Art-Science
Bridging the gap: Art-Science collaboration
Cosmic Missteps: Turning Research Failures into Art
Cosmic Missteps is a workshop series where an artist and scientist collaborate and leads a group of student participants on a creating art inspired by space research failure. This will culminate into a exhibition at the end of the Spring semester at the Lobby of the Ferst Center for the Arts.
Calendar
15 January: The workshop kickoff for the new Art/Science initiative “Cosmic Missteps” starts with artist Dylan Cawthorne and scientist/SRI director Jud Ready!
17 February: Workshop 1 of the Cosmic Misstep series with artist Zeynep Ozcan and scientist Amanda Stockton!
5 March: Workshop 2 of the Cosmic Misstep series with artist Ashley Wheeler and scientist/Director of Georgia Tech Observatory Paul Sells!
2 April: Workshop 3 of the Cosmic misstep Series with Artist Eric Mack and Scientist Jennifer Glass!
SAVE THE DATE: Exhibition Launch on Monday 13th April 5-7pm in the Ferst Center for the Arts lobby! The exhibition will be up until the end of the semester.
Science is an Art. Art is a Science.
The idea is that in the scientific process, there are inevitable steps or what some might call ‘failures’ along the way (blown up cubesat, divergent numerical results, failed experiments) that are often times glazed over but they can create some beautiful art that not only highlight the beauty of ‘failures’ but also their importance for science - in particular space science. Failure is part of learning in both Art and Science and show progress. This is not only great for normalizing ‘failures’ but also as an outreach tool that Science is a progress that can be appreciated artistically (seems like we need this more than ever). It is a learning curve to have inter-disciplinary conversations and a language barrier between artists and scientists. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to foster cross disciplinary communication/collaboration and normalize failure.
Everyone learns differently. By using different medium to convey the same information, we hope to inspire the next generation of Artists and Scientists. By partnering artist and scientist/engineers on campus who sign up, we can not only highlight the Artist on campus but also showcase how each different scientist contribute to space research.
Mission
- Normalise failures for both Arts and Science community and especially for students - encouraging a growth mindset and show that failure is an essential part of learning.
- Build and foster collaborations between Arts and Science faculty on campus by facilitating conversations
- Showcase Space research to campus community, as outreach for K12 and to the Space research community nationwide
People
Joyce Sim (LEAD - School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
Catherine Manci (Library)
Alexandria Smith (School of Music)
Melissa Gerrior (Student engagement)
Krystian Ramlogan (School of Literature, Media and Communications)
Lisa Yaszek (School of Literature, Media and Communications)
Funded by Space Research Institute (SRI)