was followed by a lively debate with the audience.

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