The Invisible explores what lies beyond direct perception: sounds we cannot hear, influences on attention we may not notice, and mental processes we cannot see. Across three lectures, we examine how the invisible is detected, represented, and interpreted, and where the limits of our understanding lie.
1. Infrasound: the Secret Sense
There is a sonic environment around us beyond our human perception. But research suggests it can and does influence our emotional and sensory experience. This lecture will explore the strange and sometimes unnerving world of sub-aural frequencies.
Speaker: Jack Rennie is a musician and sound designer with a background in psychology (University of Oxford). He currently works in creative technology, using AI and biofeedback to create immersive gaming experiences.
2. The Economics of Attention: Does Paying Attention Pay You Back?
Being constantly online has turned our attention into a currency. Invisible threads pull our mind’s eye towards one thing or another, often with remarkably little input from us. What does this cost us? What, perhaps, do we gain? And how much attention do we actually have to sell? This lecture explores these questions.
Speaker: Denis Yukhnenko is a clinical psychologist, cognitive behavioural therapist, and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. His academic work uses data-driven approaches to study population mental health and its relationship with adverse outcomes, including crime and mortality. He has also spent 4,397 hours playing games on Steam and maintains an active interest in cat videos — both entirely unrelated to his lecture on attention.
3. Visualising the Invisible: How We Learned to See the Mind
Thoughts, emotions, and other mental processes are invisible, yet people have sought to make them visible. Across art, science, and tech, they have created images, symbols, and models of inner experience. This lecture traces that journey, from symbolic representation to brain imaging, and explores how it shapes our understanding of the mind.
Speaker: Diana Kaiutina is a researcher with a background in clinical psychology, neuroscience, and human–computer interaction (Goldsmiths University). She currently studies human behaviour and emerging technologies in the gaming industry, having previously worked in neuroscience labs and art institutions. She is still puzzled by how a bottom-shaped image became our shorthand for an invisible feeling.
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