Art and Brain Week 2018

Where
Jerusalem Cinematheque

“Art and Brain Week” – a unique collaboration between the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC) at the Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Cinematheque, The Khan Theatre and The Jerusalem Brain Community – takes place as part of the international “Brain Awareness Week”.

The purpose of the “Brain Awareness Week”, marked annually in March, is to raise public awareness to the importance of brain research and present research advances in the field. ELSC’s “Art and Brain Week” promotes this goal while strengthening the relationship between community and academia.

The “Art & Brain week” will take place on February 24-March 3, 2018. During the week a special scientific event will be held every evening at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and will include a lecture by a leading neuroscientist who is at the forefront of research, and a screening of a film related to the lecture.

• On Saturday, February 24, a special event will take place at the Khan Theatre, which will include a lecture about MRI and the science of mind-reading. Afterwards a new play, titled “The Nether,” will be shown.
• On Sunday, February 25, apart from the lecture, a one-time-only “Scientific Stand-up” routine will be given by Prof. Ariel Darvasi.
• On Thursday, March 1, a special Purim event will take place on the topic of humor.
• On Friday, March 2 at 22:00, an event called “Friday at Ten” will be held at the Jerusalem Cinematheque (Entrance – 10 Shekels, Beer – 10 Shekels, Popcorn – 10 Shekels) in which Doron Fishler will host three young brain researchers in an evening of science, humor and cinema.
• On Saturday, March 3, Prof. Idan Segev and Prof. Yair Weiss will hold a special panel discussion on the topic of the future of brain sciences and artificial intelligence.

Additionally, starting February 25, a unique exhibition will be presented at the Jerusalem Cinematheque titled “Potential -> Action,” which will reveal the surprising links between brain research and the new brain science building that is soon to be opened. The exhibition will be open until March 19.

Every evening, before the lecture and film, different laboratories from the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences will present their latest discoveries in the field of brain research. These presentations in the Cinematheque lobby will be presented to the public by ELSC’s promising young scientists.