Letter from the Editor
Hello readers!
From the stage of an artist who raps evolutionary principles, to the
floor of an avant-garde dance/theater group that explores, in space and
concept, the four chambers of the human heart, to installation sculpture
that gives form to the epidemics that have plagued us throughout
history—this April’s issue is largely about what it is to be human.
As many works this issue could not have been made without a degree
of collaborative effort, the undercurrent this month is the idea of collaboration between the arts and sciences. A very popular practice in the
science-art community, collaboration is both a frequent occurrence and
a wonderful tradition. Like any relationship that goes two ways, however,
collaboration is complicated, which is why we devoted our lead article to
exploring the less often spoken side of collaboration—that of the
scientists.
It is also my pleasure to include our first book review, the début in
what I hope will be a continuing tradition. One of a few pieces we have
this month by guest contributors, the book we feature comes from our
recently launched online SciArt library of annotations, where we have
collected (and are continually collecting) information about publications
which may be of interest to our audience.
Sincerely,
Julia Buntaine,
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
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SciArt in America April 2014