Francisco Varela: Art Meets Science and Spirituality, Part 3: Crisis of Perception

Artist Jacques van der Heyden, neurophysiologist/cognitive scientist Francisco Varela, and Carmelite nun Mother Tessa Bielecki are interviewed. Artists, scientists, spiritual leaders and economists gathered in Amsterdam in 1990 to explore the emerging paradigm of a holistic world view and the implications for a global economy. The five day conference was inspired by the artists Joseph Beuys and Robert Filliou, and manifested by Louwrien Wijers, who called it a “mental sculpture.”