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“Study the science of art and the art of science.” - Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci: "Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses and especially, learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else" and "only through experimentation can we know anything."

Science is the king of art subjects. It is the art of inventions, discoveries, innovations and gaining more knowledge.

"Science is the new art".

Science-art: selling art to scientists and science to artists.

Education is all about learning all those you want to learn and applying wherever possible.

Albert Einstein’s quote — “the greatest scientists are artists as well”.

Science has always relied on visual representation to convey key concepts.

‘If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it.’ - Albert Einstein

Math is undeniably artistic

An interdisciplinary researcher must face the challenge of being proficient in two (or multiple) different research areas! Not only must s/he be familiar with key principles and methodology in each area, but also understand baseless "biases" and "dogmas" that are a result of inbreeding, and struggle to fight these, as new knowledge emerges from her/his research. An unenviable task indeed! The pointlessness of evaluating such researchers work with conventional metrics should be aptly emphasized.

“The best scientists, engineers and mathematicians are incredibly creative in their approaches to problem-solving and application development”.

"Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her." – Jacob Bronowski

In scientia veritas, in arte honestas — in science truth, in art honor

E.W. Sinnot, the American biologist and philosopher: "Stored images in the mind are the basis for new creative ideas."

Science based art and literature : communicating complexity through simplicity - Krishna

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
--Physicist and Violinist Albert Einstein

Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything by Anonymous

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art - Will Durant

Life itself is a beautiful interaction between art and science. You can't escape it! - Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa

"The Science of Art is like putting a microphone to the whispers of creativity that echo through the halls of every research laboratory fused with the late night musings of the artists in their studios" - Sachi DeCou

“Every Science begins as Philosophy and ends as Art, it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement”- Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy

Scientists can be artists as well, while they submit their academic papers, and theses they often draw their own illustrations!

Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you, no humility, no compassion.
-Eckhart Tolle

Science has enabled the kind of art we’ve never before seen.

Without the arts, science is hobbled. Without science, art is static.

John Maeda wrote of Leonardo da Vinci’s observations that art is the queen of science.

“Science is as much cultural as art is cultural,”

Art is science made clear (what!).

"The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle.

Science is a search for answers, based on logic, rationality and verification. Its workplace is the laboratory.

In contrast, art is a search for questions, based on intuition, feeling and speculation. Its workplace is the studio.

DaVinci himself said, "Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world. "
"Art is the heart's explosion on the world. Music. Dance. Poetry. Art on canvas, on walls, on our skins. There is probably no more powerful force for change in this uncertain and crisis-ridden world than young people and their art. It is the consciousness of the world breaking away from the strangle grip of an archaic social order." - Luis J. Rodriguez.

For Dawkins, understanding the science behind natural phenomena (and sometimes being reminded of how much more we have yet to learn or discover) can still make our encounters with them sublime. From this point of view, science is the champion of artistic creativity, not its enemy.

"Scientists and artists are both trying to get a better understanding of the world around us, but they are doing it through different lenses,"

It takes many skills to achieve truly remarkable things. A diverse view to solving problems is best.

You need a deep understanding of science to actually manipulate concepts in novel ways and get creative in science - Krishna

"If you hear a voice within you saying, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint ... and that voice will be silenced, but only by working."
-- Vincent van Gogh, in a letter to his brother Theo, 28 October 1883.

"The line between art and science is a thin one, and it waves back and forth”

"One of the most common misconceptions about science is that it isn't creative — that it is inflexible, prescribed or boring. Actually, creativity is a crucial part of how we do science"!

"All knowledge has its origins in perception." Da Vinci.

“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it; and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful." Jules Henri Poincare

The beauty of art lies in the inimitable creativity of the artist and in the interpretation of the beholder.

"Artists see things one way and scientists another and the really interesting thing is in what's in between."

Einstein’s support of artistic endeavors is both well-known and well-documented.

“The greatest scientists are artists as well,” he once said.

Atul Dodiya (Indian Artist) : Life is beautiful as a painter. Changing colour, observing life and paying attention to every detail that we’re exposed to, and then giving our own vision to it… Nothing gives me more joy.

Art : You accomplish a task that is called art as there is no specific postulates or guidelines.

Science : You do the work with a set of guidelines.

"Change and risk-taking are normal aspects of the creative process. They are the lubricants that keep the wheels in motion. A creative act is not necessarily something that has never been done; it is something you have never done."
-- Nita Leland in The Creative Artis

Pablo Picasso once said, "Good artists copy, great artists steal." All creative artists build upon the work established by the masters before them. ( Not me!- Krishna)

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep – Scott Adams

‘Art makes science come alive for students’

Albert Einstein - “The greatest scientists are artists as well”.

“ Science art shows some of the incredible natural beauty that researchers in life sciences see every day in their work.”

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 20, 2014 at 6:10am: Science artist to build giant phone charger powered by 800 pieces of fruit and vegetable
Early experiments in organic energy have led to artist Caleb Charland’s creation of a huge phone charger, made using 800 pieces of fruit and vegetables and set to be unveiled in London’s Westfield shopping centre next week.

Charland’s large-scale installation, forged from nails and wire threaded through the groceries, is part of Back to Light, a project inspired by the thoughts of scientist Michael Faraday, who once claimed that “nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature”.

“It expands upon a classic grade school science project, the potato battery,” Charland says of the 20-foot wide charger, made for a Lumia device in a commission by technology giants Microsoft and the Carphone Warehouse.

“By inserting a galvanized nail into one side of a potato and a copper wire in the other side, a small electrical current is generated.
A hand-built circuit allows an electrical current, equating to an average of 20mA and six volts, to flow through the structure.

Runs July 24 2014, 9.30am-5pm.
http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/science-art/art49121...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 18, 2014 at 11:00am: BIO-FICTION SCIENCE ART FILM FESTIVAL
Museum of Natural History, Vienna
23 - 25 October, 2014
Submit your SHORT FILM about synthetic biology.
Bio-fiction explores the emerging field of synthetic biology from different disciplinary angles including science and engineering, social science, cultural studies, amateur biology, film makers, artists and designers. We will have presentations, panel discussions, do-it-yourself biology demos, performances, art work and of course film screenings. It features short films on any aspect of synthetic biology, including documentary films, animation, (science) fiction etc.
Submission deadline: 31 August, 2014
bio-fiction.com/2014/

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 18, 2014 at 10:59am: Human Mircobiome Commission
The Eden Project is seeking to commission pieces of work for an upcoming exhibition that will explore the unfolding story of the human microbiome providing new ways of understanding and linking human health and planetary health in a rapidly-changing world.
Our body is a community containing many trillions of useful microbes which all work together to keep us healthy (forming, feeding and defending us). We are an ecosystem in the same way as a rainforest is. How does our ‘microbiome’ work? What happens when it goes out of balance? How can we help keep it in balance? How can we apply these lessons to the planet we live on as well as the world within us?
We invite proposals for new work, but are also interested in existing pieces that relate to the subject. We would help and encourage artist/scientist collaborations. We welcome proposals in all variety of media (digital, film, sound, textiles, ceramics etc....)

More information: http://www.edenproject.com/human-microbiome-commission
Artist fee (variable): up to £10,000 (please note this is a maximum, not a target) Deadline for submission: 18th July 2014

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 18, 2014 at 10:58am: FOOD WATER LIFE Residency
Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
19 January - February 27, 2015
The Food Water Life residency asks artists to explore concerns such as biodiversity; environmental sustainability; social economy; human rights; and envision a new world of tomorrow. Artists working across all mediums who share a deep interest in these issues are invited to gather, brainstorm, and create with Lucy + Jorge Orta. Financial aid is available.
Deadline for applications: 16 July, 2014 www.banffcentre.ca/programs

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 18, 2014 at 10:57am: SymbioticA related:

ADAPTATION
The Cannery Arts Centre, Esperance, WA
19 July - 31 August, 2014
Presented by Art On The Move (supported by The Department of Culture and the Arts Western Australia) Adaptation comes to Esperance! From the microbe to the macro, and everything in between, Adaptation is an artistic research project partnership between SymbioticA and the City of Mandurah.
The participating artists responded to their environmental concerns through biology and scientific methods, and went beyond didactic or descriptive artworks to those that challenge the viewer to think about the broader issues surrounding the Lake Clifton site in Mandurah (home to the trombolites).
Opening: 18 July, 6pm, Cliffs Gallery, Cannery Arts Centre, Esperance bit.ly/1oHpBum

Biotechnologies, Synthetic Biology, A Life and the Arts Web companion of the Leonardo ebook Meta-Life. Co-edited by Oron Catts and featuring papers from Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr's research.
synthbioart.texashats.org/

Nerves in Patterns on a Screen
Devon Ward
Runs until 22 July 2014
Paper Mountain Gallery, Perth Western Australia Nerves in Patterns on a Screen is a speculative exhibition by Devon Ward that investigates the levels of care and control that humans maintain over microscopic life in order to generate knowledge. Traditionally a hierarchical order is maintained during laboratory experiments, whereby someone observes and something is observed. This project explores how biological technologies that digitally record the activities of life can be re-framed as a means of destabilizing this order. Instead of extending of our perceptual boundaries, the limits of the observational tools are shown.Living neural tissue is employed as both medium and agent in this project.
Digital animations are choreographed and corrupted by the electrical signals of neurons as our technological gaze is disrupted by the agency of life. A collection of chapbooks accompanies the digital, featuring typographic collages and biodigital poetries that cut up the rules of language. These works ruminate on the imposition of symbolism on both digital and biological life, creating a biosemiotic exchange in which an electrical impulses are imbued with meaning.
Nerves in Patterns on a Screen is the culmination of Devon’s research while pursuing a Master of Biological Art with SymbioticA at the University of Western Australia. During this research, he engaged with scientific laboratory practices, drawing inspiration from the unpredictable and sometimes chaotic experiences when working with wet biology. The outcome, Nerves in Patterns on a Screen, explores the digitization of life processes and the materiality of the digital. http://on.fb.me/1oDv6JS

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 18, 2014 at 10:47am: Jeff Koon's sci-art projects:

Jeff Koons's Science Projects

A floating basketball, a giant mound of Play-Doh, an exact replica of the Liberty Bell: His works result from artistic vision, yes, but also some physics and chemistry wizardry.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/the-scienc...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 18, 2014 at 10:45am: Science fiction art:
http://www.museumofsciencefiction.org/omni/

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 17, 2014 at 8:13am: The Chemistry of Art

integrating art and chemistry.

http://www.times-georgian.com/article_42f0d994-0d0c-11e4-b0a3-0017a...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 17, 2014 at 8:07am: Gedankenexperiment exhibit brings art, science together

A fascinating and important exhibition of sculpture (in the largest sense of that word) is now on view at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the art gallery space on the ground floor of their building on 12th Street and New York Avenue in Washington, D.C. The exhibit, organized by the Washington Sculptors Group in collaboration with the AAAS Art of Science and Technology Program and the AAAS Art Committee.
Gedankenexperiment” is the German term used by Albert Einstein to describe his use of conceptual, rather than actual, experiments. Literally translated as “thought experiment” the idea can imply some kind of imaginative or intellectual device used to investigate a proposition, particularly the effects of a hypothesis or theory that can’t easily be proved in the physical world. The challenge then to the artists was to conduct their own thought experiments, but to demonstrate them in artistic expressions of a very wide variety, employing an equally broad range of media to do that.
http://www.gazette.net/article/20140716/ENTERTAINMENT/140719749/115...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 16, 2014 at 9:31am: Art helping science:

DNA Origami (the art of paper folding was taken as inspiration here ) Delivers Anti-Cancer Drug
DNA origami could be used to deliver harmful anti-cancer drugs in a more targeted fashion, study shows.
Scientists have shown that DNA origami can be used for the targeted delivery of cancer drugs to tumor cells in mice. The study documenting these findings has been published in the journal ACS Nano.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn502058j
Abstract: Many chemotherapeutics used for cancer treatments encounter issues during delivery to tumors in vivo and may have high levels of systemic toxicity due to their nonspecific distribution. Various materials have been explored to fabricate nanoparticles as drug carriers to improve delivery efficiency. However, most of these materials suffer from multiple drawbacks, such as limited biocompatibility and inability to engineer spatially addressable surfaces that can be utilized for multifunctional activity. Here, we demonstrate that DNA origami possessed enhanced tumor passive targeting and long-lasting properties at the tumor region. Particularly, the triangle-shaped DNA origami exhibits optimal tumor passive targeting accumulation. The delivery of the known anticancer drug doxorubicin into tumors by self-assembled DNA origami nanostructures was performed, and this approach showed prominent therapeutic efficacy in vivo. The DNA origami carriers were prepared through the self-assembly of M13mp18 phage DNA and hundreds of complementary DNA helper strands; the doxorubicin was subsequently noncovalently intercalated into these nanostructures. After conducting fluorescence imaging and safety evaluation, the doxorubicin-containing DNA origami exhibited remarkable antitumor efficacy without observable systemic toxicity in nude mice bearing orthotopic breast tumors labeled with green fluorescent protein. Our results demonstrated the potential of DNA origami nanostructures as innovative platforms for the efficient and safe drug delivery of cancer therapeutics in vivo.