WILSON STEPHEN

(P/B) ART AND SCIENCE NOW
Presenting a comprehensive guide to contemporary art inspired or driven by scientific and technological innovation, Art and Science Now points to intriguing new directions for ?the visual arts and traces a key strand in 21st-century aesthetics. Some of the most dynamic works of art are now being produced not in the studio but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical and social questions connected with cutting-edge scientific and technological research. Their work ranges across disciplines - microbiology, the physical ...
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(H/B) ART + SCIENCE NOW
A global overview of the ways in which contemporary artists are using science as muse, and drawing on kinetics, biology, robotics and information technologies to explore new forms of creative expression. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) INFORMATION ARTS
A new breed of contemporary artist engages science and technology - not just to adopt the vocabulary and gizmos, but to explore and comment on the content, agendas, and possibilities. Indeed, proposes Stephen Wilson, the role of the artist is not only to interpret and to spread scientific knowledge, but to be an active partner in determining the direction of research. Years ago, C. P. Snow wrote about the "two cultures" of science and the humanities; these developments may finally help to change the outlook of those who view science and te...
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