ArtSci2001
Catalyst for Collaboration

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for separate webcasting of each presentation in the program.

 

How can the discoveries of scientific research and the powerful metaphors of art combine to impact society at large? Some artists and scientists are exploring the promise of art-sci collaborative projects. This third international symposium organized by Art and Science Collaboration, Inc. (ASCI) will feature multimedia presentations on extraordinary collaborative projects involving artists and scientists, ranging from photographs rendered in hybrid grass, and a musical score based on brain activity, to sculpture grown from living tissue, and brainwaves transmitted via the Internet. The presenters will discuss the opportunities and pitfalls of collaborating across disciplines and invite questions from the audience.

The symposium will kick-off with a Friday evening Keynote presentation by a notorious duo, Joe Davis, an artist at M.I.T. and Dr. Dana Boyd, biochemist at the Harvard Medical School. Their long-standing collaborative projects have pioneered art and the new "life sciences," from a project for NASA in outer-space to inventing a microscope that can "hear" micro-organisms. The public may attend the keynote apart from the symposium. Full details by clicking on "Friday night" in the left navigation bar.

In addition to art-sci project presentations and Friday evening keynote address, Saturday and Sunday programming will include breakout, poster, and resource sessions, plus many networking opportunities. The symposium will attract artists, scientists, technologists, writers, scholars, humanists, and all those interested in the synergy possible when barriers between disciplines are removed.

One of 28 Breakout Sessions


Nina Sobell presents Brainwave Drawings
(photo by Marcia Rudy)

For a full program schedule, images and descriptions of presentations, and registration and funder information, CLICK on the items on the navigation bar to the left.

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ArtSci2001 is a co-production of Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.(ASCI) and the Continuing Education & Public Programs and Science Research and Special Projects departments of The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) and was made possible through the generous support of The Rockefeller Foundation and AT&T, as well as our media sponsors: ArtByte magazine, Leonardo Journal and Nature magazine. Additionally, we gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following individuals who made the website launch possible: Adrienne and Doug Klein, and Cynthia Pannucci.

INTRODUCING the ArtSci INDEX.  To help fulfill the important incubating function of ArtSci2001, we are simultaneously launching a unique online resource called the ArtSci INDEX. Its purpose is to create a rich global database of resources and requests for individuals wishing to collaborate, barter, research or fund art-sci collaborative projects. It will have a special "matching" function to assist with the filtering of data relevant to your needs, making it an efficient way to research. We hope that you also might find a collaborator and then meet face-to-face at the symposium!

The entire event is being WEBCAST as a resource to the field.