[Nettime-nl] March 19th Utopian Practices: Art, Science and Design REunited Conference

[michelle <michelle@waag.org>]

Is it finally time to reunite the Sciences with the Arts? How can we 
(re)combine the works of artists, designers and scientists, and what 
value would it add? To answer these questions and more:

Waag Society, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences’ 
Virtual Knowledge Studio and The Arts & Genomics Centre of Leiden 
University have organised the conference 'Utopian Practices: Science, 
Art & Design REunited' in De Balie in Amsterdam on Thursday, 19 March 2009.

Art, science and design were once closely tied to one another, but in 
the modern age technological specialisation and other divisions brought 
about a fragmentation of these fields. Increasingly, however, we have 
begun noticing a number of cross-pollinations between fine arts, applied 
arts and the sciences. During the conference 'Utopian Practices: 
Science, Art & Design REunited', a number of pioneers in this issue will 
present some surprising connections between the various disciplines. 
Susan Kennard, Executive Director of the new media institute BANFF in 
Canada will talk about the unique way that BANFF brings together 
researchers, artists and designers. Professor Emeritus Martin Kemp from 
Oxford University will discuss the similarities between artists and 
scientists based on what he calls ‘structural intuition’. And artist 
Beatriz da Costa will tell us how difficult it is to break down the 
barriers between art and science based on the question ‘when does Art 
become Science?’

Utopian Practices is the official opening for a programme dealing with 
the daily practice of art, science and design organised by Waag Society, 
the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Virtual Knowledge 
Studio and The Arts & Genomics Centre at Leiden University.

The Conference
Utopian Practices: Art, Science and Design REunited will take place on 
19 March 2009 in De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10 in Amsterdam.
Start: 09:00- till 16:30.
Ticket sales via De Balie: 020 – 5535100 or www.debalie.nl
Admission: € 15 (including lunch)
Utopian Practices can be viewed live at: www.killertv.nl and 
www.balie.nl/live
The complete programme can be downloaded at the website: 
http://waag.org/nieuws/47106
Language: English

Utopian Practices is an initiative of Waag Society www.waag.org, The 
Arts & Genomics Centre www.artsgenomics.org and the Virtual Knowledge 
Studio www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl
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