The Graces
The graces are a series of works in progress exploring neuropathology vs psychopathology.
Lada Dedic
Grace of Fractured Reality, 2024
Immersive interactive installation, helmet, soundscape, convex mirror
Photo Aidan Tan
Talent Silas Oo
Lada Dedic
Grace of Fractured Reality, 2024
Immersive interactive installation, helmet, soundscape, convex mirror
Photo Aidan Tan
Talent Silas Oo
Lada Dedic
Grace of Diurnal Variation; Grace of the Makerspace
3D scanned hand knitted object 3D printed in PLA
Photo: Justin Bannon
Scanned with the assistance of ANU Makerspace Physics x Engineering
Lada Dedic
Grace of Mixed Affect; Grace of the Schoolhouse
3D scanned hand knitted object 3D printed in PLA, 23 karat gold gilding, pressed metal gilding, combination 23 karat gold and pressed metal gilding
Photo: Artist
Lada Dedic
Grace of the Elevation; Grace of No Fixed Address
Recycled t-shirt fabric, rare earth activators, resin
Photo: Ian Hobbs
form with the assistance of Claire Tennant
Lada Dedic
Grace of the Melancholia; Grace of the Hospital
Recycled t-shirt fabric, metallic thread, isocyanate and polyol resin, culture hustle black 3.0
Photo: Bob Newman
Selected Works in Progress Images
The brain-mind conundrum has long been the subject of debate and speculation among physicians, scientists, and philosophers.
The Graces are a series of artistic reflections and ruminations rather than clinical analysis that delve into the intersection of neuropathology and psychopathology, emphasizing the blurred lines in the aetiology, treatment, and lived experiences of individuals with somatic, psychiatric, and neurological conditions.
Cognitive functions are intrinsically linked to neurological functions, making serious psychiatric disorders an extension of neurological dysfunction. Due to the limitations of primitive technologies, there is a pattern of heuristically labelling unquantifiable disorders as mental illnesses when clinicians are not able to detect a physical cause for symptoms. Even with modern advancements like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalograms (EEGs), we still struggle to precisely identify the differences between brain and mind functions and the underlying causes of these disorders.
The brain and the mind, it seems, remain uncharted territory. Much like the exploration of land, space, and sea, there is still much to be discovered and understood.