Jumpsuits & Teleporters

Yet another Art Talk I did for the National Endowment for the Arts with Marguerite Perret, associate professor of interdisciplinary arts at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas:

NEA: How do you see the intersection of art and science?

PERRET: In recent history, art and science have often been presented in an oppositional, binary relationship. In response, physicist C.P. Snow presented his famous “two cultures” lecture over sixty years ago. He called for a bridging of the disciplines in a manner that would benefit both, while yet maintaining a separation between what he felt were deeply divided traditions. A more contemporary approach is to consider how the histories and methodologies of art and science intersect. Both are forms of inquiry centered around experimentation and exploration, learning, and sharing. There is an interesting correlation in the ways [Bruce and I] work—between the studio and the laboratory. Some artists work in studio-laboratories. Collaboration between the sciences and the arts has the potential to create new kinds of knowledge.

Read the full interview by clicking on the above link.