http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/1690/

Arts and science collide in new story collection

MMU academics contribute to tales

ALL science fiction has its roots in fact – as a new book featuring two MMU academics demonstrates.

http://www.salontoday.com/features/ART--SOUL-Event-to-Benefit-Natio...

ART+SOUL Event to Benefit National Association for Down Syndrome

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/arts/hc-artweek-1115-20121114,...

'Intimate Science,' 'Diagram' At Real Art Ways

One Exhibit Focuses On Scientific Observation, The Other On Hand-Drawn Documentations

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=engineers-create-s...

Technically Art: Engineers Make Cameras, Then Hit the Pavement

With New York City as their backdrop, Cooper Union engineering students use their technical skills to reimagine photography

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-catch-the-last...

"Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking"

http://www.au.timeout.com/melbourne/art/events/5245/the-art-of-scie...
The art of science

From Symbiotica Digest:

The Art and Science of Synthetic Biology:
Critical and Creative Perspectives on “New Life”
University of Queensland
Thursday, November 22, 2012
9.00-5.30
Room 228
Molecular Biosciences Building (76)
St Lucia campus
Speakers: Peter Cryle, Alison Moore, Greg Hainge, Elizabeth Stephens, Elizabeth Wilson, Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr.

Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have had a transformative impact not only on the biosciences themselves, but also on the wider cultural imaginary, reshaping research and cultural production across of wide range of very different fields. The emergence of synthetic biology has played a particular important part in this. Developments such as Charles and Joseph Vacanti’s “earmouse”—in which an artificially-grown ear was transplanted under the skin of a hairless mouse—have been widely reported in the popular press, and seen to herald a new era of biological engineering, of infinitely malleable bodies made up of exchangeable and artificial parts. Contemporary artists like Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr draw on techniques in synthetic biology to produce artworks that are both aesthetic provocations and critical interrogations of the new existence of “lab-grown life.” Disciplines across the humanities, particularly affect theory and new materialism, have also urged a critical turn towards the biological. As Elizabeth Wilson argues: “In most projects on ‘the body,’ the body is pursued in socially, experientially, or psychically constituted forms, but rarely in its physiologically, biochemically, or microbiologically constituted form” (Neural Geographies). In recent years, this call to turn from the cultural to the biological body has been pursued with increasing vigour. Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti and Nik Rose, amongst others, have drawn on foundational works by Darwin, Bergson, Canguilhem and Deleuze to theorise changing understanding of “life itself” over the course of the 20th century.
This symposium has two aims. The first is philosophical and historical: to examine the impact of synthetic biology on existing concepts of the biological through consideration of its historical emergence and philosophical implications. The second is to consider how artistic production and cultural expressions informed by work in the biosciences areable to feed back into debates in the biosciences themselves, or to cast new light on the way knowledge in these fields is developed and circulated. Our purpose is to bring these different perspectives to bear on two central questions: whether synthetic biology and the development of technologically-mediated life represent the emergence of a new kind of biology, in which the line between the artificial and organic has become increasingly uncertain; and, secondly, whether the invocation of these questions in both the biosciences and humanities represent the emergence of new forms of knowledge, in which the clear delineation of disciplinary boundaries has become increasingly irrelevant.

SOFT CONTROL: Art, Science and the Technological Unconscious
November 14–December 15, 2012 Maribor, Slovenia
Exhibition includes collaborative work by Guy Ben-Ary and Kirsten Hudson, and also features The Tissue Culture & Art Project.

http://www.maribor2012.eu/en/nc/event/prikaz/3485344/

Call for Participants: SymbioticA Biotech for Artists Workshop
BiofiliA -Base for Biological Arts at Future Art Base, Aalto University, Finland
28th January-1st February, 2013
Saturday 2nd February, official inauguration of Aalto BiofiliA wet biology laboratory
Deadline for applications- Friday 26th November 2012
BiofiliA, Base for Biological Arts, Aalto University, Finland, in collaboration with SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia is organizing an intensive five day workshop for artists and other interested people. After the workshop the opening of the new laboratory and biological arts programme will be celebrated.
The workshop will be led by SymbioticA's Director//Aalto visiting Professor Oron Catts and BiofiliA’s scientific collaborator Marika Hellman.
This is a hands-on workshop where the tools of modern biology are demonstrated through artistic engagement, which in turn gives voice to the broader philosophical and ethical exploration into the extent of human intervention with other living things. It involves exploration of biological technologies and issues stemming from their use; it serves as a theoretical and practical introduction to the creation of biological art and is aimed at mentoring artists in issues of biotechnology and the life sciences.
The workshop will cover hands-on engagement with some of the fundamental tool of modern biology in order to be able to carry out and critique manipulation of living systems from an informed practical perspective. The practical components include DNA extraction and fingerprinting, genetic engineering, animal tissue culture and basic tissue engineering techniques
http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/2012/call-for-participants-symbiot...
For updates on the new laboratory in development at Aalto University in Finland check out:
http://arts.aalto.fi/en/research/future_art_base/

From Symbiotica:

Biofilia round up

Date: 30 Nov 2012
Time: 3:00pm
Location: SymbioticA
Speaker: Oron Catts

SymbioticA director Oron Catts will share some of SymbioticA's activities in Finland over the last 4 months, and where Biofilia is headed in 2013.

http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/activities/seminars

CALL FOR PAPERS
Balance-Unbalance International Conference 2013 May 31-June 2, Noosa, Queensland, Australia International Conference designed to use art as a catalyst to explore intersections between nature, science, technology and society as we move into an era of both unprecedented ecological threats and transdisciplinary possibilities. We are thoroughly looking forward to hosting artists, scientists, economists, philosophers, politicians, sociologists, engineers and policy experts from across the world to engage in dialogue and action towards a sustainable future. Balance-Unbalance 2013 will also host a diversity of virtual components allowing global accessibility and significantly reducing the carbon footprint of a major international conference.
http://www.balance-unbalance2013.org/call.html
Due November 20 2012

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
BMC Ecology has opened its very first image competition this year and wants to see your visual interpretations of ecological processes.
The "BMC Ecology Image Competition 2012" is open to everyone affiliated with a research institution and with only a month left until the competition closes be sure to submit your entries soon.
We consider all images from photos to data visualizations. Entries should be submitted to one of five categories that reflect the editorial sections of the journal. The winner of each category will be chosen by each of the journal's internationally renowned Section Editors and the categories are:
Behavioural and physiological ecology
Conservation ecology and biodiversity research
Community, population, and macroecology
Landscape ecology and ecosystems
Theoretical ecology and models
There are further details in our blog post on how to submit your image, and the prizes for the winning images – there will be an overall winner and prizes for the images that best represent each section.
http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2012/07/06/bmc-ecology-image...
Due 1 December

CALL FOR ENTRIES
COAL Prize Art and Environment 2013: Adaptation
The Coal Prize Art and Environment rewards each year a project by a contemporary artist involved in environmental issues. Its goals are to promote and support the vital role which art and creation play in raising awareness, supporting concrete solutions and encouraging a culture of ecology. The winner is selected out of ten short-listed by a jury of well-known specialists in art, research, ecology and sustainable development.
The 2013 Coal Prize will reward entries that focus on adaptation issues. The award of the 2013 Coal Prize will take place in spring 2013 at Le Laboratoire, a private art center specializing in the blending of art and science.
The prize carries an award of 10,000 Euros. Launched in 2010 by the French organization Coal, the coalition for art and sustainable development, the Coal Prize is supported by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, theFrench Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development, the National Centre of Fine Arts (CNAP), Le Laboratoire, PwC and a private benefactor.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2013
http://bitly.com/S0cMbz

LEAF: Developing Cloud Curricula in Art and Science 2012
Workshops Developing Cloud Curricula in Art and Science
DATE: 19 November 3.30 – 6.30pm
LOCATION: Aalborg University Copenhagen, AC Meyersvænge 15, 2450 Copenhagen
‘So what would a “Art Science Cloud Curriculum” be in the face of networked culture?’
The Leonardo Education and Arts Forum (a working group of Leonardo/ISAST), continues its successful international education event-initiative and correspondingly we are organising a workshop to generate and build an internationally recognised and Leonardo endorsed art and science cloud curriculum course outline. You are invited to participate in workshop that will develop a curriculum that could become a benchmark of what is quintessentially important for a person to engage in the world of research at the core of Art/Science.

http://blogs.unsw.edu.au/tiic/developing-cloud-curriculum-in-art-an...

Science is beautiful
Jerusalem Post
Represented as art, the HIV virus is a crystal-like configuration that sparkles as it catches the light. Equally beautiful is an extraordinary glass sculpture of swine flu. Artist Luke Jerram's jewel-like glass works are testimony to the successful ...

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/2012/11/15/geology-p...

The Science and Art of Bjork’s “Mutual Core” Music Video

http://www.utexas.edu/news/2012/11/15/blanton-exhibition-science-of...

Blanton Exhibition Dives into the Science of Art Conservation with Big Reveal

The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin presents "Restoration and Revelation: Conserving the Suida-Manning Collection," an exhibition on view Nov. 17, 2012, through May 5, 2013, that puts the preservation of Old Master paintings and drawings from the 16th through 18th centuries under a metaphorical microscope, underscoring how the convergence of art and science can lead to new knowledge about the works and their makers.

Antonio Carneo’s 17th-century painting "The Death of Rachel," recently restored by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, serves as the focal point of this in-depth investigation and is showcased alongside several additional Renaissance and baroque artworks, representing a range of conservation issues, from the Blanton’s Suida-Manning Collection.

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S35/27/32C08/index.xml?s...

'Sharing the Stage: Science and Art at Princeton'

http://waag.org/en/news/who-will-win-designers-artists-4-genomics-a...

Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award for bio-art

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/center-for-art-science-technolog...

MIT establishes Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)

A new Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) is being established at MIT with support from a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A joint initiative of the Office of the Provost and the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) and School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), the proposal was co-sponsored by Philip S. Khoury, associate provost and Ford International Professor of History; Adèle Naudé Santos, Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning; and Deborah K. Fitzgerald, Kenan Sahin Dean of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music, will serve as CAST’s inaugural director.

http://environment.arizona.edu/proximities/art-and-science-dry-river

The Art and Science of a Dry River

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-11/uoaf-npd111612.php

New programs draws young artists into science

Artists and scientists often share a common goal: making the invisible visible. Yet artistically talented students, especially girls, often shy away from scientific careers. A new four-year, $1.2 million program led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks blends the art, biology and physics of color into a series of summer academies, science cafés and activity kits designed to inspire art-interested students to enter careers in science.

"Research suggests that girls who gravitate toward art often have strong visual-spatial abilities that would serve them well in science careers," said Laura Conner, project leader and director of outreach for the UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics. "If you can connect them to science at an age when their own larger identity is developing, it's more likely that their interest in science will continue through life."

The program, Project STEAM: Integrating art with science to build science identities among girls, is a collaboration among Conner, a biologist, an astronomer and optics education expert at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, an education researcher at the University of Washington, Bothell and a curator-artist at the UA Museum of the North.

"Art and science both require passion, judgment, creativity and a willingness to understand previous ways of doing something as a basis for innovation," said Stephen Pompea from NOAO.

http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/11/16/reintegrate-merges-arts-sc...

‘Reintegrate’ merges arts, sciences

The Arts Council announced that it will give $10,000 to each of seven Connecticut-based teams of artists and scientists to conduct collaborative, cross-disciplinary projects. Forty-two teams applied for the grant in early September, and the winners will present their projects in New Haven during late May or early June.

http://planetsave.com/2012/11/16/art-science-dancers-help-scientist...

Art + Science – Dancers Help Scientist Visualize Molecular Motion Inside Cells

http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/20867399/article-Girls-the-tar...

- A new four-year program led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks “blends the art, biology and physics of color into a series of summer academies, science cafes and activity kits designed to inspire art-interested students to enter careers in science,” according to a news release from UAF.

Girls are the target of the new program.

“Research suggests that girls who gravitate toward art often have strong visual-spatial abilities that would serve them well in science careers,” said Laura Conner, project leader and director of outreach for the UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics.

“If you can connect them to science at an age when their own larger identity is developing, it’s more likely that their interest in science will continue through life.”

The program is called “Project STEAM: Integrating art with science to build science identities among girls.”

http://uafcornerstone.net/new-uaf-program-draws-young-artists-into-...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/17/morbid-anatomy_n_2102774.html

'Morbid Anatomy Anthology'

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/lifestyle/story/the-art-t...

The art of the brick in science museum

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-143509-Combining-philosophy...

Combining philosophy and biology on the canvas

Karachi(Pakistan)

Structuralism, semiotics and semantics. These have become the indispensable theoretical fields which strengthen Paul-Mehdi Rizvi’s personal artistic discourse, vastly expanding the territory in which he finds inspiration.

An exhibition presenting Rizvi’s work, “Manifesto of Nomadism”, recently kicked off at ArtChowk the Gallery. It will continue till November 30.

His art seems to be a collective product of his philosophy derived from Ferdinand de Saussure’s work, articulating society via symbolism in both his paintings and installations.

Hence, it was a difficult task to make the artist’s philosophy digestible for the laymen.

Rizvi’s work is soundly backed by an intricate and intense philosophical understanding, interspersed with an insight into biology, which in many cases is lacking within our contemporary art scene. He creates his own vocabulary using ideas and objects that surround him, like the brightly coloured meccanos and beads he found at Khori Garden, turning them into a medium of expression on canvas in his “Meiotic series and Mitochondrion” and installation “Karachi Mon AmourHomage to Khori Gardens”.

Rizvi’s background in medicine shines through the titles, “Black RNA” and “Red RNA”, which depict the process of cell division via mixed media on paper.

“Vision Serpent composite”, mixed media on canvas, a part of the “Demonic White series”, is the portrayal of fear, next to the royal lady piercing her tongue with a thread adorned with blades. Once again visible are the coloured beads and fish wire that give the painting the depth of a three dimensional object.

Usman Mujtaba, a first-time visitor at an art gallery, said despite the fact that this was his first-ever visit to an art exhibition, he looked forward to understanding more about the art and philosophy involved, especially in the local context.

“Even if art is not much accessible to the masses yet, it seems to be providing a breather to the populace within the restricting environment of our country,” he observed.

Rizvi has lived and studied over extensive periods of time, in both England and Pakistan. He has experimented in photography, videography and graphic design. Not only has he directed films, but also ventured into web designing.

Apart from the exhibition, there was a discussion about the connection between the written Manifesto of Nomadism and the art work scheduled for November 16. However, due to the law and order situation in the city and the lack of cell phone services, it was postponed to November 19 at 5pm.

http://news.yahoo.com/science-turns-earths-atmosphere-art-video-203...

Science Turns the Earth's Atmosphere Into Art

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/visualscience/2012/11/16/from-dar...

From Dark Matter to Hiccups, 75 Artists Explore Mysteries of Science

http://artplantaetoday.com/2012/11/02/no-cant-dont/?goback=.gde_422...

Drawing Out the Artist in Science Students, science teacher Al Camacho, mechanical engineering professor Gary Benenson and Patricia Rosas-Colin, a graduate student in mathematics education have an answer to this dilemma. Their answer is quite simply, teach these students how to draw.

Not in an assertive “Draw or else!” sort of way, of course. But in a way that encourages them to become visual thinkers.

In their paper, the authors present five exercises designed to make students thoughtful and inquiring observers. Here I provide only a one-line description of each exercise. For all the juicy details, please see their paper.

In Camacho et al. (2012), you’ll find exercises about:

Sci-a-grams: What are they and how they can be used to demonstrate the value of simple sketches.
Basic Shapes – How to see shapes in everyday objects
Creating with Basic Shapes – How to create representational images
Information Through Labels – An exercise in communicating information
Diagram Design – An exercise in explaining how things work

To obtain a copy of Camacho et al. (2012), you can buy this article online from the National Science Teachers Association .

Camacho, Al and Gary Benenson, Carmen Patricia Rosas-Colin. 2012. Drawing out the artist in science students. Science and Children. 50(3): 68-73.

http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/elizabethforward103112.aspx?go...

SMALLab: Blending disciplines, firing up students

Officially founded in 2010, SMALLab Learning’s title project (which stands for Situated Multimedia Arts Learning Laboratory) had been in the works for several years prior. Dr. David Birchfield led a collaborative team of nine co-inventors and twelve contributors at Arizona State University. The group included designers, educators, and researchers from disciplines as diverse as performing arts and computer science, among many others.

http://pbcommercial.com/sections/accent/features/potpourri-2012-%E2...

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/uaf-program-seeks-attract-art...

UAF program seeks to attract artistic girls to science

A new four-year program led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks blends the art, biology and physics of color into a series of summer academies, science cafes and activity kits designed to inspire art-interested students to enter careers in science.

http://uafcornerstone.net/new-uaf-program-draws-young-artists-into-...

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-881400
Sci-art installation

http://www.normer.uio.no/blog/abm.interdisciplinarity.html

Agent-based modeling, and the art of interdisciplinary science

http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=59023#.UKr_Omc...

Welcome group exhibition

http://www.goforwarddesign.com/2012/panel-discussion-intersections-...

of Art, Science and Technology
Current, Lecture, News
University of Houston: Panel Discussion Intersections of Art, Science and Technology

University of Houston – Clear Lake Art Gallery

November 19th, 2012

Geraldine Ondrizek will participate in the panel discussion moderated by Jane Chin Davidson, exhibition curator UHCL, art history professor.

Panelists include:

Geraldine Ondrizek, Reed College art professor; Darrin Leleux, engineer, NASA Johnson Space Center; Lory Z. Santiago-Vázquez, UHCL biology professor; and Amy Lampazzi, UHCL mathematics lecturer.

Monday, November 19, 2012. 5-7 p.m.
Bayou Building, Atrium I, First Level

http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/11/16/reintegrate-merges-arts-sc...

‘Reintegrate’ merges arts, sciences

The Arts Council announced that it will give $10,000 to each of seven Connecticut-based teams of artists and scientists to conduct collaborative, cross-disciplinary projects. Forty-two teams applied for the grant in early September, and the winners will present their projects in New Haven during late May or early June, 2013.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1045021696/urban-air-los-angele...

WHAT IS URBAN AIR? - UrbanAir transforms existing urban billboards to living, suspended bamboo gardens. Embedded with intelligent technology, UrbanAir becomes a global node - an open space in the urban skyline… An artwork, symbol, and instrument for a green future

www.facebook.com/urbanairproject

Cassini Solstice Mission: Art for Science's Sake
Art can help explain complex science ideas. But on the Cassini mission, we've got to admit we do it for fun, at least sometimes. This is a gallery of past art ...
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cassinifeatures/feature20121119/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/nyregion/columbia-professor-and-g...;

Christopher Emdin is a Columbia University professor who likes to declaim Newton’s laws in rhyme.

Using Hip-hop culture in science education

http://londonist.com/2012/11/preview-jugular-where-art-meets-scienc...

Entertainment combining science, art and stuff that’s simply ‘interesting’ is a boom area. Witness the rise of shows like Bright Club, the Lost Lectures, Festival of the Spoken Nerd, and our own Spacetacular.

http://careers.insidehighered.com/new-paltz-state-university-new-yo...

Assistant Professor- Interdisciplinary Faculty Position in Computer Science, Art/Design and/or Humanities

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2012/11/16/Noontime_Series_per...

Student combines art and science to make music

http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/11/23/science-plays-to-art-in-stag...

Science plays to art in staging of ‘Yoshimi’

‘The Art in Science — The Science in Art’ was a partnership of the Playhouse, The Salk Institute, Sanford- Burnham Medical Research Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, and UCSD Medical Center.
■ Panel moderator was Daniel Einhorn, medical director, Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute.
■ The conversation was filmed for viewing at http://bit.ly/QRHGHY

This month the La Jolla Playhouse presents the world premiere of the musical “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.” It also heralds one of the most technically complex and challenging productions in the Playhouse’s history, featuring dancers in glowing LED costumes, extensive multimedia projections, and a 14-foot robot puppet. Add to this, consultation with biotech and medical experts in order to craft the story about a woman in a love triangle facing a life-threatening illness.

This intersection of technology and creativity prompted the Playhouse to invite the public to take part in a conversation with scientists and theater artists about “The Art in Science — The Science in Art.” The discussion took place Nov. 11 at the Mandell Weiss Forum. Attendance was standing room only.

https://promo.gelifesciences.com/na/K12301/home.asp?goback=.gde_163...

GE healthcare cell imaging competition

http://www.balance-unbalance2013.org/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/nov/24/science-art-two-cultures

http://www.prodocom.com.au/html/actions/viewonline.php?ID=291042&am...

'Retired' scientists unmask bush graffiti artist

In a remarkable piece of detective work, a team of ‘retired’ CSIRO scientists have revealed the group of artists responsible for the iconic scribbles found on smooth-barked Eucalyptus trees in southeastern Australia.

Previously thought to be the work of a single species called the Australian Scribbly Gum Moth, the scientists have uncovered at least eleven new species of moths responsible for the iconic bush graffiti.

‘Although many Australians will be familiar with the distinctive scribbles on gum trees, very little was known until now about the artists that create them,’ said Dr Marianne Horak, a retired moth expert working in an honorary capacity at CSIRO’s Australian National Insect Collection.

‘Discovering that there are at least twelve species of moths behind the scribbles was certainly an exciting find. We also found these moths have a link with the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.’

The scientists revealed that the relationship between the scribbly gum moths and their eucalypt hosts is a unique ecological interaction. The moths bore a tunnel through an under layer of the eucalypt bark in their larval stage, looping and moving back and forth along their tracks at different stages of their caterpillar life cycle to create the distinctive scribbles.

‘In an attempt to replace the missing tissue, the trees refill the tunnels with highly nutritious, thin-walled cells,’ said Dr Horak.

‘This is ideal food for the caterpillars, so they turn around and eat their way back along the way they’ve come, growing rapidly to maturity, before they leave the tree to spin a cocoon and turn into a moth. Not long after the caterpillars leave the tree, the bark cracks off, revealing the scribbles below.’

The formidable collaboration of scientific heavy-hitters Marianne Horak, Ted Edwards AM and 96 year old Max Day AO teamed up with botanist Celia Barlow—all Honorary Fellows at the CSIRO—in conducting detailed field and laboratory studies to determine the biology and life cycle of the moths. Other collaborators performed DNA analysis and microscopic studies to help confirm their findings and pinpoint these enigmatic moth species’ place within the Insect world.

‘This is a wonderful example of the passion our scientists have for their work, whether retired or not,’ said Dr Joanne Daly, CSIRO Strategic Advisor working with CSIRO’s collections.

‘This research highlights that we still have so much to learn about Australian fauna and flora, even those species we see every day.’