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The Cutting Edge of Science and Art: A Curated Exploration Course Outline

The cutting edge of science and art: a curated exploration

This course offers a tour through the world’s most cutting-edge immersive and interactive sci-art. Each week we will take on a theme, from big data to biotechnology to the environment, and introduce students to a number of beautiful and challenging works of art dealing with that theme—works from around the world that were designed to be experienced and explored online (some of which we are given exclusive access to!). The group will embark on a guided exploration of each artwork, learning about the themes and how to approach the scientific content as well as how to engage with the artistic side, and sharing their responses and experiences in an open, welcoming exploration.

 

Week by week outline

Week 1

Big Data

Ryoji Ikeda: Datamatics

https://www.ryojiikeda.com/project/datamatics/?fbclid=IwAR2dlBGAM0I6fa7Z6x4kKzLMJoVjBdHq3AMwAitCP70gNSJBQ2lhSLoubpk

Marcus Lyall: Laser Lumia

https://www.nervoussquirrel.com/laser_lumia.html?fbclid=IwAR3iQKjafrK6z5iOby7nDjoIxmNuJjtW5VaIUffpcLMfCydOQ-vblprInRY

teamLab: Flowers Bombing Home

https://www.teamlab.art/w/flowers_bombing_home/?fbclid=IwAR1hzJ_Tzy_y-882l7C_J9t5MXVdFtL3Y7zV6Ez7BDm5O-qhUIwQLWeGV_M

Week 2

Biotechnology

Anna Dumitriu and Alex May: Biotechnology from the Blue Flower

https://annadumitriu.co.uk/portfolio/biotechnology-from-the-blue-flower/?fbclid=IwAR2CO3m-qQJb09Aq4HyeD2xIIdpQ2yOQWqGd-qQ5ffl0devSTnD1FXfN2YI

https://www.ourbiotechplanet.artscience-node.com/exhibition/artist/anna_dum_alex_may.html

Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology

https://www.artsworkintheageofbiotechnology.org/?fbclid=IwAR0sYhcZ6kzs-NmybhFkpiXxhPwf4ChYvB4DRrHOGsUf8dERczGA3ynlXrk

Our Bio-Tech Planet

EXIBITION: CAPTURE THE FUTURE(S): OUR BIO-TECH PLANET @ PLANT BIOLOGY EUROPE 2021

In Search of Chemozoa by boredomresearch

Exhibition: In Search of Chemozoa by boredomresearch

Critical Art Ensemble

http://critical-art.net/

Soft Robotics and Posthuman Entities

https://jar-online.net/en/exposition/abstract/soft-robotics-and-posthuman-entities

Week 3

The Environment

Marshmallow Laser Feast: We Live in an Ocean of Air

https://vimeo.com/marshmallowlaserfeast?fbclid=IwAR1O6BeI_xuPq8BkNJEIYx3I7BFqocCPHZuc1IEQblRfhC4-_AAwJp6laMk

Brandon Ballengee

https://brandonballengee.com/

Aeolus Online

https://aeolusonline.net/experience/?fbclid=IwAR28vdmIkivBdQZ3zc36MZaLGHbCi5B0ipmlGcarz2jFhTZV79-fc_bTHBw&seed=flurry&state=0

Owen Fernley: Between the Sand

https://artthescience.com/polyfield-gallery/between-the-sand/?fbclid=IwAR0f8PExlvO5t5YVeK0xDMUGGT7kB3cmQBpr82dTGAGUPStYtF-ut8nP4G0

Rhizone

https://www.ourbiotechplanet.artscience-node.com/exhibition/artist/joan_hof_andr_bart.html

Week 4

The Enormous and the Infinitesimal

Levon Biss: Microsculpture

http://microsculpture.net/levon_biss.html?fbclid=IwAR0LVhOTzMkmvILp_knPf3tUPq17I0BJBSAcw7iBRjYfEk8tTjMrw4K08Sg

Universal Everything: Communion

https://www.ueeditions.com/works/communion?fbclid=IwAR1O6BeI_xuPq8BkNJEIYx3I7BFqocCPHZuc1IEQblRfhC4-_AAwJp6laMk

Margaret Nazon

https://margaretnazon.com/browse-the-gallery/

Week 5

The Body

BoredomResearch: One Cell at a Time

https://boredomresearch.net/wp/blog/human-cell-atlas-commission/

(willing to provide special access to class)

Blast Theory: A Cluster of 17 Cases

https://www.17cases.com/?fbclid=IwAR3BApd8Zrqt9Lf1Nhq-nb00kHtJf7E9Z12x81HeZD5XOIOXOD9wF6DSlfI

Marshmallow Laser Feast: The Tides Within Us

https://yorkmediale.com/events/human-nature/?fbclid=IwAR0B6YWXYD5FQVupg4A81_Cyj5tuHeute6lLOoaP4_dhyBKAkREzF3vSogc

Tin and Ed: Life Forces

https://www.instagram.com/p/COREFAbHptw/?igshid=s4zwnx8o7fgo&fbclid=IwAR0LVhOTzMkmvILp_knPf3tUPq17I0BJBSAcw7iBRjYfEk8tTjMrw4K08Sg

Proximal Spaces

http://www.proximalspaces.com/

Virophilia

https://www.ourbiotechplanet.artscience-node.com/exhibition/artist/pei_ying_lin.html

Bonus

Speculative fiction

https://href.li/?https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football