visual

“Using the protein regulator of G protein signaling–14 (RGS-14) as a tool, we found that the expression of this protein into layer 6 neurons of rat-brain area V2 promoted the conversion of a normal short-term ORM that normally lasts for 45 minutes into long-term memory detectable even after many months.”

Role of Layer 6 of V2 Visual Cortex in Object-Recognition Memory — López-Aranda et al. 325 (5936): 87 — Science

MANFRED ERJAUTZ – SECESSION




Me/We, 2002, Neonlogo, Straßenlampe,

Foto Matthias Herrmann

Neuron : Cortex in Reading :Visual Word Focus Area

“Surgery removed a small portion of word-responsive occipitotemporal cortex overlapping with the word-specific fMRI activation. The patient developed a marked reading deficit, while recognition of other visual categories remained intact. Furthermore, in the post-surgery fMRI map of visual cortex, only word-specific activations disappeared. Altogether, these results provide direct evidence for the causal role of the left occipitotemporal cortex in the recognition of visual words.”


Flow Visualization

David Small

“New visual languages have been created for information display which exploit the computer’s unique ability to render dynamic and three-dimensional typography. These languages demonstrate that the use of three dimensional form, expressive movement, visual focus and layering, in harmony with human perceptual abilities, improve navigation and contextual understanding of complex written documents.”

Small, D. Rethinking The Book. MSC Thesis, MIT 1999.

Granary Books

“observing progressive scholarship and supporting adventurous book making in the context of exploring the relationships between seeing and reading, reading and seeking.”

Robert Smithson
Heap of Language, 1966

Kaldron Home Page — Begun in the early 70s, Kaldron is the longest running magazine of visual poetry, or concrete poetry, or book art, the avant-garde intermedium between poetry and painting in the U.S., with an international and multicultural scope