Beholding this project —inspired by the artist and inventor Brion Gysin’s ‘first artwork to be experienced with your eyes closed’ in 1959— in the heart of Woolwich during the coming weeks may bring you to an exploration of the limitless power of the human brain, the ways we each perceive stimulations, how this might determine our lives and who we become.

Along with Cardiff Council, Northern Ireland Science Festival, Edinburgh Science, and Edinburgh International Festival, and in association with Woolwich Works and W5 Belfast, the live experience will also be presented in Belfast and Edinburgh shortly. A New Direction collectively with the British Science Association and UNICEF UK will invite children to join together and discover how we create and in which way do we perceive what is surrounding us by a UK-wide schools programme.