What Is the Challenge of Art/Science Today?
Submitted by Patricia Bentson on Thursday, 06/19/2014 2:02pmEditorial by Jack Ox and Richard Lowenberg
It is as difficult in 2012 to successfully implement artist/scientist collaborations as it was in the early 1990s for John Seely Brown, director of Xerox PARC, and Rich Gold, founder of PAIR (PARC’s artist-in-residence program). They had to ask and explain many of the same questions we grapple with today while trying to create atmospheres that enable interdisciplinary collaborations. Brown was actually surprised that scientists volunteered part of their research time in order to engage with artists.