Envisioning+Science

//Visualizing Science: Image-Making in the Constitution of Scientific Knowledge (An interdisciplinary symposium)//
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:00-7:00 p.m. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University

Co-conveners: Mark Auslander (Anthropology) and Andreas Teuber(Philosophy)

This symposium explores the enigmatic relationship between science and art, with particular attention to the power of visual images in scientific imaginations. Do visual images simply represent scientific data and concepts, or do images and image-making, at times, actively inspire, catalyze or constitute scientific insight? Inspired by the [|art of Steve Miller], whose work explores the mysteries of protein structures, we will consider the visual dimensions of scientific thought in a range of disciplines.

Likely participants include: Peter Galison (Harvard), Brian Hayes (American Scientist), Natasha Myers (York University), Rosalind Reid (American Scientist), Steve Milller (artist), Michael Rush (Rose Art Museum), Mark Auslander (Anthropology & Cultural Production, Brandeis), John Lisman (Biology, Brandeis), Andreas Teuber (Philosophy, Brandeis), Rick Parmentier (Anthropology, Brandeis), Greg Petsko (Biochemistry and Chemistry, Brandeis)


 * Please participate in our discussion of the work of Steve Miller
 * Please participate in our discussion of the relationship between art and scientific imaging.


 * Links**


 * [|Image and Meaning] project (Harvard/MIT)
 * [|Biomedicine and Aesthetics] workshop (Copenhagen)
 * [|Steve Miller website]