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About sciartsci

I would like to consider myself both scientist and artist and am profoundly interested in the overlap, intermingling, and interface between these two worlds. I had an academic position (in science) at a university in the USA, which I left (in part) to spend a year in London doing art in a Foundation programme at Byam Shaw/Central St Martins. I now find myself back working in science but maintaining a high level of involvement in art (sculpture, painting, drawing, photography). I have a pretty cool job and this blog reflects only my opinions and not those of the fantastic institution I happen to be lucky enough to work for.

Emotion in Science and Art

Posted on September 16, 2012

What is the role of emotion in art and what is the role of emotion in science? Is science really the realm of the cold intellect, and art the dominion of the heart?  Is getting people to care about science … Continue reading →

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Experiments– CSM Art and Science MA Interim Show

Posted on May 25, 2012

Recently I had the thoroughly enjoyable experience of checking out the interim show of the world’s first ever Art and Science MA course. Run at the Byam Shaw campus of Central St Martins by Nathan Cohen and Eleanor Crook, this … Continue reading →

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Really good immersive environmental art

Posted on October 3, 2011

For environmental scientists, the world is often an extension of the laboratory. For that reason, I am am sometimes loathe to draw the line between where sci-art begins and environmental art begins. By environmental art, I mean art that directly … Continue reading →

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Science and art– Talking about a new art movement

Posted on July 11, 2011

Last Friday I headed over to the GV Art Gallery in London to check out their new and ambitiously titled show Art & Science: Merging Art and Science to Make a Revolutionary New Art Movement and hear a panel of bio-artists moderated … Continue reading →

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Kinetica Art Fair: Zoo of the Future

Posted on February 6, 2011

Squeals when you pull its hairs. Echidna II by Tim Bech. Image courtesy of Kinetica website Yesterday I visited the Kinetica Art Fair, hosted at the P3 Gallery at the University of Westminster.  You walk through a dark hallway that … Continue reading →

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On the difficulty of making good climate art

Posted on December 18, 2010

So I could blame my busy life on it taking me ages to write a new blog post.  But instead I am going to attribute the fact that I had the notion of writing a post on the exhibition “Unfold, … Continue reading →

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The art and science of glassblowing

Posted on August 31, 2010

Glassblowing is pretty neat.  There is something amazing about watching somebody start with a blob of cold glass and turn it to something colorful, delicate and shapely.  That said, glass blowing is typically thought of more as a craft than … Continue reading →

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Earthquake Art

Posted on August 8, 2010

I’m a geologist by training, and my present employment has a decidedly environmental slant. I use this as an excuse for my ongoing interest in land/environmental art.   While not explicitly classified as sci-art because it isn’t necessarily always directly … Continue reading →

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What makes good sci art? #1

Posted on July 22, 2010

What sci-art?  Is it art that comments on science?  Is it art that uses the tools of science?  Is it science that is done with the intention of being art?  Is it a beautiful image produced by a scientist as … Continue reading →

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A blog about science in art and art in science

Posted on July 15, 2010

Science and art—two fields that seem to be poles apart.  In today’s culture, you are shoved into one box or another, without much room for escape.  What would our old pal Leonardo da Vinci think of that?  The man who … Continue reading →

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