https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2012-01707-y
Regular Article
Linking science and arts: Intimate science, shared spaces and living experiments
1 Departament de Física Fonamental, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
2 Research Institute of Geography and the Lived Environment, GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK
3 Center for Complex Systems, Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw, ul. Stawki 5/7, 00-183 Warsaw, Poland
4 Mathematics Department, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
a e-mail: janet.smart@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Received:
1
August
2012
Revised:
9
October
2012
Published online:
5
December
2012
We aim to move beyond the idea of art as a tool for communicating science, towards a truly interdisciplinary practice where art and public engagement are a fundamental part of the way that science is carried out as promoted by the FuturICT project. Artistic exploration can have a scientific impact when artists act as designers, catalyzers and coordinators of experiments, which scientists interpret and respond to. We propose the creation of a travelling show, consisting of a set of core exhibits and ‘living experiments’: interactive, evolving pieces which blend artistic experience and scientific research. We also propose the creation of a new production oriented, distributed, inter-institutional research centre, focused on developing parallel relations between artistic practice and diverse fields of science. All these initiatives will be aligned with different areas of the FuturICT project, using different aspects of the Living Earth Simulator, Planetary Nervous System, and Knowledge Accelerator to support the creation of rich, interactive, collaborative experiences and in close contact with the educational and participatory platforms of FuturICT.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2012
