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Transforming the Boundaries of Visual Perception: An Athenaeum Talk with Linda Alterwitz
For doctors, diagnostic imaging tools like X-rays and MRIs are indispensable for gning insights into our inner workings. Artist Linda Alterwitz translates these images into ethereal art pieces that illuminate new perspectives on experiences. In a talk titled At the Intersection of Art and Science at Claremont McKenna College CMC, co-sponsored by CMC’s Gould Center for istic Studies and the Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences, she shared her innovative approach to merging science with artistic expression.
Earlier in the day, Alterwitz facilitated an art-making workshop for Gould Fellowsstudents from across the Claremont Collegeswho explored their creativity through transforming canine X-rays into unique artwork. She encouraged participants to engage both sides of their brns, flip their images upside down, and contemplate how they could interpret medical imagery as something entirely personal.
Professor Amy Kind, director of the Gould Center, highlighted Alterwitz’s ability to bridge disciplines by showing how art can be a powerful tool for visualizing scientific concepts. “Linda’s work inspires us to explore different ways of seeing the world,” Kind sd.
In her talk to faculty, staff, students from both ities and sciences, as well as the Gould Fellows who atted the afternoon event, Alterwitz unveiled several bodies of works spanning a decade that she has medical imagery. She explned how the inspiration for these projects was sparked by her recovery from a brn tumor, which led her to see an X-ray of her own brn.
She began her presentation with a slide show that detled her behind works like patterns by EKGs and EEGs, and functional MRIs transposed onto landscape images. Alterwitz also showcased series where she used medical-grade EEG devices, asking participants about their experiences and the places they consider as personal sanctuaries.
She elaborated on her interest in exploring the interplay between rhythmssuch as heartbeats, breath patterns, and brn wavesand the natural world. Her art reveal invisible connections binding s to Earth through an artistic lens.
When asked by a first-year student majoring in Psychology and Philosophy if she considers herself part of a scientific community given her interdisciplinary nature, Alterwitz explned that she balances logical reasoning with creative expression: I see myself as someone who uses both halves of my brn effectively. I have always been good at math but also very artistic since childhood.
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