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..... it's the social, political, and economic buzzword of our time.
But technology doesn't necessarily mean computer nerds and Bill Gates. Did you know that the Chief Scientist at AT&T Labs is a mathematician who is also President of the International Juggling Society? Like Leonardo, the creativity of minds working at the forefront of pure science also impact contemporary art and aesthetic thought. This interaction between creativity in art and science is the theme of ARTSCI98, a two-day symposium to be held in the Great Hall at Cooper Union on April 4 & 5, 1998.

Join 40 of our country's leading research scientists, artists, educators, writers and representatives from the science and technology industries as they reveal both micro and macro views of their work in relation to issues of discovery, creativity, innovation, invention, and current challenges. For example, one of our panelists, an innovative research director of composite materials science at DuPont is as inspired by nature and its systems as is one of our artist/panelists who grows in the ocean the materials for her public sculptures!   ArtSci98 will dispel misconceptions, confirm your suspicions about the advantages of multi-disciplinary learning, and take an affirmative step in the direction of narrowing the personal and professional schism between scientists, artists, and the general public.

Some of our panelists include:  Ronald Graham, Chief Scientist at AT&T Labs; Agnes Denes, environmental artist; Roger Malina, astro-physicist and editor of Leonardo Journal; Tod Machover, composer, hyper-instrument designer, M.I.T.; Tyler Volk , geo-physicist, author of "Gaia's Body Toward a Physiology of Earth"; Pauline Oliveros, composer and electronic music pioneer; Nadrian Seeman, originator of DNA nanotechnology; Mary Lucier, video installation artist; Ashok Dhingra, composite materials scientist at DuPont; Red Burns, Director of NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program; Christopher Janney, interactive sound artist for public spaces; Billy Kluver, founder with Robert Rauschenberg of E.A.T. (Experiments in Art & Technology)

Go to the Panelists button for a full list and bios.

ArtSci98 is Sponsored by  Discover Magazine, and Leonardo Journal, with additional support from AT&T.

Special thanks to Doris Vila for the design of the ArtSci98 logo and Roy Harrison for creation of this special web-segment. Thinkgreen@aol.com

This event is a co-production of Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) 718 816-9796 asci@asci.org and the Extended Studies Program of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. 212 353-4195