MESSAGES FROM ANOTHER WORLD
The story of Hans Berger's discovery that the brain emits rhythmic electrical pulsations (the EEG) as the Nazis rise to power.
BRAINLAND · Ken Barrett
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Show Notes
Brainland is a new opera that interweaves three stories from the history of 20th Neuroscience, created by four artists with a background in neuroscience and medicine, currently in development with by a range of associates. In these podcasts the creators of Brainland talk about the project and explore the historical background to those stories by speaking to academics and collaborators.
PODCAST 2: MESSAGES FROM ANOTHER WORLD
The second storyline in Brainland focusses on Professor Hans Berger, the German psychiatrist who, in the 1920s, discovered that the brain emits rhythmic electrical pulsations, the EEG. In this episode we hear about his personal doubts, struggle with the scientific establishment and final vindication, as the Nazis take power in his country.
Contributors:
Andrew Platman (librettist)
Ken Barrett (librettist/designer) http://www.kenbarrettstudio.co.uk/
Stephen Brown (composer) ( http://cornwallcomposers.com/stephen.htm
Musical extracts: Opening of Brainland scenes 2 and theme to accompany the discovery of the alpha rhythm.
The book mentioned in the podcast is Brainwaves: A cultural history of Electroencephalography, by Cornelius Borck. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781315569840/brainwaves-cultural-history-electroencephalography-cornelius-borck-ann-hentschel
Brainland the Podcast produced by Ken Barrett.
The image is from Brainland act 1, scene 2 - concept drawing in charcoal and chalk by Ken Barrett.
For the full score, libretto, story outline, designs, animations and more go to the opera website:
Click the link below for an animated prelude to Act 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNNcslZ2Mnc
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