Greg Dunn: “I enjoy Asian art. I particularly love minimalist scroll and screen painting from the Edo period in Japan. I am also a fan of neuroscience. Therefore, it was a fine day when two of my passions came together upon the realization that the elegant forms of neurons (the cells that comprise your brain) can be painted expressively in the Asian sumi-e style. Neurons may be tiny in scale, but they posess the same beauty seen in traditional forms of the medium (trees, flowers, and animals)”.
“I admire the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean masters because of their confidence in simplicity. I try to emulate this idea.”
“In October 2011 I finished my doctorate in Neuroscience at University of Pennsylvania. Since then I have been devoting my time to painting. When I’m not doing this I’m enjoying reading scientific papers, playing music and watching “How Its Made””. Greg Dunn
Principal collaborator, Dr. Brian Edwards is an applied physicist and is the only recipient of Greg Dunn’s prestigious honorary distinction Beast of Knowledge. Hardened by the cherished Mennonite values of suffering, ceaseless work, and suffering, Dr. Edwards has no time for the whimsy and trifle of theory. An experimentalist with a capital E, Dr. Brain likes to make things work and doesn’t care if he gets electrocuted, burned, or poisoned in the process.
A quirky fellow, despite working for several years on a project that went into exhaustive depth on the brain, Brian steadfastly refuses to learn anything whatsoever about it and prefers his own personal nomenclature- Region A, Region B, and so on. Brian is the kind of person you work with when you want to see the relative weakness of your own organizational skills, ability to predict unforeseen problems, and work ethic thrown into the glaring light of day. To learn more about this man’s oppressive competence.
Will Drinker is a filmmaker, documentarian, producer, puppeteer, ventriloquist, musician, pathological punner, and co-founder of the Universe-famous Time Life Pizza Collection. A man dedicated to his craft, Will does not rest until the shot is got. Few have endured the slow and painful learning curve that is photographing microetchings and other highly reflective surfaces, and Will’s inability to drop a shot until it is perfect has been both friend and foe in this quest. Maker of many films and writer of many scripts, Will is now working on a longer form documentary about the creation of Self Reflected when he isn’t preoccupied with infusing pop culture with pizza references.
