Interpolation in the
Genetic Space in
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves.
Image courtesy of
the artist.
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The nature of the relationship between art and science is
largely unexplored and thus largely unknown. During the
Renaissance and Enlightenment, art and science flourished as
partners in describing and understanding human experience.
The great minds of those eras often had a foot in both fields,
where the laboratory and the studio were one and the same.
Art and science ceased to be partners long ago—as each
evolved, art and science grew apart, and they became deeply
complex disciplines shielded within themselves. The cultural
loss that has incurred because of the separation of two of our
greatest modes of investigation is tragic. Without one
another, our picture of the universe is incomplete.
While many artists have recently turned their creative gaze
towards science, including visual artists, writers, playwrights,
musicians, and dancers, this is only one part of the work that
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SciArt in America August 2014