science and art…
Reading through the Japan Times newspaper the other day, I came across an article reviewing a show called “Trouble in Paradise / Medi(t)ation of Survival”. (National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) The show aims to bring art and science a little closer through installations, sculptures and interactive media; but despite being a a fairly interesting idea, the show didn’t quite come off successfully for the paper’s art writer, only emphasizing “the fissure between art and science” as something comparative to a great chasm. Sadly.
Anyway, newspapers and fluff aside…I found someone who mixes art and science in a different way, and perhaps with more success. Former-biochemist-come-artist Kelsey Brookes could be a good candidate for drawing these two worlds a little closer. His paintings are constellations that kind of explode off the canvas like little chemical reactions (did you like that?) Anyway, check it out for yourself. I think it’s pretty rad.