Science, Art, Litt, Science based Art & Science Communication

Science-Art News

Information

We report on science-art-literature interactions around the world

Minor daily shows will be reported in the comments section while major shows will be reported in the discussion section.

Members: 48
Latest Activity: Jan 23, 2020

7 members like this

“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.”

Discussion Forum

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of Science-Art News to add comments!

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 20, 2013 at 8:32am: http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/feb/art-science-aaas-021913.html
Artful science
There are “things hidden in plain sight” all around us. But art can help students see their world anew, unlocking discoveries in fields ranging from plant biology to biomedical imaging, according to University of Delaware professor John Jungck.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 20, 2013 at 7:11am: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0218/breaking31.h...
Grand designs at UCD science block
But James Earley goes grander still. He has just completed an art work 40 metres long and over two metres tall outside the science block at University College Dublin.
“We wanted to tell the story of the Science Centre both on campus but also to the general public,” says Alexandra Boyd, public engagement and outreach project manager with UCD Research.

They decided to commission a large-scale piece of “graffiti art” applied to wooden hoardings that block off part of the Science Centre’s construction site adjacent to the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology.

There were underlying themes of connections and of moving from local to global and these are reflected in the design eventually submitted by Mr Earley. “It is all about the connections,” he says.
His design was inspired by connecting up with scientists in their labs and having conversations about what they are researching, he said. The design reflects these conversations and conveys six research themes, health; agri-food; environment; energy, culture, economy and change; and information, computation and communications.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 19, 2013 at 6:11am: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wythe/cut-paste-grow-science-at...
Genspace and Observatory bring together an exhibition of some of today’s most dynamic bioartists for one unforgettable group show.
For bioartists—the emerging group of practitioners who manipulate living tissues, DNA, and bacteria—these materials become active partners in the art. These installations have a will of their own. Art becomes a dynamic ecology.
Science at Play provides a space to ask fundamental new questions about aesthetics and our assumptions about life and death. What, for example, makes a beautiful blueprint for a beautiful form—what makes a beautiful gene?

By cutting and pasting DNA into a being, the organism itself—both in function and behavior—becomes a chimera, a hybrid natural/engineered being stitched from disparate parts, a result of both Darwinian evolution and the will of the artist. Since antiquity, hybrids were considered abominations.

Today, we can view them in any number of ways: Are these chimerae quasi-artworks or quasi-organisms? Is bioart a new approach to society and ecology, a partnership with the microbial life all around us?

CUT/PASTE/GROW will be partly based on BioDesign: Nature + Science + Creativity, a book written by Will Myers and published by The Museum of Modern Art in 2012.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 19, 2013 at 5:48am: http://thefinchandpea.com/2013/02/13/the-art-of-science-three-to-see/
The Art of Science: Three to See

If you’re anywhere near Montreal, Dublin, or DC in the next few weeks, don’t miss the chance to go see some amazing work.

Montreal, QC: De la Nature, through February 23 at Les Territoires

De la nature presents recent works by artist-researchers Kelly Andres, Brandon Ballengée, Claire Kenway and Alison Reiko Loader, four artists who engage seriously with science and technology in their works.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 17, 2013 at 8:55am: http://www.thenationalstudent.com/News/2013-02-15/Art_and_science_c...
Art and science collide at Imperial College ArtsFest
Imperial College London is a science-based institution. Next week it will be holding ‘the Arts Experiment’, the next public evening event part of the Imperial Fringe.

The Imperial Fringe is a series of monthly public engagement events at Imperial College, each focussing on a different topic of research undertaken from academics within the College. The eveThe official artwork for the Arts Experiment.nt is a part of the College’s ArtsFest, a week-long celebration of the arts, music and dance that Imperial has to offer.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 16, 2013 at 8:28am: HEKTOEN GRAND PRIX ESSAY COMPETITION
Essays of 1,000 to 2,500 words on a subject related to medicine and culture by March 1, 2013. Suggested topics include medicine and art or literature, history of medicine, ethics, music, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, etc. Clinical studies or case reports are not eligible.
We are offering two prizes:
The Hektoen Grand Prix, for the winner - $1,000 The Hektoen Silver Prize, for the runner-up - $800 The winners will be announced by email on May 1, 2013. All essays will be considered for publication; the Grand Prix and Silver Prize will be showcased in the Summer 2013 issue, and others will be featured throughout the year.
Submit your essay to contest@hektoeninternational.org by March 1, 2013

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 16, 2013 at 8:26am: School of Visual Arts Residency Programs New York,NY FROM THE LABORATORY TO THE STUDIO:
INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICES IN BIO ART
May 21-June 21 2013
4 undergraduate studio credits; $2400
>From anatomical studies to landscape painting to the biomorphism of surrealism, the biological realm historically provided a significant resource for numerous artists. More recently, bio art has become a term referring to intersecting domains of the biological sciences and their incorporation into the plastic arts. Of particular importance in bio art is to summon awareness of the ways in which biomedical sciences alter social, ethical and cultural values in society.
http://www.sva.edu/special-programs/summer-residency-programs/bio-art

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 16, 2013 at 8:25am: Apply for 2013 Ars Bioarctica residency
Since 2010 Ars Bioarctica is organizing an artist-in-residency program together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in the sub-Arctic Lapland. The residency has an emphasis on the Arctic environment and art and science collaboration. It is open for artists and art & science research teams.
The residency takes place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. It provides the residents with a combined living and working environment, kitchen, bathroom, sauna and internet connection.
http://bioartsociety.fi/3-2

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 16, 2013 at 8:24am: From Symbiotica:

Date: Friday 22 Feb 2013
Time: 3:00pm
Location: SymbioticA
Speaker: Dr. Richard Paul Hamilton, School of Philosophy and Theology University of Notre Dame Australia

There is a popular view of biological development which goes something like this. Biological form is the cumulative result of internal genetic forces and external environmental ones. Like all models in biology this rather neat view had the advantage of allowing researchers to navigate a path through the bewildering complexity of organic life. But like all metaphors it comes at the price of bewitchment. As Wittgenstein writes in Philosophical Investigations 115: "a picture held us captive and we could not escape it because it lay in our language". One consequence of this bewitchment is that explanatory privilege was given to the internal 'code' enshrined in the DNA, a view most famously (or notoriously) associated with Richard Dawkins' gene-centric account of evolution. This apparently resolved a number of outstanding puzzles in theoretical biology notably the transmission of stable form across generations.

In this context, the Human Genome Project can be seen as the most fruitful failure in scientific history. Such a claim may seem puzzling, since the Human Genome Project might be considered a success, not least in the numerous promising advances in medicine that it presaged. Nevertheless, the somewhat hyperbolic claim that it would finally unlock the secret code which would reveal what it means to be human have been largely unfulfilled and with good reason. There never was such a code.

The last two decades in the biological sciences can be characterised by the slogan: Taking Development Seriously. Whereas the neo-Darwinian mathematical modellers tended to treat the actual process of development as a black box, a sustained effort is now underway to explain the relationship between evolution (phylogeny) and organismic development (ontogeny). One thing has become clear: the simple dichotomous picture of gene and environment is inadequate, even as a simplifying device. DNA rarely exists in isolation and where it does it is inert. There is no reason to give DNA causal or explanatory privilege in developmental processes. Rather, development is a complex and contingent process in which the developing organism constructs itself and to some extent its developmental environment from the resources at hand. The organism makes its own history albeit not in circumstances of its choosing.

If the code metaphor is no longer adequate what can replace it? In this talk I will suggest a new and hopefully fruitful analogy which might capture some of the complexities involved. I will compare the process of biological development to the construction of a Shakespearean play. As Shakespeare scholars have long known there are no definitive Shakespeare texts and it seems likely that Shakespeare never actually sat down and wrote Hamlet or Much Ado About Nothing. Rather the plays were workshopped and Shakespeare provided prompt notes to the players. The texts with which we are familiar are re-constructions of performances which have been handed down corrected and interpreted through numerous generations. Most crucially every new performance of Shakespeare is an interpretation be it a group of Lesbian players doing in Hamlet in Soweto or an 'authentic Elizabethan dress' performance at the Globe in London. Moreover, every performance takes place in a rich and complex interpretative environment and the audience plays as much a role in the play's construction as the author or players.

Similarly, all the natural world is a stage, or so I shall argue.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 16, 2013 at 8:22am: ART & SCIENCE
An exhibition to provoke debate & discussion Until 16 March 2013 GV Art Gallery, 49 Chiltern Street, Marylebone, London W1U 6LY Artists & Scientists Include: Susan Aldworth, Annie Cattrell, Oron Catts, Katharine Dowson, Andrew Krasnow, David Marron, Helen Pynor, Nina Sellars, Anaïs Tondeur, Richard Wingate, Ken + Julia Yonetani and Ionat Zurr.
Including the events: 'Broad Vision' Book Launch (28 February, 6- 9pm) and The Art & Science Debate (14 March, 6.30- 9pm) which SymbioticA director Oron Catts will participate in.
http://www.gvart.co.uk/exhibitions_current.html