Hallo to those who may still be following this thread!
It had occurred to me that there is a relevant contemporary artist
working today who actually made a project involving technicians,
engineers, architects, astrophysicists, arachnologists, etc
This mans name is Tomas Saraceno. The project 14Billions was the
first time a three dimensional spider web had been scanned - The
development of the ability to scan such a thing was published in two
scientific journals.
The artist with his studio and some scientists from TU Darmstadt
scanned these webs, after years of various attempts - and then rebuilt
it 16 times larger as true to form as possible - a rather audacious
and perplexing operation-
All technique aside, the work, just to have this type of data, has
been a sort of well-spring for scientists - ok a few scientists are
engaging with it, but nonetheless. A biological mathematician in
Japan is using this model information in his analyses, there is
ongoing discussion and application process to launch orb-weaver
spiders to the iss through gilles clement, some bio-materials
scientists at MIT etc -
http://14billionworkingtitle.blogspot.de/
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 12:57 PM, roger malina <rmalina@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> from linked in
> DOES ART SCIENCE COLLABORATION CONTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY TO SUCCESSFUL
> SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE...
>
> I'd like to pick up on 'the creative producers of knowledge'.
>
> A bit of speculation here:-
>
> Due to their training the use and acquisition of knowledge is
> approached in different ways by artists and scientists.
>
> It's this difference that expands the understanding of some artists
> and scientists and can but does not invariably add value to art and
> science.
>
> One problem that may explain the absence of scientists on this site is
> that the recognised outcomes are different. These are publications in
> science, and virtually anything except publications in art. Most of
> the work that results from collaborations between artists and
> scientists result in some type of art work rather than scientific
> papers. This benefits the artist but is of minor career advantage to
> the scientist involved.
>
> I'm interested in what you think.
> By lizz Tuckerman
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