INTERIOR TRACES: A NEW RADIO DRAMA AND PERFORMANCE PROJECT EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF BRAIN IMAGING ON SOCIETY

When the first neurologists started mapping the brain’s functions, they profoundly changed our understanding of its relation to the mind. Today, imaging technologies allow us to observe the structures of the living brain in incredible detail, whilst the future promises an ever-greater appreciation of how our brain, environment, and genes interact to produce behaviour and personality.

Interior Traces is a six-part radio drama, video, performance and debate that looks at how our images and imaginings of the brain have radically changed medicine, law, ethics and our sense of self, and might continue to do so. Spanning one hundred and thirty years, it examines the possible lives of two characters had they lived in Britain in 1906, 2009, and 2030.

The episodes are accompanied by specially-commissioned video works and musical scores and will be performed at three live events in London in May, at Cheltenham Science Festival and broadcast on Resonance 104fm. Each event will be followed by panel discussions with experts from the fields of neuroscience, law, neuroethics and the history of medicine. All events are free.

For full details and booking information see www.interiortraces.com