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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 August 5, 2013 at 5:31am: http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/08/03/entertainment/arts/do...
artist Patricia Laspino shows her orchids at 'Art of Awareness' in Orange
Branford artist Patricia Laspino and her husband, Andrew, have taken infatuation with the flower to a new level, both in her efforts to capture them in her stunning, layered works, 32 of which are currently on display through Sept. 14 at The Davis Gallery, 200 Boston Post Road in Orange, and their work through the Orchid Alliance Project-Bridging Science and Art, which they founded eight years ago and involves scholarly research with such organizations as the Smithsonian Institution.
Their interest is both aesthetic and scientific. Patricia calls the flower “the icon of evolution,” and they both consider it “the canary in the mine” for topical subjects such as climate change and adaptation and endangered species, not to mention that its diverse locales and historical significance in some societies make it a kind of global goodwill ambassador.
You can see things in a completely different way by bridging arts and science,” Patricia says. “We look for information and material from the science world, and by working with those kinds of people, it changes me as an artist and how I see the world. It’s an incredible project and interesting exploration, one that I feel I’m connected to for the rest of my life.”

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 4, 2013 at 5:52am: http://artdaily.com/news/64146/Exhibition-in-Edinburgh-sheds-new-li...
Exhibition in Edinburgh sheds new light on Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 3, 2013 at 8:48am: http://exploringtheinvisible.com/2013/07/05/c-mould-living-paints/

Exploring The Invisible
A unique blend of art and science that reveals the hidden machinations of the natural world

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 3, 2013 at 8:42am: ESSAY PRIZE CALL
TOPIC: NEW MEDIA ART, ELECTRONIC AUDIOVISUAL ART, MULTIMEDIA ART, VIDEO ART, CYBERART, BIOART, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES and any creative symbiosis between art, science and technology.
MADATAC, in its aspiration to spread the bibliography in Spanish concerning the practice, study and research of new media narratives and tools of the new audiovisual digital art in all its forms, not forgetting the contributions of the past, calls for a prize of essay eligible for all authors, regardless of their nationality, provided that the manuscript is written in Spanish or English language and fits the theme of the prize, be original, unpublished and has not previously been awarded in any other competition, or corresponds to a deceased author before submitting the work for the award. Collections of articles will not be accepted.
For more info: info@madatac.es
Call closes 2 Sept 2013

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 3, 2013 at 8:40am: Symbiotica related:
Call for expressions of interest
The Biogenic Timestamp Project is funded by the Creative Partnerships with Asia program of the Arts Funding Division, Australia Council for the Arts. This project is a collaboration between Australia and Japan's leading Biological Art labs and practitioners. It proposes to research and develop an ecological and biological art project and conduct workshops in three different sites - metaPhorest in Tokyo, SymbioticA in Perth and the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara. SymbioticA is seeking expressions of interest from Australian artists who if selected will be invited to join Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr to co-develop the research project commencing late 2013. The successful Artist will be offered a fee and travel expenses to Japan and the Pilbara.
This project is an artistic, multidisciplinary and trans-cultural exploration conceptualising deep time and the notion of time as an instrument for humility, in the context of our profound and accelerating impact on Earth's landscape and ecology. Specifically it will connect and enable exchanges and dialogue between artists, theorists and scientists from geographical areas that are profoundly marked by the meeting of our "biogenic" (biological) past and future: from Western Australia's Pilbara iron ore mines to labs in Japan, where new manipulation of living systems promise vast profits. We will draw on the cultural legacy of mining and biotech industries and reflect on the impact of increasingly drastic (biological) methods to extract "deposits" from the earth.

-Closing date for EOIs is the 15th of August 2013.
-We'll accept up to one page of text plus artist's CV.
-Each of the labs will be between a week and 10 days. At this stage we are looking at the following:

Pilbara - second half of October 2013
Tokyo - end of February/beginning of March 2014
SymbioticA - TBC: The Australian artists selected will need to negotiate a short research period at SymbioticA.

Email expressions of interest together with a CV to: christopher.cobilis@uwa.edu.au

Semipermeable (+): SymbioticA at ISEA 2013
Powerhouse Museum Sydney
Until 21 August 2013
SymbioticA's latest exhibition curated by Oron Catts looks at the membrane as a site, metaphor and platform for a series of artistic interventions and projects, some commissioned specifically for the show and others selected from the many projects developed at SymbioticA since 2000.
Artists include: Cat Hope, Nigel Helyer, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Corrie Van Sice, Verena Friedrich, Sam Fox, Benjamin Forster, Guy Ben-Ary & Kirsten Hudson, Donna Franklin, Tagny Duff, Andre Brodyk and Svenja Kratz.
http://www.isea2013.org/events/semipermiable-plus/

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 3, 2013 at 8:39am: http://www.papermountain.org.au/about-the-shiftwork-performance/
Sleep as science: artistic creations:
Perth based artists Shannon Williamson (NZ) and Loren Kronemyer (USA/AU) will be presenting their exhibtion Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep at Paper Mountain 17 August – 1 September. To develop their final works for the show the pair will be engaging in a 48hr sleep lab performance entitled Shiftwork: 48 hrs. Throughout the performance one artist will perform the role of the sleep technician, the other the sleeper, for 8 hours at a time before switching roles. They will do this continuously for 48 hours, with the ‘technician’ posting one photo every hour.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 3, 2013 at 8:38am: http://www.tinekecreations.com/en/events/immortal-breath-exhibition
Melody Smith Gallery + Projects presents ‘Immortal Breath’ an exhibition of new work by artist Tineke Van der Eecken. Using the process of plastination, Van der Eecken prepares the lungs for a technique called ‘corrosion casting’ during a residency at SymbioticA. The beauty and fragility of the lungs is perfectly preserved and then replicated in silver and adorned with semi-precious gems in intricately detailed silver bracelets, earrings, rings and pendants. Immortal Breath will also feature a suite of heavily atmospheric and beautiful photographic works, which serve to illuminate the entirety of the artistic process, including the research and development phase of the project. Immortal Breath offers a poignant and thoughtful perspective on themes of mortality and beauty.

The exhibition opens Friday 9 August 6pm - guest speaker Oron Catts, Director of SymbioticA.
Date: 22-07-2013 Venue: Melody Smith Gallery, 69 Oats Street, East Victoria Park

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 3, 2013 at 8:34am: http://thefinchandpea.com/2013/07/31/the-art-of-science-peter-treve...
The Art of Science: Peter Trevelyan’s Delicate Geometry

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 3, 2013 at 8:33am: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/july-2013/cern-artist-in-re...
CERN artist-in-residence develops ear for physics

Sound artist Bill Fontana taps into the music of the Large Hadron Collider.
- For someone with the knack for hearing music in machinery, the CERN complex is a veritable playground of sound.

Fontana heard the first strains of the Large Hadron Collider’s music in January 2013 when he made a four-day introductory visit. Koek, who managed the visit, recalls Fontana’s giddy enthusiasm. His first question: “What’s this machine and can I listen to it?”

The LHC is currently undergoing repairs, but when Fontana visited for the first time, it was still running, whirring, banging and buzzing.

During the whirlwind introduction, Fontana spent some time at the starting point of the LHC. There, atoms of hydrogen are stripped of their electrons so only positively charged protons remain. An electric field begins to accelerate the protons while a series of magnets focus them into a beam.

Fontana recorded the sounds. The popping, tapping dance beat of the protons’ regular release is underlaid with the hiss of cooling water and the heavy clang of the magnets charging and discharging.

According to Koek, Fontana listened to the proton source for a moment, and then handed his headphones to Detlef Kuchler, the physicist who prepares the protons and launches them on their journey. Kuchler has run the machine for 15 years, starting when it was a component of the accelerator that preceded the LHC.

When Fontana slipped headphones over Kuchler’s ears, his eyes widened, and he laughed, Koek recalls with a smile.

“The picture on Detlef’s face was astounding,” she says. “This was his baby—and it looked as if he had just heard it crying for the first time.
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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 3, 2013 at 6:16am: CALL FOR PAPERS: THE ART OF SCIENCE IN NEW ENGLAND, 1700-1920
This one-day symposium will explore visual representations of scientific inquiry produced, collected, distributed or otherwise circulating in New England from the start of the 18th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Beginning with the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment and extending through the 19th and into the 20th centuries, New Englanders sought to understand and explain scientific paradigms through two- and three-dimensional representations such as botanical drawings, geological maps and charts, anatomical models, waxworks, dioramas. The symposium will be held 15 March 2014 at Collins Cinema, Davis Museum, Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA. Papers should be theoretical or analytical in nature rather than descriptive and should be approximately 20 minutes long. Please submit 250-word proposals and a two-page CV via e-mail to Martha McNamara at: mmcnamar@wellesley.edu and Barbara Matthews at: bmathews@historic-deerfield.org. Deadline to submit: 30!