tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240582944172046688.post9170321313912316342..comments2018-11-22T00:59:01.928-08:00Comments on Visual Culture and BioScience: RE: SESSION THREE: bioscience and bioartCPNAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438216163752750156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240582944172046688.post-89315244616196342802007-03-13T14:59:00.000-07:002007-03-13T14:59:00.000-07:00Scientist’s should challenge themselves to utilize...Scientist’s should challenge themselves to utilize art within a scientific context. Cognitive neuroscientist, Semir Zeki, is an example of a scientist who collaborates with artists to advance his research. In his text “Art and the Brain” he uses examples of Cezanne’s, Calder’s and Matisse’s work to illustrate neurological discoveries supported through aesthetics:<BR/><BR/> “...that we have learned enough about the visual brain in the past quarter of a century to begin to study the biological foundation of aesthetics. Aesthetics, like all other human activities, must obey the rules of the brain of whose activity it is a product…”<BR/><BR/>http://www.neuroesthetics.org/research/pdf/Daedalus.pdf<BR/><BR/>MFA Graduate Student - SVAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240582944172046688.post-84178977257008974742007-03-13T13:57:00.000-07:002007-03-13T13:57:00.000-07:00EugeneBioart is an indication that science is an a...Eugene<BR/>Bioart is an indication that science is an area where some of the most innovative, consequential and exciting investigations are happening today. It is natural for artists to migrate towards this territory since that is in keeping with the ways that modernism's concept of innovation continues to unfold. Does it matter who benefits more, the artist, the community or the scientist? We are not talking about "Big Science" in this frame of reference where millions of dollars are at stake. Nor are artists reaping significant financial rewards since their hybrid practices are outside of mainstream parlance. <BR/><BR/>If the end result is more in keeping with knowledge production, everyone benefits. When speaking in terms of education and public awareness, the transparency of opaque issues provided by greater dialogue can only aid in discovering what the issues really are.<BR/><BR/>Since 2003 when the Rifkin article was published in the Guardian, much has changed with regard to Bioart.<BR/><BR/>MFA Graduate Student - SVAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com