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Art and Science Have Great Chemistry
November 2 - 4, 2001, at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (between
34th & 35th Streets), New York, NY, USA
Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.(ASCI) announces its
third international ArtSci symposium, demonstrating the budding of a
new cultural paradigm wedded to science. Here, art and science
brought together, join metaphor with scientific discovery.
Increasingly, artists and scientists are working together
collaboratively. ArtSci2001 will feature multimedia presentations on
some of these extraordinary art-sci projects ranging from photographs
rendered in hybrid grass, to a musical score based on brain activity,
to sculpture grown from living tissue, and even robots designed for
performance. The presenters will discuss the opportunities and
pitfalls of collaborating across disciplines. This event will be held
November 2 - 4 at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (between
34th & 35th Streets).
Symposium presenters will represent a broad range of artistic
practice, including drawing, sculpture, video, multimedia, music
composition, and theater. Their scientist collaborators come from the
fields of statistics, biology, geology, anthropology, and physics. As
well, scholars from the areas of linguistics, social science, and
philosophy are involved in these collaborations. How do they bridge
the differences between the art and science disciplines? What is the
common ground? Where do they work and who funds such projects? These
questions will be addressed during the weekend-long symposium.
The event opens with a Friday night keynote address by a duo including
an artist profiled on ABC-TV's Nightline on July 6, 2001 and in Nature
Magazine, October 12, 2000. Joe Davis has worked as an
artist-in-residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for
20 years. He has had a proposal accepted by NASA for launch on the
space shuttle and he has made a microscope that can "hear" bacteria by
translating light information into sound. Among his many current
projects is "micro-fishing," going after paramecium with a
surf-casting rod and reel. Davis will be joined by Dr. Dana Boyd.
Dr. Boyd is a Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics at Harvard Medical School. In 1987, Boyd and Davis
synthesized a synthetic DNA molecule (Microvenus) that is now widely
regarded as the seminal work in art and the new "life sciences."
Tickets [$20] for Keynote are available separately from the symposium.
The symposium will also feature 32 small, lively, and informative
breakout sessions led by eminent art and science professionals
including: Barbara London, curator at MoMA, physicist Sidney
Perkowitz, author of Empire of Light; Laura McGough from the
Multidisciplinary area at the NEA; architect Meta Brunzema who is
designing floating swimming pools for the Hudson River; and Tony White
from the Collaborative Arts Unit at the Arts Council of England, among
others. The symposium will attract artists, scientists, technologists,
professors/teachers, writers, scholars, humanists, and all those
interested in the synergy possible when barriers between disciplines
are removed.
FULL DETAILS & EVENT SCHEDULE: www.asci.org
Preview Party for the Press on Friday, November 2, 5 - 6 p.m., at
CUNY, will offer the opportunity for journalists (plus funders, and
special guests) to meet the presenters, have an informal preview of
all 16 art-sci projects, and then stay for the keynote address!
Pre-registration discounts end - October 21, 2001.
ASCI 12-year Report (text and photos) can be found at:
www.asci.org/about/asci_12year_report_web.pdf
The ArtSci INDEX, an online research tool with special "matching"
function, will help nurture the collaborative process throughout the
year. Feedback from the current Sample Tour of the INDEX has provided
diverse and tangible need for this tool. The fully-functional site
will launch at ASCI's website in mid-October. [The INDEX is the
brain-child of Cynthia Pannucci, ASCI's founder/director.]
ArtSci2001 is a co-production of Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.
(ASCI), a 13-year-old non-profit organization based in New York City,
and the Science Research and the Continuing Education & Public
Programs departments of the Graduate Center at City University of New
York (CUNY). The symposium is made possible in part with the generous
support of The Rockefeller Foundation and The AT&T Foundation, as well
as media sponsors: Leonardo Journal and ArtByte magazine.
Cynthia Pannucci
Founder/Director of ASCI
pannucci@asci.org