The Art-Science Symbiosis

Description

This book delves into the long-standing human aspiration to combine art and science. In six chapters, The Art-Science Symbiosis outlines new approaches to understand current scientific practice in general and art-science in particular, showcasing how contemporary art can provide a unique perspective on the meaning and potential of collaboration. With more than a hundred full colour images, The Art-Science Symbiosis serves as a resource for researchers interested in the art-science integration, as well as a general reference for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work. In the book, twenty-two works have been selected based on their inherent merits and for the emergent knowledge that their art-science integration produces. These works have sparked novel questions, ideas and curiosity amongst scientists and artists alike which, we hope, will promote further dialogue not only amongst them but with the general public, inspiring a process that may lead to diverse, complex, and promising results with real-world consequences we have as yet to uncover. The Key messages of the book are: Contemporary art is a powerful space of dialogue between science and the public Interdisciplinary work based on symmetrical collaboration promotes groundbreaking results Artistic inquiry can lead to new understanding of scientific exploration Art-science practice could be started using a simple methodology About the Author Marcelo Velasco (Santiago, 1971) is a Biologist with graduate studies in Medial Arts (Universidad de Chile) and Ecological Economics (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). As an experimental biologist he worked in Neurosciences studying the epistemology, physiology and behaviour of the visual system and magnetic perception. During the 2000’s he developed studies for the sustainability performance of various industries. He has developed and applied innovative social instruments for collaboration and inclusion using new technologies and interdisciplinary approaches. This and other works resulted in presentations in Argentina, Colombia, Canada and the UK. Currently he is devoted to unfolding the transformative potential of art-science inside and outside the scientific community. Ignacio Nieto (Santiago, 1973) studied Visual Arts, has a Master in Education (Educational Informatics) and now is PhD candidate in Philosophy (Aesthetics and Art Theory) at the Universidad de Chile. Over the last fifteen years he has worked in several Chilean universities teaching object-oriented programming to design and art students and as a curator, giving talks and workshops on new media. His proposals have been presented at Instituto Cervantes, Albuquerque, ConectarLab Buenos Aires, HeK Gallery Bassel, Mu Gallery Eindhoven, UCSD in San Diego, Telic Art Los Angeles and Penn State University, State College, UNTREF Buenos Aires, Festival de la Imagen and Cinemateca Distrital, both in Colombia. He co-authored Radiografía del net art Latinoamericano and was juror for the art gallery Apex Art in New York. He belonged to the IPC, International Program Committee, Symposium for Electronic Arts, ISEA, 2017. Currently he is guest editor of the journal AI & Society and is completing his doctoral thesis based on the ontological and epistemological experience in the practice of art.