Examples of scientists in residence in cultural institutions ?
there are not so many= perhaps yasminers can add to the list
There are many opportunities in the Museum world- i was an Osher
scientist in residence at the Exploratorium Museum of Art and Science
http://www.exploratorium.edu/collaborations/oshers
examples
http://www.exploratorium.edu/collaborations/oshers/all
the ZKM in Germany
http://zkm.de/en/institutes-research-centers
hosted a scientific research group a few years ago
and welcomes scientific researchers in residence
the IMERA mediterranean institute has hosted scientists
involved in art science activities
physicist bruno giorgini: http://imera.univ-amu.fr/en/resident/bruno-giorgini
jim jimgewski: http://sites.univ-provence.fr/imera/index.php/en/rss-feed/106.html
and many artists in residence working with local scientists
other organisations such as Banff, Arts Catalyst, Dublin Science
Gallery have active
programs that welcome scientists
maybe yasminers can add to the list
i take the opportunity to mention the exceptional NAFKI futures conference
http://www.keckfutures.org/conferences/art-sem/index.html
this is the first time the US National Academy of Science, National
Academy of Engineering
and of Medicine are organising an an art science meeting
The NAKFI Conference on Art and Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Frontier Collaborations: Ideation, Translation & Realization
see below= which hopefully will be a new step in enabling the new
kinds of collaborations that are emerging
here are the reasons they think that scientists should be involved in
collaborations with artists:
Explore how arts, design, sciences, engineering, and medicine can
stimulate a renaissance of innovation that solves real-world
problems;
discover how collaborations can engage the public and other scientists
and encourage discourse in important issues;
examine how creative disruption and aesthetic experience engage the
human mind to stimulate creativity and innovation;
create concrete projects that can (and ultimately do) lead to at least
one of four kinds of impact – educational , cultural, social and
scientific.
but it is true that there is currently a large asymettry with many
more artists in residence programs
in scientific institutions that scientists in residence programs in
cultural insitutions
roger malina
The 2015 NAKFI Conference will take place at the Arnold and Mabel
Beckman Center in Irvine, California on November 12-14,
( applications are closed-it is not a public conference)
"Art leads to scientific innovation and science inspires art. Like a
pair of bookends they work best when used in tandem and change the way
we view the world. Without one you can't have the other…"[1]
-Kristi Charish, scientist and author, Owl & The Japanese Circus
The Renaissance has been described as an "integrative period" of
unified knowledge – a time during which art and science were one.
Homo Universalis, or polymaths, embraced a proficient understanding of
art, architecture, science and engineering, leading to a period of
wondrous discovery. A shift from integration to specialization
occurred over time, which some presume has separated the domains of
knowledge and experience and contributed to distinct cultures.
Have the cultures really become distinct? There are multiple examples
of collaborations ranging from American painter Abbot Thayer's
invention of camouflage to composer George Antheil and actress Hedy
Lamarr's collaboration that led to the invention of "frequency
hopping" – the encryption technology on cell phones that helps to
prevent messages from being intercepted. Stents used to treat aortic
aneurysms were designed using the principles of origami, and Kenneth
Snelson's tensegrity sculptures have created a new form of engineering
and have helped biologists explain the shapes of cells[2].
Every frontier of human inquiry is art-science in nature in that
intuition and imagination are equal partners to deduction and
precision. The question is not whether art, design, science,
engineering, and medicine are distinct and should be fully integrated,
but how do they meet to serve as the bookends for innovation.
The NAKFI Conference on Art and Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Frontier Collaborations: Ideation, Translation & Realization will
bring together a diverse group of participants to:
explore how arts, design, sciences, engineering, and medicine can
stimulate a renaissance of innovation that solves real-world
problems;
discover how collaborations can engage the public and other scientists
and encourage discourse in important issues;
examine how creative disruption and aesthetic experience engage the
human mind to stimulate creativity and innovation;
create concrete projects that can (and ultimately do) lead to at least
one of four kinds of impact – educational , cultural, social and
scientific.
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[1] Charish K. Art, science, and the great disconnect:
http://www.scwist.ca/art-science-and-the-great-disconnect/
[2] Root-Bernstein R. 11 Apr 2011. The art of scientific and
technological innovations. ScienceBlogs. Accessed December 12, 2014:
http://scienceblogs.com/art_of_science_learning/2011/04/11/the-art-of-scientific-and-tech-1/.
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Guillermo Muñoz <m.m.guillermo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> We have a very active week, and now it seems that our energy fall a little.
> I will inject some new ideas.
>
> 1) Roger, do you know more examples of residences where scientist are asked
> to go to an art space, like Scientifi Delirium Madness?,
>
> 2) In my opinion, it is plenty of science places where nowadays are
> developing art residencies. The list is so big (Fermi Lab, CERN,
> Astrophysics and Astronomy observatories, ...).
>
> 3) At the same time, there are many art places where the idea of science
> work or methodology (Labs, new technologies) is integrated. Like before,
> the list is huge, but would like to present this new exhibition at Laboral
> center (Gijón, Spain):
>
> http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org/en/exposiciones/materia-prima?set_language=en
>
> So, it would be very interesting to listen any of the experiences of the
> scientists engaged in both of this activities (receiveing artists in
> residence in their work place, or collaboarting in this art/sci activities
> developed in art centers).
>
> Best,
>
> Guillermo.
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