Group Meeting I and art/science roundtables
I ran over to HMS this morning for some face-time with the folks there and to have lunch with Becky before a group administration meeting at OFA. The meeting was about these roundtables we're trying to organize, somehow bringing artists and scientists together. They are still fairly amorphous, but I think the format is going to be a few informal presentations followed by open discussion. We're thinking of having one or two artists and one or two scientists present at each event. We also decided to hold one at the Medical School, one at the School of Design, and one at a Leverett House, an undergraduate dorm.
Picking a topic and people who might mesh well is going to be the crux of making these work. It's easier for me to see how to get artists interested. The folks I know and have in mind are scientists and engineers as well as artists. They're are curious and have a hunger to know what's going on in the labs around town. But the scientists, how to we create something that will appeal to them. Why should they care about what artists are doing?
Jeffrey Huang for the Graduate School of Design was there. He's interested and seems excited about interactive environments, which attrached him to my work. He invited me to talk to his class and I hope we get a chance to talk more about art and architecture. I've gotten very interested making site-specific pieces where I project directly onto architectural elements: pillars, crossbeams, escalators, etc. I'm thinking about what happens when the walls have an awareness of us and the environment. When they somehow record and display a history of what has happened in the space. Is this a way to show the soul of a building?
Drip, 2004, projected on a column at the LA Convention Center
Picking a topic and people who might mesh well is going to be the crux of making these work. It's easier for me to see how to get artists interested. The folks I know and have in mind are scientists and engineers as well as artists. They're are curious and have a hunger to know what's going on in the labs around town. But the scientists, how to we create something that will appeal to them. Why should they care about what artists are doing?
Jeffrey Huang for the Graduate School of Design was there. He's interested and seems excited about interactive environments, which attrached him to my work. He invited me to talk to his class and I hope we get a chance to talk more about art and architecture. I've gotten very interested making site-specific pieces where I project directly onto architectural elements: pillars, crossbeams, escalators, etc. I'm thinking about what happens when the walls have an awareness of us and the environment. When they somehow record and display a history of what has happened in the space. Is this a way to show the soul of a building?
