Neuroscientist and psychobiologist, Jaak Panksepp took part in my data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED series on friday 23rd August in the Michaelis Gallery.

Jaak was not able to connect via Skype from his home city of Washington (as the other delegates that took part in the series had done) so we set up an impromptu performance in the gallery space. A wonderful opportunity to spend time studying the man who has spent his long and distinguished career studying emotional behavior in animals (most popularly known for proving that rats can laugh when tickled!)

data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp
data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp

Live ambidextrous painting action via Skype, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town.
“Suspicious Mind: artist’s exploration of mind and matter”- 13-30 August 2013

(photograph by Niklas Zimmer)


data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp
data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp

Live ambidextrous painting action, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town.
“Suspicious Mind: artist’s exploration of mind and matter”- 13-30 August 2013

(photograph by Niklas Zimmer)


data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp
data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp

Live ambidextrous painting action via Skype, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town.
“Suspicious Mind: artist’s exploration of mind and matter”- 13-30 August 2013

(photograph by Niklas Zimmer)


data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp
data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp

Live ambidextrous painting action via Skype, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town.
“Suspicious Mind: artist’s exploration of mind and matter”- 13-30 August 2013

(photograph by Niklas Zimmer)


data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp
data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp

Live ambidextrous painting action via Skype of neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town.
“Suspicious Mind: artist’s exploration of mind and matter”- 13-30 August 2013

(photograph by Niklas Zimmer)


data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp
data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp

Live ambidextrous painting action via Skype of neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town.
“Suspicious Mind: artist’s exploration of mind and matter”- 13-30 August 2013

(photograph by Niklas Zimmer)


data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp
data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp

painted with left hand
oil on board
240x180x16mm


data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp
data capture_DOUBLE TROUBLED_Jaak Panksepp

painted with right hand
oil on board
240x180x16mm

Thank you Niklas Zimmer for the photographs.