Colliding Worlds: Art, Science, and Technology

3 units

Science inspires and informs the arts, and the arts inspire and inform the sciences. This studio-based course introduces students to the history of collaboration between the arts and sciences from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Spanning various disciplines--including medicine, neuroscience, physics, biology, genetics, and planetary sciences--students will investigate the points of convergence that have produced original creative work and transformed scientific insight. Through their projects, students will also explore scientific methodologies that have been adopted by artists, how the arts have contributed to the advancement of knowledge, and the technological innovations that drive new forms of art and science, including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, VR, AR, and 3-D modeling.