Extreme Imagination Conference 2019

The world’s first conference for people with ‘extreme imagination’ took place at the University of Exeter, UK, on 5 – 7 April 2019.

The event was a great success – thanks to all those who organised, contributed, and participated.

Documentation of the proceedings will be assembled here.

           

 

Professor Adam Zeman – Phantasia: the psychological significance of visual imagery extremes

 

Professor Joel Pearson – The cognitive neuroscience of mental imagery

 

Dr Crawford Winlove – The Neural Basis of Visual Imagery

 

Extreme Imagination Artists’ Panel (audio only)
Extreme Imagination artists Isabel Nolan, Michael Chance, Kirsten Baron, Dominic Mason, and Andrew Bracey discuss their work with curators Susan Aldworth and Dr Matthew MacKisack.

 

 Q&A session with the Extreme Imagination speakers

 

Professor John Onians – Neural Deficits as Assets: Life as a Colour-Blind Art Historian

 

Professor Emily Holmes – Mental Imagery and Emotion: Psychology from lab to clinic

 

Professor Fiona Macpherson – What is it Like to Have Visual Imagery?

 

Closing remarks and next steps

 

Workshops

 

  • Learning – Kathryn Bates and Lizzy Booth
 

 

  • Drawing – Michael Chance

Drawing workshop slides

 

  • Creative Writing – Dustin Grinnell

Creative Writing workshop slides

How to Write with Aphantasia (Article)

 

  • Therapy – Nili Sigal

Therapy Workshop slides

 

Links to BBC coverage of the conference can be found here