WHAT IS THE GOAL OF ART-SCI : ?? INTEGRATION ? the THIRD CULTURE ARGUMENT ? SEVERAL GOALS ? In response to one of the discussions Drew made a comment, below, that the “goal of Art Sci is integration” Is this really the goal ? Integration of what ? the arts and sciences ? institutionally ? [...]
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Patents Filed Resulting from Art Science Collaborations
re the upcoming NSF NEA Re/Search: Art, Science, and Information Technology workshop One of the arguments for promoting art-science collaboration is that it can result in unexpected technological innovation that is useful to society One way of documenting this kind of outcome is by identifying patents filed by the art-science teams I dont want to [...]
ITACCUS input to UN report on cultural uses of space
The ITACCUS committee of the International Federation of Astronautics (IAF) promotes the use of outer space ( data, spacecraft, systems( for cultural purposes ( arts and humanities, entertainment, tourism). Any cultural activity above 100km or so !! Although we do include zero gravity parabolic flights as plateforms for ITACCUS. http://www.iafastro.net/?id=883 nahum.mantra@gmail.com of the ITACCUS committee [...]
Reference List: The case for art-science collaboration in cog sciences as a benefit to science and engineering
Click HERE for a draft of the scientific reference list related to art and cognitive/neuroscience. The list also includes links to reports and general references in the art/sci field
Call for proposals for Leonardo Session at 2012 US college art association
FROM INCOMING LEAF CHAIR PATRICIA OLYNYK Dear Colleagues, The Leonardo Art and Education Forum (LEAF) is seeking proposals for the CAA 2012 two-and-one half hour session in connection with its Annual Conference, to be held February 22–25 in Los Angeles in 2012. (The date is correct – CAA plans well ahead for this.) The deadline [...]
LEONARDO 2010 SIGGRAPH SPECIAL ISSUE : HAPTICS
LEONARDO VOLUME 43 | NUMBER 4 | 2010Leonardo Special Issue:SIGGRAPH 2010 Art Papers and TouchPoint Gallery http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/leon/43/4 324 Conference Arts Director’s Statement Matthew Hollern 325 Guest EditorialLira Nikolovska 327 SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist AwardYoichiro KawaguchiART Papers 328 Art Papers Jury 330 The Immediacy of the Artist’s Mark in Shape ComputationJacquelyn A. Martino AbstractThis paper contributes to [...]
Wellcome’s evauation of their SciArt Funding program (1996-2006)
From Amy Ione: The Wellcome Trust has a summary and a full report of their SciArt funding program at their page: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Publications/Reports/Public-engagement/Sciart-evaluation-report/index.htm FYI, the program ran from 1996-2006. Briefly, they funded 124 projects, considered the program valuable, said it had more impact on the arts than the sciences. They have since moved the ArtSci program [...]