...Art-science collaborations have a long and storied history. From Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) and Bell Labs in the late 1960s to CERN’s present-day artistic residencies, art can mediate science’s often inaccessible and inscrutable findings...
...Art-science collaborations have a long and storied history. From Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) and Bell Labs in the late 1960s to CERN’s present-day artistic residencies, art can mediate science’s often inaccessible and inscrutable findings. “The idea was that a one-to-one collaboration could produce something that neither of the two could individually foresee,” E.A.T. founder Billy Klüver said in a 1995 interview. It turns out, artists are particularly well-suited to interpret and activate the many powerful forces that swirl beyond our immediate perception. “Future Tense: Art, Complexity, and Uncertainty” is a research project, exhibition, and symposium executed by the UCI Beall Center for Art + Technology in Irvine, California, that continues the tradition of putting artists in labs. Funded by Getty’s 2024 PST ART: Art and Science Collide initiative...
