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Symposium
Amy
Ione
Do Subtle Technologies Enable Us To Effectively Add
Art to the Cognitive Science Equation?
Presented
Sunday May 12th at 1 pm
Cognitive Science, an interdisciplinary field that has arisen
during the past decade, has integrated the work of several
existing disciplines (e.g., psychology, linguistics, computer
science, philosophy, and physiology). Now cognitive scientists
are beginning to consider how to combine the explosion of
empirical data with art. This exercise has raised a number
of complex questions. Many of these questions are discussed
in this paper, which looks closely at what emerging neurobiological
studies can (and cannot) reveal about the exquisite qualities
of art, and about those who produce art.
In exploring the relationship between cognitive science and
art, this paper will focus specifically on what the advent
of Cognitive Science as an interdisciplinary field offers
to art and how artists have transformed cognitive studies
into artistic statements. A broad range of visual examples
will allow people of diverse backgrounds to conceptualize
the ideas under discussion.
Particular attention will be given to:
(1) the range of research and the innovative representations
that are being used by contemporary artists and scientists
to comment on art and the brain; (2) the novel ways artists
and scientists now use optical and non-optical tools in their
studios/laboratories, (3) individual and collaborative projects
that have revised, altered, integrated, and commented upon
physical phenomena, our views of our brains/bodies, and what
might be termed the mysterious or unknown, and (4) future
potentials that might emerge as technological developments
continue to add experimental possibilities to the art/science
equation. Within this collaborative context particular attention
will be given to the ways in which technological innovation
is often a very subtle component of how artists and scientists
communicate their ideas -- and how this is increasingly done
dynamically, visually, globally, and instantaneously.
Amy
Ione - Biography
Best known as an international lecturer, a painter, and a
writer, Amy Ione has long explored discovery, creativity,
innovation, and historical challenges in art and science.
Currently she is Director of The Diatrope Institute, a Berkeley-based
organization that disseminates information relating art, science
and visual studies.
www.diatrope.com
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