Principals of Limited Sloppiness

Adam Brown and Robert Root-Bernstein Speaking in Vienna 2011

This fascinating lecture was sent to us by John Chalmers. It speak to the origins of the species and to the use of the arts in science in a profound way. 

Yeast to Clone Obama

Artist Using Yeast to Clone Obama, Gaga, Jesus: On September 13, artist and "experimental philosopher" Jonathon Keats will have some of the world's most famous people at his exhibition opening at New York's AC Institute — including Lady Gaga, Michael Phelps, and Barack Obama — in the form of yeast-based clones he's developing from cultures based on the celebrities' various diets. "It's a new way of thinking about cloning," Keats said. "Genetics is not the whole story, the breakthrough field is epigenetics." (See the video below for a clip of Keats talking about what it means to be an "experimental philosopher.") [Discover News]

JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere

Our thanks to Patty Rangel for turning us on to JoAnn Kuchera-Morin  who demos the AlloSphere, an entirely new way to see and interpret scientific data, in full color and surround sound inside a massive metal sphere. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements ...The Allosphere is at UC Santa Barbara

Differences between Art and Science

Fundamental Science and the Big Machine

Annaka Harris interviews Lisa Randall

Quote of the Day:

Science proceeds with uncertainty at the edges, but it is advancing methodically overall. The wisdom and methods we acquired in the past survive. But theories evolve as we better understand a larger range of distances and energies.

Read the whole article http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/welcome-to-the-machine

NEA Art and Science project Interviews

We have been interviewed for this NEA blog and hope to send you the link soon. In the meantime take a look at their previous  blogs on the subject of art and science collaborations:

• Experiencing Science Through Immersive Theater: A Q&A on The Kepler Project http://www.facebook.com/notes/national-endowment-for-the-arts/experiencing-science-through-immersive-theater-a-qa-on-the-kepler-project/10151314246170931
  
  
• Art Residencies and Creative Research at The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) http://www.facebook.com/notes/national-endowment-for-the-arts/art-residencies-and-creative-research-at-the-curtis-r-priem-experimental-media-a/10151684891145931

NEA and Art and Science

Dear Colleagues, 

Last week, the National Endowment for the Arts hosted a conversation on our Art Works blog around the intersection of art, science, creativity, and innovation that featured posts by arts/science enthusiasts Roger Malina, Marina McDougall, Andrea Grover, Whitney Dail, and Bill O’Brien; and a podcast featuring author and Wired contributing editor Jonah Lehrer. The posts cover a range of subjects, from how creativity works to the nature of arts as a form of inquiry to the idea of using art-driven systems to better understand medical conditions, demonstrating the striking similarities between artist and scientist in their approach to understanding and interacting with our world.

 

The NEA is continuing the conversation with two additional art/science-themed events in June that are described below. We hope you will join us. If you are interested in learning more about how the NEA can support art/science projects in the future please join our mailing list by emailing us at artandscience@arts.gov.

"TRANSCENDING BORDERS: The Intersections of Art, Science, Technology, and Society on a Global Stage"

 

On Monday, June 4 from 5 to 7 pm, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman, Austrian Ambassador Dr. Hans Peter Manz, and Salzburg Global Seminar President Stephen Salyer will be hosting a series of panels at the Austrian Embassy in Washington DC.

"Transcending Borders" is an international dialogue around the nexus of art, science, and technology in the 21st century. Today's artists and scientists improve our critical understanding of the world by provoking new ideas, experimentation, and creative strategies. This conversation will be moderated by Amanda McDonald Crowley and will feature Gerfried Stocker from Ars Electronica with Joel Slayton from Zero1, the artist/scientist team of Liz Lerman and Drew Baden, Clare Shine from the Salzburg Global Seminar, and policy makers from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Science Foundation. 

 

Space is limited and advance registration is required. To RSVP please visit SalzburgGlobal.org/go/DC2012.

 

NEA Art/Science Webinar

 

The NEA supports art/science projects across all disciplines through our Art Works grants. Anyone interested in learning more about funding opportunities for art/science projects is invited to log on to a NEA webinar on June 14th at 3:00 pm EST. Agency representatives will be on hand to provide information and answer questions. Our next application deadline is on August, 9th.  

 

To join the webinar, go to http://artsgov.adobeconnect.com/art-science/ and click "Enter as Guest." Type in your full name, and then click "Enter Room.” You can listen using your computer speakers or dial-in toll-free to 1-877-685-5350, participant code: 942738.

 

An archive will be posted Monday, June 18 in the "Podcasts, Webcasts, & Webinars" section of the NEA website.

Best, 

Bill O'Brien | Senior Advisor for Program Innovation

National Endowment for the Arts | 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 628

Washington, DC 20506 | 202 682 5550 | www.arts.gov

Art and Science needs a venue or sponsor

The Bronowski Art and Science Forum and almost 40 other arts organizations may be looking for a new home as.the Neurosciences Institute (NSI) was stepping out of its lease. These programs were funded by Performing Arts Program through it’s Minding the Arts event. The building is going back to the The Scripps Research Institute on Oct 1.. Stacy Rosenburg, their spokesperson says they will be asking for $1500 for each event rental and that her organization focuses on science, not the arts. She seems to have missed the point entirely that the arts and their creativity are the new economic driver for the sciences. She states "…. biomedical research is our mission, and we have to guard our resources." This short term thinking is one of the the things holding back San Diego from taking its rightful place as a city of innovation.

If you know of a venue in La Jolla or a sponsor to fund the Bronowski Art and Science Forum, please contact Ron Newby
ronnewby34@gmail.com

Chance to work with the Particle Accelerator in Geneva

Collide@CERN


Who: The technologically (and cosmologically) inclined
When: Three month residencies, until 2013
Where: The Large Hadron Collider, Geneva

Everyone’s favorite 17-mile particle accelerator is open to artists! Underwritten by international art celebrities including Jacques Herzog, Mariko Mori, Andreas Gursky, and Pipilotti Rist, the Collide@CERN AIR is open to digital artists who are interested in the theories and technologies of particle physics. This award includes a cash prize of €10,000, a production grant, and a funded residency in two parts. After two months working at CERN with their new scientist buddies or “inspiration partners,” residents go to Ars Electronica Linz to make new CERN-inspired work.

[Fine Print]: The Large Hadron Collider works by colliding two proton beams at extremely high energy in order to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang. CNN reported that "some have expressed fears that the project could lead to the Earth's demise," but also quoted scientists like John Huth, who said the doomsday scenario was "baloney."

Thanks to Art Info for this and go to the link to check out other residencies for artists (not all science oriented but all interesting.

Ted Tal,k, Dance vs. powerpoint

Don't miss this exciting video expressing so well the value of the arts and science connection especially the comments about the science starting to talk to the dancers. Our thanks to Dana Smith of MiraCosta College for sending us this link.

Trenches of Discover

http://trenchesofdiscovery.blogspot.com

check out this blog which has been online since 2011. These guys are from the UK, Finland and Chicago.