History of Art and Science

Catalog description

This course will provide an overview of the pioneering artists and scientists who have challenged the traditional boundaries between the artistic and technological disciplines. Its premise is that the role of the artist who engages with science and technology is not only to interpret, borrow, and communicate ideas from science and technology but also to be an active partner in determining the direction of technoscience research, knowledge, and innovation. We will survey the works and ideas of artists who have explored new interactive and interdisciplinary forms, as well as engineers and mathematicians who have developed information technologies and influential scientific and philosophical ideologies that have affected the arts. 001597