Thursday, October 27, 6:00 pm
Department of Art History, NYU
Room 301, NYU Silver Building
(Enter at 32 Waverly Place)
Abstract:
Art and science once seemed opposed, but some of today’s most innovative artists are fusing them. Striving to visualize the invisible, pondering what it will mean to be human in the future, they create objects that redefine our idea of “art.” A recent exhibition at GV Art (London) gathered together a group of these cutting-edge artists.
Exhibition curator Arthur I. Miller, author of notable books on Einstein, Picasso, Jung, and the nature of creativity, will discuss the rise of a new contemporary culture driven by science and technology. Taking the exhibition as a starting point, his talk will explore questions ranging from the practical to the philosophical. How exactly do artists and scientists collaborate? How does science affect art? How can art affect science? What will it mean to live in a new “third culture” that is a synthesis of the two?