Mirror neurons and the world history since the film was invented
Randi Nygård, 2011, interactive installation, texts, dvd, camera, 2011
Exhibition view from Project 0 at The Nordic House, Reykjavik
A mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when a human acts and when the human observes the same action performed by another. Thus, the neuron "mirrors" the behaviour of the other, as though the observer were itself acting. If your arm is numb and you see somebody else being touched on an arm, you will feel the touch.
Shell shock after Verdun
Mussolini
Silent polish Jews
Hitler deligheted by the sucsess of his submarines
Shipwrecked english ship crew with almost no chance of surviving
German neighbours visiting the nazi concentration camps
Rescued camp prisoners
Cuban revolution
Fidel Castor holding a speech
Mao Tse Tong presented as God of his nation
The chinese cultural revolution
Martin Luther King I have a dream
Vietnamese Boat refugees
The mothers of the plaza de mayo
Victims of apartheid
The opening of the Berlin Wall
Velvet revolution Prag 1989
Nelson Mandela released
East Congo refugees
Barack Obama the election night
Obama wins - the world reacts
Jong Tae-see crying for North Korea
Egypt 25th of January
Fukushima workers make progress in tackling the reactor
