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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 May 17, 2013 at 5:45am: NEXT STANFORD LASER: 6 JUNE 2013, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Join us for the next Stanford Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER), 6 June 2013, at Stanford University, featuring Walter Kitundu (sound artist) on "The Turntable as a Lens," Sean Gourley (Quid) on "A Global Intelligence Platform: the new AI - not Artificial Intelligence, but instead Augmented Intelligence," Jeremy Mende (Designer) and Bill Hsu (San Francisco State University) on "Confrontational Strategies - The Social Mirror" and Melanie Swan (MS Futures Group) on "Natural Aesthetics: GenArt, BioArt, Biomimicry, SynBio, CrowdArt."

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on May 15, 2013 at 8:39am: http://www.complex.com/art-design/2013/05/princeton-universitys-art...
Princeton University's "Art of Science Competition" Reveals the Beauty in Science
Researchers aren't exactly trying to make a Matisse when they work, however the images above reveal that science can be beautiful. However, sometimes these images can have a very helpful, practical use. "Connections" is the theme of this year's art show because images have played a large role in advancing scholarship. Many breakthroughs in the science world have come from connections made through comparing images of nature's phenomena.
With physics and biology, everyday there is a new finding showing that the two are connected in the most fascinating and profound way," Andrew Zwicker, director of science education at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, said. "In a similar vein, connecting the aesthetics of laboratory images to their scientific importance has transformed how we look at our data and results. With the 2013 Art of Science competition, we are celebrating all manner of connections."

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on May 15, 2013 at 6:51am: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2013/05/14/commander...
Commander Hadfield Shows Us What Science Communication Could Be. Visually.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on May 15, 2013 at 5:49am: FESTIVAL AT-A-GLANCE
(For the full schedule, click here (http://subtletechnologies.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=60afcd5...) )

Friday, June 7 | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Beaver Hall Gallery
Exhibition: The Beyond Category / Opening Party

The Beyond Category muses on surpassing the thresholds that define our mortal existence. What are the criteria for being in a beyond? Imagining the self as medium; its expression travels to the shores of forever...

Featuring artworks by David Khang, Scott Kildall / Nathaniel Sterne, John Paul Robinson and Alan Sondheim
Curated by Willy LeMaitre

On view at the Beaver Hall Gallery from June 7 - 16

Saturday, June 8 | 10am - 5pm | Ryerson University
Symposium Day 1
* John Paul Robinson: The Amber Archive
* Line Dezaindre: Les ateliers Angus: individual and collective memory in the digital age
* Atanas Bozdarov & Johny Bozdarov: DNA "Mating Call"
* Scott Kildall: Tweets in Space
* Hendrik Poinar: DNA from Fossils, Time Travel and De-Extinction
* Britt Wray: Undoing Forever: A live radio documentary presentation about bringing extinct species back from the dead
* Panel: Non Western Ideas of Immortality

Saturday, June 8 | 7:30PM - 10:00PM | OCAD University
Film Screening of The Singularity + Presentation & Panel Discussion

The Singularity is defined as the point in time when computer intelligence exceeds human intelligence. This notion of superhuman machines has long served as fodder for tales of science fiction. Yet most scientific leaders argue that these changes are inevitable, based on the accelerating rate of technological progress. Ultimately, if we become more machine-like, and machines more like us, will we sacrifice our humanity to gain something greater? Or will we engineer our own demise? THE SINGULARITY is a comprehensive and insightful documentary that asks the question: what kind of humans do we want to become?

Presentation by Randal A. Koene: Neural Interfaces, Neuroprostheses and Whole Brain Emulation
Panel Discussion with filmmaker, Doug Wolens, Randal A. Koene and Trevor Haldenby. Moderated by Greg Van Alstyne

This film screening event is presented in collaboration with sLab at OCADU. http://subtletechnologies.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=60afcd5...

Sunday, June 9 | 10:30am - 5:00pm | Ryerson University
Symposium Day 2
* Ryan Jordan: retro-death-telegraphy
* Alan Sondheim: Digital and Physical Collapse
* Scott Menary: Born in the Big Bang - Neutrinos - The Ultimate Immortals
* David Khang: Amelogenesis Imperfecta / Beautox Me!
* Don Hill: sound landscape memory
* Myriam Nafte: Trophies and Talismans: The Traffic of Human Remains
* Veronica Hollinger: "We Will Be Different": Some Notes on Science Fiction and Immortality

PRE-FESTIVAL WORKSHOP

Thursday, June 6 | 6:00pm to 10:00pm | InterAccess
Pre-Festival Workshop retro-death-telegraphy with Ryan Jordan

retro-death-telegraphy is an experimental workshop where participants will explore and build a range of devices which have at some point been believed to have the potential to aid in communication with the afterlife. For more info: http://subtletechnologies.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=60afcd...

This workshop is presented in collaboration with InterAccess. http://subtletechnologies.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=60afcd...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on May 15, 2013 at 5:47am: http://pandodaily.com/2013/05/13/space-oddity-atoms-and-the-interse...

“Space Oddity,” atoms, and the intersection of science and art

I’ve viewed two videos recently that took my breath away. One gained traction yesterday: a lonesome lament from an astronaut in space, performed by an actual astronaut in space. Canadian commander Chris Hadfield posted a video on YouTube of himself singing a cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” while on the International Space Station. The other was “the world’s smallest movie,” as IBM Research puts it. The R&D organization animated still frames of atoms from carbon monoxide molecules, magnified more than 100 million times. It tells the story of a boy finding companionship with an atom.

The two videos were released independently, from different organizations, but they are wonderfully complementary. One video looks out at the vastest chunks of mass in existence – the planets and the stars – while the other looks down to the tiniest units of matter, manipulated by the hand of human ingenuity; the same ingenuity that brought Hadfield millions of miles out into space to be among the stars and peer onto our planet. The two videos are breathtaking on their own, but are even more notable when considered together: Science has enabled the kind of art we’ve never before seen.

Technology has always been at the forefront of enabling art. After all, the paintbrush was a cutting edge new tool at one point, and Impressionism owes its existence, in part, to the technology that preserved premixed paints in tubes, which allowed artists to dispense with mixing each color individually – and using it before it could dry out. And yes, the C and the G in CGI animation, the form that has dominated major animated features for almost two decades, stand for “computer generated.” But that’s not what I’m talking about. Almost everything we do these days is enabled by computers.

No, I’m talking about science as an enabler and theme. It goes beyond science fiction. It’s science reality.

What’s even better, the science in these videos is the stuff of grade school, fifth period lore, the science in the chemistry set, Bill Nye sense. The big ideas that spark our most basic human curiosity as kids. It’s refreshing to see that kind of science holding hands with art in such an accessible way. And it’s clear that some of the artists/scientists behind the projects themselves feel the same way. “If I can do this by making a movie and I can get a thousand kids to join science rather than going to law school, I would be super happy,” Andreas Heinrich, principle investigator at IBM Research, said in a documentary about the making of the film.

But as unique as these videos are, they still trade in classic, universal storytelling. What better way to convey the loneliness of a Bowie song – and the expansiveness of space – than with all of humanity hovering in your rear window? It’s not likely that “The Boy and His Atom” is the father of a new genre of atomic filmmaking. Though, who knows? Art movements are enigmatic. It could be said that the film was begat by Georges Seurat’s pointillism. Niels West, associate creative director for the atom movie, said he wanted the narrative to feel like “The Red Balloon,” the academy award winning short film from 1956.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on May 15, 2013 at 5:24am: http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/article/id/186238/
NDSU professors getting noticed in world of art restoration

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on May 14, 2013 at 7:15am: SEAD Conference and White Papers report
Networking Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Design

to Confront the Hard Problems of our Time

A conference co-hosted by the Smithsonian Institution and NSF-sponsored

SEAD Network, with a luncheon sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts

May 16, 2013, Washington D.C. 

SEAD will share results and seek feedback from an exploration of challenges and opportunities for transdisciplinary research and creative work, informed by 200 international contributors. Next we will consider methods for innovative exchanges supporting cross-disciplinary learning across formal and informal education settings. Partner group XSEAD will then discuss designs for a 21st-century online portal to references and displays of work resulting from transdisciplinary collaboration. 

By Invitation events: 
NEA/SEAD/SMITHSONIAN CONFERENCE
THURSDAY, MAY 16th 9 AM - 12PM, 2PM - 4PM
THE SMITHSONIAN DISCOVERY THEATER AT THE RIPLEY CENTER
We will share results and seek feedback from an exploration of challenges and opportunities for transdisciplinary research and creative work, informed by 180 international participants. Next we will consider methods for innovative exchanges supporting cross-disciplinary learning across formal and informal education settings. Partner group XSEAD will then discuss designs for a 21st-century online portal to references and displays of work resulting from transdisciplinary collaboration.

NEA/SEAD LUNCHEON THURSDAY, MAY 16th 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
THE SMITHSONIAN DISCOVERY THEATER AT THE RIPLEY CENTER
During the NEA-sponsored luncheon, short talks on diverse SEAD topics will be presented.

Public event:
NAS / LEONARDO DASER
KECK CENTER, 500 FIFTH STREET NW, Room 100
At 6 pm, discussions will continue in an open public forum hosted at the National Academy of Sciences, "D.C. Art Sciences Evening Rendezvous" (DASER), Co-hosts include the National Academy of Sciences and Leonardo International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on May 14, 2013 at 6:32am: http://pacentre.org./?goback=.gde_1636727_member_236208432
Seeing is Perceiving … Perceptual Awareness Centre, a cross-disciplinary experientially centered research  FORUM? (activity)
dedicated to understanding human perceptual structure and its DEPLOYMENT IN TECHNOLOGY

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on May 14, 2013 at 6:07am: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/399553/group/News
NDSU professors bring science to art restoration
Local work has been noticed nationally