自我映射 | Greg Dunn

通过将手绘、深入的神经科学研究、对神经回路的算法模拟、数字设计、光蚀、灯光设计和镀金结合在一起仔细创造而成的作品。

神经科学家及艺术家Greg Dunn博士和应用物理学家及艺术家Brian Edwards博士一起创造了“自我映射”（Self Reflected），从根本上改变了人们对于大脑的认知。他们运用反射微蚀（reflective microetching）这一革新的技术手段在肉眼可见的大脑和微小的神经之间架设了一座桥梁。自我映射在金色表面的反光下，以动画的形式记录大脑的活动，人们可以通过它深入细致地了解大脑本身。自我映射可以展现出人们观看作品时的神经活动，这也是其得名的原因。它提醒着人们我们的大脑是已知宇宙中最为神奇的机器，也是人类发展的共同根源。

自我映射中展现的神经活动：

Neural activities revealed in Self Reflected.

Dr. Greg Dunn (artist and neuroscientist) and Dr. Brian Edwards (artist and applied physicist) created Self Reflected to fundamentally change how humans think about their brains. The work bridges the connection between the macroscopic brain and the behavior of neurons through a revolutionary technique called reflective microetching. Self Reflected animates brain activity with light reflecting off of a golden surface and offers an unprecedented insight of the brain into itself. It reveals an enormous scope of neural choreography occurring in our own minds at the very moment of observation. Self Reflected was created to remind us that the most marvelous machine in the known universe is at the core of our being. It is the root of our shared humanity.

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

小脑和脑干，控制基本的身体运动功能。The brainstem and cerebellum, regions that control basic body and motor functions – (photo by Greg Dunn and Will Drinker)

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

小脑的层状结构，与运动和肌肉运动知觉相关。The laminar structure of the cerebellum, a region involved in movement and proprioception (calculating where your body is in space)

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

微蚀表面放大图，显示其表面在显微镜下的样子。A zoomed in shot of the surface of a microetching revealing its microscopically etched surface

自我映射的图片并非来自大脑扫描，而是通过将手绘、深入的神经科学研究、对神经回路的算法模拟、数字设计、光蚀、灯光设计和镀金结合在一起仔细创造而成的作品。自我映射模拟展现了大量神经活动的细节，其在精度和尺度上获得的成绩是现在的扫描技术所无法实现的。

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

基底神经节，参与运动、决议和犒赏等行为。The basal ganglia, involved in movement, decision making, and reward – (photo by Greg Dunn and Will Drinker)

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

中脑，功能丰富，包括犒赏，眼动，听觉，注意力和运动等。The midbrain, an area that carries out diverse functions in reward, eye movement, hearing, attention, and movement– (photo by Greg Dunn and Will Drinker)

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

运动皮质和顶叶皮层，与运动和感觉相关。The motor and parietal cortex, regions involved in movement and sensation, respectively– (photo by Greg Dunn and Will Drinker)

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

顶回，整合运动和视觉。The parietal gyrus where movement and vision are integrated– (photo by Greg Dunn and Will Drinker)

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

次级视皮质，在视觉系统中负责物体的三维呈现。The secondary visual cortex, where the visual system processes how objects are oriented in three dimensional space.

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

丘脑和基底神经节，负责协调感觉，发起动作和决议。The thalamus and basal ganglia, sorting senses, initiating movement, and making decisions– (photo by Greg Dunn and Will Drinker)

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

视皮质，位于大脑后部，负责处理视觉信息。The visual cortex, the region located at the back of the brain that processes visual information

∧自我映射细部，22K 镀金微蚀， 96″ X 130″。Self Reflected (detail), 22K gilded microetching, 96″ X 130″ 2014-2016, Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards

在紫光（左）和白光（右）下的完整自我映射微蚀作品。The entire Self Reflected microetching under violet (left) and white (right) light– (photo by Greg Dunn and Will Drinker)

∧通过自我映射创造的艺术作品，均可从网上购买。Artworks from Self Reflected, which is available for sell on the website.

项目由美国国家基金会赞助。

The project was funded by the National Science Foundation.

获2017年美国国家科学基金会科学与工程可视化挑战图解类别大奖。

* Winner of the 2017 National Science Foundation’s Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge (The Vizzies) in the Illustration category.

来源：谷德设计网

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