Milano gallery hosts scientific emotion lab inside Brave New World exhibition
During Fuorisalone 2023, Galleria STAYONBOARD in Milan presents 'Brave New World?', a group show curated by Nicola Bigliardi featuring artists Elisa Muliere, Guido Nosari, Günter Pusch, William West, and Albina Yaloza. The exhibition explores how digital media, AI, and NFTs reshape art, artist, and viewer relationships. A key component is a scientific emotion-measurement lab developed with psychologists from Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. Visitors watch a modified video of exhibited works while AI facial-recognition software tracks six basic emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust, fear), making the viewer a co-creator. The show's title references Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel. Bigliardi states the artist's challenge is not to take sides on technology but to disrupt habitual thinking, as history teaches.
Key facts
- Galleria STAYONBOARD in Milan hosts 'Brave New World?' exhibition during Fuorisalone 2023
- Curated by Nicola Bigliardi
- Artists: Elisa Muliere, Guido Nosari, Günter Pusch, William West, Albina Yaloza
- Works include painting, installations, and NFTs
- Scientific lab in collaboration with Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele psychologists
- AI software analyzes facial micro-expressions for six basic emotions
- Viewer becomes co-creator through emotional response measurement
- Title references Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel 'Brave New World'
Entities
Artists
- Elisa Muliere
- Guido Nosari
- Günter Pusch
- William West
- Albina Yaloza
- Aldous Huxley
- Paul Ekman
- Nicola Bigliardi
- Marta Pizzolante
Institutions
- Galleria STAYONBOARD
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
- Artribune
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
- Università di Trento
- CIMeC (Center for Mind/Brain Sciences)
Locations
- Milan
- Italy