http://www.synesthesie.com/dossier.php?idSection=1724&idFolder=1726&idSub=0 this new art project is commission by the french Nuclear Waste Commission is intended to create ways of marking the places where radioactive waste is stored for thousands of year- very much in keeping with the goals of the Long Now Foundation. Are there other artists projects around the mediterranean tied to nuclear waste [...]
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Alan Turing Centenary
The Alan Turing Centenary Year Celebrations have Begun http://www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk/turing2012/ The arts and culture activities can be found at: http://web.me.com/annadumitriu/Alan_Turing_Year_Arts/Home.html Alan Turing Year 2012 Arts and Culture Subcommittee The Alan Turing Year 2012 Arts and Culture Subcommittee has been formed to develop and promote cultural activities inspired by the work of Alan Turing. Roger Malina
Artificial Life in Art and Science 25 years later: New Worlds and Virtual Humans
Colleagues I have drafted this text for the VIDA catalogue which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Artificial-Life Art movemement. COmment and suggestions welcome Roger Malina Artificial Life in Art and Science 25 years later: New Worlds and Virtual Humans Introduction VIDA this year is looking back at the 25 years since the first artificial [...]
LEONARDO EBOOK: GREEN LIGHT BY GEORGE GESSERT
For many years Leonardo has championed the work of artists involved with contemporary biology. The Leonardo Special Topic has been Guest Edited by George Gessert and Eduardo Kac We continue to welcome submissions to Leonardo Journal in the area of art and biology: http://www.leonardo.info/isast/spec.projects/art+biocall.html We are pleased to announce as part of the project the [...]
NASA ART; 50 Years of Exploration
NASA ART; 50 Years of Exploration http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v64/i8/p42_s1?isAuthorized=no Tom D. Crouch, NASA Art: 50 years of Exploration, Physics Today. August 2011, p 42 Has any one on this list seen the exhibition NASA Art: 50 years of Exploration ?. It was at the Washington DC National Air and Space Museum and is travelling to Las Cruces, [...]
Foreword: Sonya Rapoport: Conflict of Interest by Roger Malina
I wrote a postface for the new book about the work of artist Sonya Rapoport which I preview here (book comes out in 2012) Pairing of Polarities: The Life and Art of Sonya Rapoport Edited by Terri Cohn ABN 978-1-579714-187-1 https://heydaybooks.com/ Foreword: Conflict of Interest by Roger Malina For the work of artist Sonya Rapoport [...]
Sci|Art Nanolab UCLA Summer Institute
Sci|Art Nanolab UCLA Summer Institute Start: 16 Jul 2012 8:00 am End: 27 Jul 2012 5:00 pm artsci.ucla.edu/summer The Sci | Art NanoLab is a highly competitive summer program for high school juniors and seniors interested in collaborating with diverse and notable minds to challenge traditional, polarized perspectives of the arts and sciences. Throughout the [...]
Artist Ruth West work with genomics and other sciences
Artist Ruth West has a long practice involving working with scientists and creating new ways of visualising and navigating scientific data recent examples at : http://merc-art-science.blogspot.com/2011/06/ruth-west-san-diego-interdisciplinary.html See details on Atlas in Silico at: http://www.atlasinsilico.net/gallery.html and on utube ATLAS in silico is a physically interactive virtual reality installation. It fuses art and emerging technologies with pioneering [...]
Artist Rachel Mayeri on her Art for Non Human Primates
Artist Rachel Mayeri, http://www.rachelmayeri.com/ with Jean Pierre Dautricourt on her IMERA residency in the Primatology Center Her project is to make art works for other primages http://www.imera.fr/index.php/en/media-library/article/18-mediatheque/167-mayeri-rachel.html Given the state of permanent crisis in regards to species extinction and the complex relationship between human and non-human primates, especially within the realm of scientific inquiry on [...]
Artist Natalie Settelies and Plant Geneticist Stephen Tonor
Artist Natalie Settelies and Plan Geneticist Stephen Tonor talk about art science collaboration on a “Social Sculpture” project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwYNmn1UY4c&context=C2ae48ADOEgsToPDskLpvMcQGq4_NSwjUadepaW- Natalie Settles, artist in residence, Tonsor Lab for Plant Evolutionary Genetics, University of Pittsburgh; adjunct assistant professor, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania andStephen Tonsor, associate professor, Plant Evolutionary Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania