August 2017
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Cover image: "Soleil de minuit" by Adrien Lucca.
Letter from the Editor

As you may have heard, this August is our four year anniversary. The past four years have been amazing, and it has truly been an honor to work with, and share the work of, so many incredible artists, thinkers, and creators. It seems that the more we publish, the more there is to publish about - the third culture, the science-art convergence, the bridge between disciplines is here to stay.
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To celebrate, we decided to publish two issues (because two is more fun than one). In addition to our standard issue, giving you the latest in the science-art world (see below), we also produced a special topics issue on the STEAM education movement, which you can read here. As for this issue, it's a summer of artist residencies, Arctic explorations, public art projects, and artist-scientist collaborations. And since there's quite a bit to read this month, I'll leave it here.

As always, happy reading, and feel free to submit your ideas or content for consideration in future issues.

Sincerely,
Julia Buntaine, Founder & Editor-in-Chief

RESIDENCIES 
A comprehensive guide to international
​science-art residencies

Find out about international residency opportunities for artists interested in science and technology, for creative professionals in the arts and sciences looking to expand their practice, and for those looking to actively collaborate across the arts, sciences, and technology.

STRAIGHT TALK
Mathematics & Light with Adrien Lucca

"Julia Buntaine, SciArt Magazine: As an artist you are primarily concerned with light, color theory, and specifically manipulating the visual, perceptual experience. When did you begin this type of work, and what drives your interest in this form of visual expression?
Adrien Lucca: I started to work seriously on these subjects in 2008-2009, while I was student at ERG in Brussels. At that time, I wanted to find a way to make visual art with a “musical” and “mathematical” logic..." 

CURATORIAL
"Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology:
​Shaping Our Genetic Futures"

"The man in a dark loose shirt leans over a pile of plastic pipette ends, carefully squeezing the contents of one into a gel electrophoresis casting tray. Then he stands up to adjust his lapel microphone. He explains that his work both illuminates how gel electrophoresis operates and critiques our assumption that a sample is analogous to a DNA “fingerprint.” He announces that the gel electrophoresis trays are run to create the image of a “1” and a “0” and will be available for viewing..." 

SPOTLIGHT
Working with the Elements: I Am by Andrew Rogers

"One of the sculptures that comprises We Are – my installation on view parallel to the Venice Biennial – is the maquette for the 10.5 meter high 
​I Am commissioned for Kazakhstan. This is my largest cast bronze sculpture to date.  It stands within the grounds of the Astana 2017 Future Energy Expo as a focal point against the backdrop of the expo’s main pavilion..."

STRAIGHT TALK
Ants & Icebergs with Brittany Ransom

"Michal Gavish: Using digital tools in your art practice you combine art and technology design. A hundred years ago, the Bauhaus movement tried to create “a utopian craft guild combining architecture, sculpture, and painting into a single creative expression.” Do you see your process of incorporating computer coding, photography, and sculpture as an extension to this early 20th century connection of art and design? 
Brittany Ransom: I absolutely see my practice and processes as an extension of this connection between art and technology design and a larger vision..."

COLLABORATION
​Scientific Delirium Madness, an art-science residency program 

"Despite much lip service given to the idea of bridging academic disciplines, there are few meaningful examples. There are the one-hour panel snoozers with frequent, unheeded calls to action. There are the self-initiated, under-funded collaborations that culminate with more investigation is warranted. And there are the entertaining, but scientifically-profane endeavors of grant-hungry art institutions. But meaty, provocative examples of scientific-artistic collaborations are hard to come by..."

ON SCREEN
the uncommon by Adam Fung

"​Adam Fung’s three channel film, the uncommon, places the viewer in a stark, unpopulated Arctic landscape. Filmed using an aerial drone and submersible cameras the dramatic perspectives are constantly shifting as we are immersed in a space that suggestions ongoing transitions. The visuals are layered with a narration that suggests a conversation with the expansive space, an acknowledgment of the elemental forces at work, and an eventual recognition of the construct of human vs. nature..."

STRAIGHT TALK
Art & Medicine with Justus Harris

"Multidisciplinary artist Justus Harris has a front-row seat to how interconnected our bodies and technology are becoming: he has insulin dependent diabetes and will soon begin using an artificial pancreas. His experiences living with diabetes inform and permeate his art, and they’ve led him to collaborate with physicians, patients, and medical researchers..." 

QUICK VIEW
Pixel Paintings with Laurentiu Todié

"Todié's paintings give us the minimum necessary information to recognize an image, an impressive feat of human visual perception neuroscientists have been studying for decades. From the recognizable full canvas to the pure abstraction of color up close, Todié's work can be read on multiple scales.."

LISTENING
Music of Reality produces "Beauty from Nothing," an EP

"Where does beauty come from? Did we invent it, or was it always here -
​a property of the universe? At this moment, astronomers and particle physicists are drawing closer and closer to an explanation of our beginnings: how the universe transitioned from nothing into something. Perhaps, in the interaction of quantum chaos and physical laws, the seeds of beauty can be found..."

FROM THE LIBRARY
Radiographic, a monograph by Steve Miller 

"Radiographic is hot off the press from artist Steve Miller, a "founding father" of the science-based art movement (and previously featured SciArt Magazine artist), who has been working with scientific imagery for over three decades. Highlighting his more recent work, Radiographic is a collection of his X-Ray based mixed-media works, largely focused on the flora and fauna of the Amazon as part of his "Health of the Planet" series. Miller's attempt to give an artistic "check up" on the Amazon resulted in dozens of beautiful and revealing images..."
Editor in Chief: Julia Buntaine
Contributing Writers: Joe Ferguson, Julia Buntaine, Michal Gavish
​Guest Contributors: Hannah Star Rogers, Jennifer Roche

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