[Cwgrad-announcements] Why "Creating Illusion" would be good for you (Tuesday, May 19th HMNSS 1500, 1:00-3:00): reminder

[Brenda Varda]

WRITERS, ARTISTS, MEDIA-PHILES -  and those interested in the distance
between perception and reality - 

Have a little lunch (12:30 PM) and then enjoy a presentation and discussion
with Donald Hoffman and Perry Hoberman.  

 

Take this opportunity to experience the cognitive illusions and
constructions that keep us oriented (and misperceiving)  in our daily
operations: deconstructing reality has its benefits. 

 

THE UC RIVERSIDE MELLON WORKSHOP on

SCIENCE AND THE ARTS

2008-2009 presents:

 

CREATING ILLUSION: VISION, PERCEPTION & 3-D TUESDAY, MAY 19th 1:00-3:00 PM
-  HMNSS 1500

 

DONALD HOFFMAN, UCI

Ph.D. ( MIT) professor of Cognitive Science, Computer Science, & Philosophy
at the UC, Irvine. 

Distinguished scientific award from the American Psychological Association,
Troland Research Award /US National Academy of Sciences; author `Visual
Intelligence: How We Create What We See

 

PERRY HOBERMAN, USC

Associate Research Professor in the Interactive Media Division of the School
of Cinematic Arts at USC Center for Stereoscopic Imaging: lead researcher;
installation and performance artist throughout USA and Europe. 

Recipient of both Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations fellowships

 

Hoffman: The Interface Theory of Perception

Hoberman: Depth Deception

 

A goal of perception is to estimate true properties of the world. A goal of
categorization is to classify its structure. Aeons of evolution have shaped
our senses to this end. These three assumptions motivate much work on human
perception. 

Hoffman and Hoberman will present a series of visual demonstrations and
exercises that provide ample evidence that our everyday perceptions of the
world are far more expedient than accurate. In fact, one could make the case
that all visual experience is a kind of non-stop optical illusion. In
particular, our perception of depth is a kind of makeshift assemblage of
protocols, rules and habits that conspire to give us the sense of a direct
and consistent experience of three-dimensional space. Stereoscopic 3D images
are particularly useful for delving into the particulars of perception, due
to the fact that each eye's image can be isolated and manipulated. The
counter-intuitive nature of this new understanding of perception has
important ramifications for art, design, narrative and experience.

 

HMNSS 1500  - 1:00-3:00 PM

Join us for light lunch 12:30-1:00 and reception following
www.perryhoberman.com  &  www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ Questions? Please
contact Brenda Varda at bvard001 at student.ucr.edu FREE AND OPEN TO UCR
STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF Parking permits are available at the University
Information Kios

 

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