SymbioticA related activities

Semipermeable lecture series

SymbioticA and the Institute of Advanced Studies at UWA present the Semipermeable public lecture series. Just like a semipermeable membrane, SymbioticA offers exchange between art and the life sciences. SymbioticA is developing a new research project entitled Semipermeable, which will be facilitated through a multiplicity of artistic and scientific approaches. This quarantine will allow for controlled hybridisation and will act as a membrane for cultural production.

PROJEKTET: Ola Johansson and Amanda Newall
19 May - 15 July
Opening 18 May 6:30 PM
Fremantle Arts Centre
Projektet draws on the notion of the immune system as a bio-artistic blueprint of personal and cultural changes In a joint residency with SymbioticA, Amanda Newall and Ola Johansson conduct lab-based research along with applied performance work in local communities in the metropolitan Perth area. The exhibition will involve a variety of media, such as lab results, costume, physical objects, video and performative actions. Experiments with our most outreaching and personal site of identity, the corporeal immune system, will provoke graphic, material, conceptual and live reactions that applies to site-specific circumstances where social actors will ultimately come up against the limits of their own identities/communities. Bio-artistic game concepts will incite personal and collective (inter)actions toward future communal relations beyond biological determinism and cultural utopias.

ADAPTATION EXHIBITION
6 May - 10 June 2012
INQB8 Centre for Contemporary Art, 63 Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah Western Australia Exploring the microbe to the macro, and everything in-between, Adaptation is SymbioticA's art and ecology research project undertaken by artists at Lake Clifton since 2008. Adaptation features the work of: ART ORIENTÉ OBJET, JUAN M. CASTRO, ORON CATTS, GALLIANO FARDIN, CATHERINE HIGHAM, GLORIA KEARING AND ROB EWING, PERDITA PHILLIPS, VYONNE WALKER, CARMEL WALLACE, ANNAMARIA WELDON.
Lake Clifton as a location and as a metaphor, offers a microcosmic peak into the broader issues of ecology and life itself.
Adaptation broadly scopes issues spanning the creation of life, indigenous culture, colonisation, scientific discovery, developmental booms, to fragility in the face of climate change. Outcomes of SymbioticA's Adaptation residency and collaboration projects will be showcased in this exhibition.

Ars Electronica winners
Congratulations to Peta Clancy and Helen Pynor, whose work 'The Body is a Big Place' received an honorary mention at Ars Electronica 2012 in the Hybrid Art division. The piece explores organ transplantation and the ambiguous thresholds between life and death, revealing the process of death as an extended durational moment, rather than an event that occurs in a single moment in time. This bio-art work is a large-scale immersive installation comprising a 5-channel video projection, a fully functioning bio-sculptural heart perfusion system, an undulating aqueous soundscape, and a single channel video work. The work was developed in conjunction with research done at SymbioticA http://prix2012.aec.at/prixwinner/6286/
Congratulations also to friend of SymbioticA Joe Davis for winning the Golden Nica in Hybrid Arts at this years Ars Electronica! His piece 'Bacterial Radio' utilises genetically engineered bacteria to conduct energy and transmit radio signals.
http://prix2012.aec.at/prixwinner/7023/

The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
26-30 September 2012, Milwaukee, Wisconson.
SymbioticA's Director Oron Catts will be providing a keynote address at this conference. Last chance to submit your papers!
>From its inception, SLSA has distinguished itself from other humanistic scholarly societies through its sustained interest in the nonhuman. Not only does SLSA concern itself with nonhuman actants like tools, bodies, networks, animals, climate, media, or biomes but it is also engaged with such nonhumanistic academic disciplines as mathematics, computing, and the natural and physical sciences.
Papers Due: 1 May 2012
http://www.litsciarts.org/

Trust me, I'm an Artist: towards an ethics of art/science collaboration Thursday 31st May 2012, 6-8pm at ENS, Paris, France Next event is with Art Orienté Objet www.artscienceethics.com

D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER)
6:00 pm, 24 May
Present by Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS), DASER is a discussion on recent developments in experimental and interactive technology in art.
This symposium will be webcast beginning 30 minutes prior to the event.
http://nas.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Experience_Future...

Supersonix Conference: The Art and Science of Sound Exhibition Road, London, England
21 - 23 June
Supersonix is an international celebration of the art and science of sound in all its complexity. Recent SymbioticA graduate Joel Ong will be presenting a paper on his Masters project Nanovibrancy at the international sound art conference Supersonix on Exhibition Road later this year. His paper will focus on his installation Nanovibrancy, but also on the implications of miniature sound on the philosophy of listening as part of his thesis.
http://www.exhibitionroad.com/supersonix

E-SCAPES: ARTISTIC EXPLORATIONS OF NATURE AND SCIENCE (Free Download) Leonardo Electronic Almanac Volume 18 Issue 1 is the exhibition catalogue of E-SCAPES: Artistic Explorations of Nature and Science, featuring the works of Jane Prophet and Paul Catanese.
http://www.leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/entry/e-scapes/*

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2011/may/13/art-science-tim-r...

Lab Gallery:
http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/tag/science-art/

http://blogs.voanews.com/student-union/2012/05/16/new-in-the-glossa...

When you hear the word “arts,” you probably think of things like painting or singing. So why can you get a liberal arts degree in biology? And why does a School of Arts and Science offer courses in history? It’s pretty confusing, which makes it a great submission for the Glossary of Confusing Words!

(Thanks to the anonymous person who suggested it. I hope you know who you are)

As a description of university programs, “arts” can cover a pretty broad range of courses. So, from most to least obvious, here are the university courses described by the word “arts.”

Fine art and science night:
http://www.kccommunitynews.com/miami-county-republic-news/31068055/...

http://www.newswise.com/articles/theoretical-physicist-lisa-randall...

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Newswise — The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has chosen renowned physicist and writer Lisa Randall, Ph.D., as the 2012 recipient of the Andrew Gemant Award, which is given annually for significant contributions to the cultural, artistic, or humanistic dimension of physics.

Randall is considered one of the most influential theoretical physicists of the past decade. Her scientific research explores gaps in our current understanding of the properties and interaction of matter, such as why gravity is weaker than other fundamental forces and what is the nature of dark matter.
Randall has used art to communicate some of the exotic ideas that stem from her research efforts. At the invitation of composer Hector Parra, she wrote the libretto for the opera “Hypermusic Prologue: A Projective Opera in Seven Planes.” The opera, which features contrasting tempos and transitions into electronically altered music, delves into the concept of extra dimensions and premiered in 2009 at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Randall also co-curated the Los Angeles Art Association exhibit Measure for Measure, which examined the important scientific concept of scale through the lens of contemporary art.
“Art and science do appeal to some of the same creative instincts,” Randall said in a 2011 interview with Smithsonian magazine. “There’s an appreciation of something larger than ourselves, which I think both art and science address.”
“The Gemant Award was envisioned to recognize those who can forge connections between art and science, and who can bring the excitement of discovery to the public,” said Catherine O'Riordan, AIP Vice President of Physics Resources. “Lisa Randall, through her artistry, creativity, and scientific credentials advances these goals like few others.”
Randall has written two acclaimed popular science books: Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions and Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World. She has made numerous radio and TV appearances, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Charlie Rose.
Randall is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Physical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and holds several honorary degrees.
Randall earned her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1987 and held professorships at MIT and Princeton University before returning to Harvard in 2001.
The annual Gemant Award is made possible by a bequest of Andrew Gemant to the AIP. It consists of $5,000 cash to the winner and a grant of $3,000 to further the public communication of physics at an academic institution the winner chooses. Gemant winners are also invited to deliver a public lecture on a topic of their choice. Randall will give her Andrew Gemant Lecture at an appropriate event in 2013.
Previous recipients of the award include scientists Freeman Dyson, Stephen Hawking, and Brian Greene, author Marcia Bartusiak, producer Paula Apsell, and many others.

Gemant Award
The Andrew Gemant Award recognizes the accomplishments of a person who has made significant contributions to the cultural, artistic, or humanistic dimension of physics given annually. The recipient is named by the AIP Governing Board during its annual spring meeting. Selection is based on the recommendation of an outside Selection Committee appointed by the Institute’s Board Chairman. For more information, see: http://www.aip.org/aip/awards/gemawd.html.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/16/balloon-arti...

Balloon sculptor twists together physics and art
Toronto artist crafts balloon replicas of genes and neuron pathways.

http://biocreativity.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/penguin-poo-illustrat...

Leonardo Summer camps for children dealing with science and art:
Camps for Kids and Teens

The Leo is offering unique week-long workshops and camps for kids and teens in grades 5 through 12 starting in June and running through August. Keep those hands busy and brain cells charged with classes like Urban Art (legal graffiti lore and technique), Fleas, Fractals and Physics (using science to delve into nature), or Math, Music and Digital Media (experiment with sound-making and visualization). Visit our website to register and for more information. Space is limited, so sign up soon!

A Night at The Museum: Sleepover at The Leo

See The Leo like you’ve never seen it before with a Night at The Leo, an unforgettable experience for children and parents. Grab your sleeping bags and enjoy the museum's exhibits, a scavenger hunt, film screenings, and special activities Get an up-close and intimate look at The Leo’s unique art, science, and technology exhibits. For dates, details and pricing, visit our Sleepovers webpage.

From Leonardo:
UPCOMING DASER: 24 MAY 2012, WASHINGTON DC
Join them for the next DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), 24 May 2012, at Keck Center, Washington DC. This month, the discussion focuses on recent developments in experimental and interactive technology in art. Feature presenters include artist Blake Fall-Conroy, artist Michelle Lisa Herman, program director Blair Murphy, artist Steven Silberg and educator Max Kazemzadeh. Find out more on Leonardo website.

TRUST ME I'M AN ARTIST - PUBLIC EVENT SERIES
Trust Me I?m an Artist: Towards an Ethics of Art/Science Collaboration is a series of public events led by artist Anna Dumitriu in collaboration with Professor Bobbie Farsides (Chair of Ethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School), with the support of Waag Society, Leiden University, BioSolar Cells and Leonardo/Olats. The series investigates the new ethical issues arising from art and science collaboration and considers the roles and responsibilities of the artists, scientists and institutions involved. The next event is scheduled for 31 May 2012 and will take place at the Salle des Actes, The ?cole normale sup?rieure, Paris, France. For this event, Art Orient? Objet (Marion Laval-Jeantet & Benoit Mangin) will propose, in front of an audience, their project "Du cheval au panda" to a specially formed ethics committee (following the rules and procedures typical for the host country). Find out more on Leonardo website.

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/17/art-about-climate-sustainabil.html
Art and climate science

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/5/17/226356/This-Week-In-The-Arts....

Smash Art, a science and art collaborative workshop on how to transform electronics into repurposed toys, art, and robotics through tinkering, will take place Saturday from 1-3p.m. at

the Creative Discovery Museum. The TINKERTOY: Build Your Imagination! exhibit will open Saturday, May 26. For more information, visit www.cdmfun.org.

http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/2012/finnish-bioart-society-screen...

Heaven + Earth + Joe Davis documents the life of an artist who is driven to pursue questions that can only be answered in the space where science and art lose ...
www.pixelache.ac/.../finnish-bioart-society-screens-heaven-ear...

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01972243.2012.670022

A Review of “Bioart and the Vitality of Media”

http://www.faseb.org/Scientific-Image-Competition.aspx

BIO-ART: Scientific Image Competition

http://drawing.painting-school.com/the_course/the_course_director/

Scientists have failed to realise the potential value to science of the experiments of artists an artist complains!
Here is his complaint:

Artists aids and practices indicate the findings of the community of artists as a result of centuries of experimentation. I am looking for a publisher for six books I have written which explain what the scientists could have learnt a great deal from artists concerning the analytic looking cycle (used in visual learning and creativity) and whole-field colour relations (on which visual systems which tell us about surface, 3D spatial relations and ambient illumination depend). For an introduction to my research background.

http://refractiveindex.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/when-science-commun...

The students of the Masters in Science Communication 2011/2012 at Imperial College have been engaged for three months, January to March, making creative artefacts and reflecting on all aspects of science communication.

Divided into groups of three, each group chose an aspect of science communication that they wanted to reflect on and how best to present their ideas, from multimedia production and games to sculptures and exhibition pieces.
The groups made each of their artefacts from scratch, providing the construction materials, tools and all of the support technology needed for the fabrication of their artworks.

http://news.cnet.com/2300-17938_105-10012251.html

Artist Luke Jerram's most widely known artwork is perhaps "Play Me, I'm Yours" -- a piece that temporarily distributes actual full-size pianos on the streets of major cities for anyone to play.His body of work displays a particular fascination with science and technology.

One of his sculptures, for example, is derived from the seismogram of the 2011 Japan earthquake. Others are based on data as well: charts of the fluctuations of the New York Stock Exchange and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Still other pieces reference microbiology, optics, and the history of sound recording.

He's even created chandeliers out of that geekiest of objects: the Crookes radiometer (or "light mill") -- the little "lightbulb" with the spinning "windmill" inside that we all coveted in the science museum's gift shop when we kids. "Scientists and artists start by asking similar questions about the natural world. They just end up with completely different answers," the U.K.-based Jerram told Seed magazine recently.
"The nice thing about being an artist is that I can jump around from one area of interest to [another] -- microbiology one week and the gravitational pull of the moon the next. Scientists don't seem to be allowed to do that anymore."

Here's a look at some of Jerram's work, which has been featured in exhibitions associated with the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Venice Biennale in Italy.

The image above shows the artist's "Tohoku Japanese Earthquake Sculpture," the aforementioned piece based on the seismogram. Jerram rotated the seismogram using a computer-aided design system and then created the sculpture with a 3D printer. The piece is a foot long and 8 inches wide. He's also created a glass version of the piece that will be displayed at a gallery show in New York next month.

http://scvnews.com/?p=31225

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) a grant of $111,881 to develop a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) curriculum for undergraduate students across CalArts’ diverse arts disciplines.
The two-semester curriculum is designed to teach essential computer science skills to beginners. Classes will begin this fall and are open to students in CalArts’ six schools: Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music and Theater.
This innovative arts-centered approach to teaching computer science was developed by Ajay Kapur, associate dean of research and development in Digital Arts, and Perry R. Cook, permanent visiting lecturer and founder of the Princeton University Sound Lab. It offers a model for teaching that can be replicated at other arts institutions and extended to students in similar non-traditional STEM contexts.
“As artists increasingly employ technology, it is essential that arts institutions provide courses offering students the tools with which to conceptualize and generate new ideas, new artistic approaches, and potentially new technologies,” CalArts President Steven D. Lavine said. “At CalArts, we prepare students for success in today’s creative economy — and this means guiding their artistic development while offering them a cutting-edge technological curriculum tailored specifically to their needs as artists.”

“Every assignment is an art-making assignment,” Kapur said. “We are teaching computer science principles through the arts. With each creative project, students build upon a growing repertoire of technical skills.”
Arts colleges are not commonly awarded funding to originate STEM curriculums. However, CalArts has long been at the forefront of arts and technology practice, and is uniquely positioned to develop such a curriculum. The Institute’s Music Technology curriculum is unique in the world, engaging students in custom software design, circuit design for human-computer interfacing, and the use of robotic mechanical systems and artificial intelligence in musical and artistic practice. CalArts’ School of Film/Video, with its renowned animation program, has been a global leader in innovations in computer graphics and advanced digital media technologies.

The art of science
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Children using creative ways to express scientific thoughts:
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Arts/Entertainment/2012-05-19/article-...

https://plus.google.com/102786751626732213960/posts/eFx7Z2K8A38
Science art

http://www.etsy.com/listing/98594610/fringe-science-fiction-inspire...

http://www.thelondoner.ca/2012/05/18/the-art-of-science
Poetry and medicine

DNA art:
http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&di...

http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&di...

http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/paint-it-high-and-deep-2/4695...
Ph.D. - a must for creativity?

Space exploration as art project:
http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/arts/161596/artist-tom-...

Egyptian artist who deals with Bio-art:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/25/42091/Arts--Culture/Vi...

http://stores.modularmarket.com/science_clipart
and
http://www.somersault1824.com/scientific-clip-art

http://camilleutterback.com/projects/drawing-from-life/

Self portrait done with the blood of an artist:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2012/05/20/the-great...

http://phys.org/news/2012-05-gene_1.html
A beautiful way of explaining scientific processes through art.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-05/22/content_15351550.htm

Chi Lijia, a 26-year-old Beijing-based artist, infuses science in her works.
As a science major at university, Chi developed her interest in art while doing laser experiments. "I was amazed by watching the light beams in the dark," she explains. "I want to display the beauty of science or, in other words, make art through scientific approaches."

She presented her works at AAB in 2011. Most are pictures captured under the microscope. "People came over and were curious about the pictures. Then I told them the story behind each photo," she says.

http://carsonnow.org/story/05/21/2012/lake-tahoe-science-conference...
Art and environment

http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/18675141/article-Dixie-State-Co...
A degree in art that will integrate technology and design:

The new art degree program, offered as both a bachelor’s of art and a bachelor’s of science, will feature a number a emphases programs students can pursue, including art education; 3D/sculpture/ceramics; graphic design; painting and drawing; and photography and digital imagery. The program is designed to prepare students to seek opportunities in art and design, and will also promote the development of transferable skills that can be applied in other settings, including K-12 education.

Bio-Art competition winners:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/foas-fab052112.php

http://www.faseb.org/Scientific-Image-Competition/Winners.aspx

http://www.faseb.org/Scientific-image-Competition.aspx

http://blogs.unsw.edu.au/tiic/?goback=.gde_1636727_member_117380925

The Second International Conference on Transdisciplinary Imaging at the Intersections between Art, Science and Culture

Dates: 22 – 23, June 2012

Location: Victorian College of the Arts,

Federation Hall, Grant Street, Southbank, Melbourne 3006

Interference strategies for art

The conference will explore areas related to: Painting, Drawing, Media Art, Performance, Film, Video, Photography, Computer visualization, Bio art, Real-time imaging, Intelligent systems, Image Science.

Science inspired art in India:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/where-science-meets-art/260125-60-119.html

The fusion of different art forms like sculpting, sound installation and photography met under one roof during an exhibition titled ‘Affidavit’ held recently at Bangalore Artist Residency One. Bharatesh GD, the passionate artist behind the jaw-dropping exhibits was extremely thrilled and pleased with the Bangalore crowd that took active interest in his art. He explained the scientific and artistic efforts that went into the making of snake-like sculptures out of a single tablet. On display, were also the video and sound installations, which he drew from his recent project Sound Signatures at Bern, Switzerland.

For a city that is deeply rooted in traditional art forms, this gallery proved to be a stepping stone towards contemporary art. After researching thoroughly on the chemical processes involved in making the sculpting tablets, he began his own journey of art by creating them at home. A mixture of sugar, alcohol and baking soda is used to create the tablets. It resembles snake eggs and is a popular fire cracker in South India. Once made, it is burnt and allowed to take whatever shape it wants. This, is what, fascinates

the artist most.

“It is uncontrollable and will take any form. It is almost mystical to watch it mould itself.” he said. At right angles from the sculptures, are laser beams that burn different parts of the figure. He also studies the interaction between the beams and smoke, emanating from incense sticks or ‘dhoop’.

Another magical element of the exposition was the sound installation which he compiled by mixing local sounds that are produced by the flickering of a flame, turning on a lighter and movement of the wind. His latest endeavour - collecting Sound Signatures from over 49 countries, resulted in the formation of ‘sound mythos’ - a visual imagery extracted from different audio inputs.

His source of inspiration was from the historical Kornhauskeller, in Bern, where a street contains more than 12 lakh names, engraved on tiles. The idea of such a personalised street motivated him to collect individual sounds from numerous people and merge them to form sound mythos. The other aspect of sound mythos, is the ‘sound scape’ that represents the volume and depth of the sound waves. The work, of course, took a lot of time and effort. “Since this kind of art is new to India, especially to Bangalore, it was a very expensive process,” he said. He worked on the project for seven months to bring it to the final form.

Bharatesh GD is an upcoming artist who works with audio, video, installation and sculpting. His next area of interest is the concept of visualising smell. He is a fine art graduate from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath and was earlier a painter.

http://www.earthscienceartsc.com/index.html

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3210#.T72O1lIoQps

Local Artists and Scientists Connect
earth • science • art / sixteen collaborative explorations

Friday, June 1st, 5 – 9pm
Panel Discussions: Thursday, June 7th and Thursday June 14th, 2012
Project artists and scientists will discuss their work and collaborations, with each panel featuring different participants.

An interdisciplinary project pairing artists from the California's Central Coast and San Francisco Bay Area
with research scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey's Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Dinosaur show:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=55546

http://www.noozhawk.com/article/052212_ucsb_lecturer_uses_art_physi...

UCSB Lecturer Uses Art to Make Physics More Accessible to Students

A dancer as well as a scientist, Jatila van der Veen

is following a new approach to teach Physics to make it easy to learn. “ Art as a Path to Understanding in Physics Teaching.”

Much of van der Veen’s course is based on the principles of “aesthetic education”.

“It’s not simply looking at art that’s involved in physics, or looking at beautiful pictures of galaxies, or making fractal art,” she says. “It’s using the learning modes that are available in the arts and applying them to math and physics.”

Albert Einstein’s works are very visual,” van der Veen said. “And in some of his writings, he talks about how visualization played an important part in the development of his theories.”

Bio art:
http://www.livescience.com/20504-bio-art-competition.html