Merging Minds is a live multiplayer art installation, that has been co-created as a result of a collaboration between artist/creative technologist duo Yambe Tam & Albert Barbu and the ‘Rethinking Collective Minds’ research strand, part of the Welcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford.

The work explores the philosophical questions of how we think and act as collectives; a phenomenon made increasingly more sophisticated through technological advances, brain-computer interfaces and digital social networks. As artists in residence, Yambe Tam & Albert Barbu have developed a bespoke multiplayer art videogame and accompanying sculptural artworks, which are inspired by this line of research at the WEH.

This free public exhibition explores the human role in these digital realms, and poses questions such as: Who am I? Where do I end and you begin? What are my responsibilities and rights in a connected and collective space?

To sign up for your place at the private view and launch event on Friday 12th May please use the link.

We look forward to welcoming you to the launch event, but if you cannot make it please do come and visit the exhibition during its run from the 11th to 21st May 2023 (closed Monday 15th) all times below:

11am-5pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday | 11-8pm; Saturday.