was key to the development of cybernetics – the study of systems of
communication, control mechanisms and feedback.
He worked in academia, the arts and industry, producing poetry, plays,
interactive sculptures and teaching machines."
Two recent exhibitions inspired by the work and character of Gordon Pask
are documented at paskpresent.com (Vienna 2008) and maverickmachines.com
(Edinburgh 2007).
The UK also has the Wellcome Trust Sci-Art initiative which brings
together artists and scientists funding a vast range of experimental
projects:
"Over a decade, Sciart supported 124 projects to a value of £3 million.
Artists funded included fashion designer and artist Helen Storey,
choreographer Wayne MacGregor, performance artist Bobby Baker, filmmaker
Josh Appignanesi, poet Gwyneth Lewis, and visual artists Tim Head,
Jackie Donachie and Simon Pope."
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Past-funding/WTX035067.htm
Michael Punt wrote:
> oh yeah and Bacon, Boyle and Newton?
>
>
>
>> From: Annick Bureaud <abureaud@gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: abureaud@gmail.com, YASMIN DISCUSSIONS
>> <yasmin_discussions@estia.media.uoa.gr>
>> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 15:29:13 +0200
>> To: abureaud@gmail.com
>> Cc: YASMIN DISCUSSIONS <yasmin_discussions@estia.media.uoa.gr>
>> Subject: Re: [Yasmin_discussions] One Two Three More Cultures
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> And on a second thought : how many "first rate scientists"
>> did a "good work" in arts and humanities ? Is there that
>> many ? The problem is that I have never seen a list of names !
>>
>> And on a third thought : is this really the issue ?
>>
>> Annick
>>
>> Annick Bureaud wrote:
>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Lightman re iterates a " wisdom" that i remember my father telling me
>>>> as a kid= Alan Lightman makes the generalisation that there are
>>>> a number of good examples of first rate scientists who went on to
>>>> do good work in the arts and humanities, but there are almost
>>>> no examples of people who started their careers as artists and then
>>>> went on to make important discoveries in the sciences or engineering
>>>> or mathematics
>>>>
>>>>
>>> May be because it is nicer to be an artist than a scientist ;-)
>>>
>>> Joke apart, I think you are wrong, that it is one of those cliches that
>>> are persistent. If you don't split science between "applied" and "pure"
>>> (your favorite topic at the moment), then you can find many artists that
>>> had a double carreer or invented things or even some that went into
>>> applied science. The problem is that nobody as ever been interested to
>>> do a PhD on this or even a book and the second problem is that those
>>> people have usually been forgotten as artists (we don't remember they
>>> started as artists).
>>> And I guess that those who had both carreer, do not necessarily want to
>>> mix the 2, specially if they are doing "applied science" as it is not
>>> very well looked at by the art milieu. Yes, indeed, this is a cultural
>>> problem !
>>>
>>> Annick
>>>
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