1. The document announces a film screening and discussion on the topic of consciousness featuring a sculptor, neuroscientists, and an entrepreneur. 2. The filmmaker will be present to discuss the film, which explores how different fields approach and are affected by the concept of consciousness. 3. In addition to the film on consciousness, the document provides information on other upcoming events at the Rubin Museum of Art including music performances, art workshops, and additional film screenings.

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Conversations on Consciousness
What do art and science have to say about
consciousness? Perhaps no aspect of the mind is more
familiar or more puzzling than consciousness; it defies
definition. Yet our conscious experience of self and the
world is what shapes us and our history.
In an attempt to understand consciousness, filmmaker
Alex Gabbay invited sculptor Antony Gormley,
eminent neuroscientists Brian Butterworth and Beau
Lotto, and internet entrepreneur Twain Luu to explore
its meaning and how it affects their areas of work. See
this meaningful film beginning tonight, Wednesday,
February 15, when the filmmaker will be on hand to
discuss it with special guests.
Presenting Sponsor for Brainwave 2012
Photo: Antony Gormley's Another Place (1997) is
featured in the film Just Trial and Error, which makes its
US premiere at the Rubin Museum on February 15.
Just Trial and Error // Gigi // The Paintings of India: The
Enchanted Hills // Paris, Texas
Tim Berne/SNAKEOIL // Dawoud + Jimmy Lopez //
Nicole Atkins
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Family Art Lab // Christine Sun Kim + Jesse Prinz //
Steven Siegel + Taylor Carman // Heather Knight +
Dave Carmel // Douglas Iriving Repetto + Scott Barry
Kaufman
Tim Berne/SNAKEOIL
When
Friday, 2/17
7 p.m.
Price
$18 in advance
$20 on the day
10% off for members
$5 Student Rush
Tim Berne celebrates the release of his album,
SNAKEOIL, a potent blend of new voices and ideas.
Oscar Noriega (woodwinds), Matt Mitchell
(keyboards), and Ches Smith (percussion) bring fresh
sounds and vibrant energy. Berne responds with a
stunning book of pieces balancing compositional rigor
with fluid group improvisation.
Gigi
When
Friday, 2/17
9:30 p.m.
Price
Free with $7 bar
minimum
1958, USA, Vincente Minnelli, 119 min.
Introduced by Fashion Executive Fern Mallis
Why this movie is unforgettable:
Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold
crooning I Remember It Well
1.
The champagne-infused music of Lerner and
Lowe
2.
The turn-of-the-century gowns by Cecil Beaton3.
This film complements the fifth season of Brainwave,
which focuses on memory. Presented with support from
the MetLife Foundation.
Family Art Lab
When
Saturday, 2/18
10:30 a.m.
Price
$10 adult/child pair
$5 for members
$5 for additional child
or adult
Explore intriguing paintings, sculptures, and objects in
the museum's exhibitions and let them inspire your own
works of art.
February's Theme: Puppetry
Discover different kinds of puppet making in the
Himalayas. Then hear stories of heroes from Asia and
make your own puppets to retell and share the stories
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Inspired by the exhibition Hero, Villan, Yeti: Tibet in
Comics.
Just Trial and Error:
Conversations on Consciousness
When
Saturday, 2/18
2 & 4 p.m.
Price
$14
10% off for members
2010, UK, Alex Gabbay, 62 min.
In an attempt to understand consciousness, filmmaker
Alex Gabbay invites sculptor Antony Gormley, eminent
neuroscientists Brian Butterworth and Beau Lotto, and
internet entrepreneur Twain Luu to explore its meaning
and how it affects their areas of work.
Post-screening discussions with:
2:00 p.m. Steven Siegel, Taylor Carman, and Alex
Gabbay
4:00 p.m. Heather Knight, Dave Carmel, and Alex
Gabbay
This film is part of the fifth season of Brainwave, which
focuses on memory. Presented with support from the
MetLife Foundation.
The Paintings of India: The Enchanted Hills
When
Wednesday, 2/22
1 p.m.
Price
$10
Free for members
2003, India, Benoy K. Behl, 27 min.
In this film Benoy K. Behl sets out to explore the
aesthetics of miniature paintings created in the hills of
Himachal Pradesh.
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Spiral Music: Dawoud and Jimmy Lopez
When
Wednesday, 2/22
5-7 p.m.
Price
Free
Dawoud - sitar, dilruba
Jimmy Lopez - percussion
A visionary musician for the twenty-first century,
Dawoud has studied various styles of music from Indian
Raga and Arabic Maqam to Jazz and Electronica. He will
perform improvisations on ancient and modern motifs
with percussionist Jimmy Lopez.
Don’t forget about Himalayan Happy Hour…
Every Wednesday evening at the Cafe @ RMA unwind
with friends and co-workers with a glass of wine or pot
of tea with savories and sweets. Enjoy a special happy
hour discount on selected items while listening to local
musicians as they fill the air with sounds from across the
globe.
Just Trial and Error:
Conversations on Consciousness
When
Wednesday, 2/22
7 p.m.
Price
$14
10% off for members
2010, UK, Alex Gabbay, 62 min.
In an attempt to understand consciousness, filmmaker
Alex Gabbay invites sculptor Antony Gormley, eminent
neuroscientists Brian Butterworth and Beau Lotto, and
internet entrepreneur Twain Luu to explore its meaning
and how it affects their areas of work.
Post-screening discussion with Douglas Irving Repetto
and Scott Barry Kaufman
This film is part of the fifth season of Brainwave, which
focuses on memory. Presented with support from the
MetLife Foundation.
Nicole Atkins
When
Friday, 2/24
7 p.m.
Price
Limited Availability
$25 in advance
$30 day of
10% off for members
$5 student rush
Nicole Atkins has the sort of voice that belongs to an
earlier era. With her throaty vibrato and lushly
orchestrated pop songs, she brings to mind a blend of
Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, and Jenny Lewis.
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5. Paris, Texas
When
Friday, 2/24
9:30 p.m.
Price
Free with a
$7 bar minimum
1984, West Germany/France/UK/USA, Wim Wenders,
147 min.
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell
Introduced by film critic Don Shewey
Why this movie is unforgettable:
Nastassja Kinski wears that red angora sweater1.
Ry Cooder's score2.
It won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film
Festival and was legendary rocker Kurt Cobain's
favorite movie
3.
This film complements the fifth season of Brainwave,
which focuses on memory. Presented with support from
the MetLife Foundation.
Family Art Lab
When
Saturday, 2/25
10:30 a.m.
Price
$10 adult/child pair
$5 for members
$5 for additional child
or adult
Explore intriguing paintings, sculptures, and objects in
the museum's exhibitions and let them inspire your own
works of art.
February's Theme: Puppetry
Discover different kinds of puppet making in the Himalayas.
Then hear stories of heroes from Asia and make your own
puppets to retell and share the stories with friends and
family.
Inspired by the exhibition Hero, Villan, Yeti: Tibet in
Comics.
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