Artribune Podcast: Paolo Canevari and Domenica Bueti on Art and Neuroscience

Artribune's podcast 'Contemporaneamente', curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, features a dialogue between artist Paolo Canevari and neuroscientist Domenica Bueti. They explore intersections of art and neuroscience, discussing technique, intuition, funding, and the necessity of exposing society to complexity. Canevari, an internationally renowned Italian artist whose works are held in MoMA New York, Louis Vuitton pour la Creation Paris, and MAXXI Rome, uses tire rubber and black color as his primary tools, investigating memory, symbols, and political consciousness. Bueti, a cognitive neuroscience professor at SISSA Trieste since 2016, directs the 'Laboratory of Time Perception' funded by the European Research Council and the Italian Ministry of University and Research. She earned her PhD at Sapienza University of Rome and conducted research at University College London and EPFL Lausanne. The podcast delves into how artworks have independent lives and symbolic value beyond artist, audience, and time, while the brain creates reality through neurophysiological mechanisms. Canevari likens the artist to a virus, emphasizing rigorous synthesis and technique serving universal poetic gesture. Bueti notes that scientific technical instruments are shared internationally across cultural contexts.