"Art and the theatre of mind and body" by Karen Ingham

Art and the theatre of mind and body: how contemporary arts practice is re-framing the anatomo-clinical theatre.

Neuroscience is a very attractive subject for artists, and indeed, for philosophers and scientists alike, as it deals with the ‘big questions’ such as: what is the self (and its corollary, what is ‘other’); what is consciousness; how does memory work (or not work).Ingham, K. (2010), Art and the theatre of mind and body: how contemporary arts practice is re-framing the anatomo-clinical theatre. Journal of Anatomy, 216: 251–263. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01166.x