Mind Gap

Abstract

Mind Gap was a museum exhibition in Oslo in 2011 and 2012 that offered a glimpse into the universe of neuroscience and aimed to examine neuroscience as practice and culture. This review reflects upon how the museum approached the field of neuroscience, and how the initial research and ideas concerning content were visualized and made into an experience. The focus of the exhibition was the gap between popular culture's notion about the brain and the researcher's far more specific (lack of) knowledge about this organ. The exhibition was designed by the American artist Robert Wilson and co-designer, scenographer Serge von Arx, with the curatorial intent of combining form and content in a layout that allowed people to immerse themselves in the universe of neuroscience, encouraging them to ask their own questions. The usefulness of such an experimental exhibition for science is discussed.