Cybersentics Book Club
November 2025: Brainmedia
Participate in a fascinating new social reading group exploring biofeedback, cyborg theory, and the human sensorium.
Cybersentics Book Club
Meeting 1: Sunday, November 23, 2025
12 – 2PM
All ages welcome. A high school reading level or above is recommended.
Hosted upstairs in the Gray Area Incubator, not wheelchair or mobility accessible
View our FAQ page for more info, or contact us at [email protected] with any accommodation requests.
This Month's Reading:
Lysen, F. (2022). Brainmedia: One hundred years of performing live brains, 1920– 2020. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
About the Cybersentics Book Club
Gray Area is pleased to host a new reading group, the Cybersentics Book Club that will explore the human sensorium through the lens of art and technology.
In the first cycle, Cybersentic's reading list will center key themes related to the bidirectional flow of information between bodies and the environment. The outward perspective examines biofeedback, while the inward perspective focuses on cyborg art.
This book club is a fit for artists, makers, researchers, scholars, engineers, and anyone curious about the integration of technology and art. Join us as we investigate how to enhance our sensory experiences, from biofeedback and sonification to embedding sensors that challenge our perceptions.
Our group's purpose is to cultivate a welcoming community that fosters knowledge-sharing and collaboration. Whether you're seeking to connect with potential collaborators, look for answers to pressing questions, gain critical insights, or engage in peer learning, this is the place for you!
PDF copies of readings will be distributed to registrants via e-mail. Space is limited to 30 participants. Cybersentics is organized and led by Gray Area Research Fellow Anastasia Chernysheva as part of the Biofeedback Art|Research Network (BARN).
An open-access library that accompanies this book club can be accessed here.
About the Host
Anastasia Chernysheva
Anastasia Chernysheva is a scholar and curator specializing in the cultural reception of neurotechnology and the mediation of knowledge about the brain and mental life through art. To learn more, check out Cybersentics Book Club and Library at Gray Area.
About the Author
Flora Lysen
Flora Lysen is Assistant Professor in the history of science and media and a member of the Science and Technology Studies research group (MUSTS) at Maastricht University. She studies how scientific concepts develop and circulate between different disciplinary domains and social spaces. Her work focuses on practices of imag(in)ing the body and the brain, in particular the interaction between technology and the senses.
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