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Dr. Lucy Somers is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sussex's School of Psychology, combining roles as a practicing artist and scientific researcher. Her work focuses on color vision, exploring how human visual systems process color through interdisciplinary approaches. She collaborates with the Sussex Colour Group and the Baby Lab, investigating how life experiences influence color perception. Her research uses advanced visual stimuli to study sensory processing, informed by her artistic ethos of 'sensory excess.'
Research Interests: Lucy's scientific work examines color manipulation in human vision, leveraging artistic techniques to create controlled experiments with visually complex stimuli. She explores intersections between art and science, such as collaborations with artist Yoshua Okon to design color vision tests that create cultural dialogues based on audience visual differences. Her research bridges psychology, neuroscience, and art, emphasizing the interplay between perception and lived experience.
Consulting & Artistic Work: Lucy's painting practice focuses on series-based explorations of objects (e.g., chairs, poinsettias) and abstract geometric fields. Her art critiques spatial perception and materiality, with pieces like Midnight Traffic and Hold It sold commercially. She merges artistic and scientific methods, using color as a unifying discipline.
Labs & Collaborations: Affiliated with the Sussex Colour Group, she studies infant and adult color perception. Her work with the Baby Lab explores developmental aspects of visual processing. Ongoing projects include color vision deficiency-based art collaborations.
Grants & Awards: No specific grants or awards explicitly detailed in provided texts.
