COLLIDING IDEAS: art, society and physics<\/p>\n
Public symposium, Sunday 8 July 2012 at RMIT University Storey Hall,<\/p>\n
10am to 5pm<\/p>\n
Call for presentations<\/p>\n
\u201cWe live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology,<\/p>\n
in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology\u201d –<\/p>\n
Carl Sagan<\/p>\n
Recent discoveries in physics have changed our lives forever. From<\/p>\n
iPhones and the internet to medical imaging and genetic engineering,<\/p>\n
modern technology has largely been developed through advances in<\/p>\n
physics, yet few people understand it. Melbourne is hosting the 36th<\/p>\n
International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2012), where they<\/p>\n
may announce the discovery of the Higgs boson, or \u2018God Particle\u2019. Taking<\/p>\n
inspiration from this event, the \u2018Colliding Ideas\u2019 symposium will<\/p>\n
address the social and creative parameters of such events.<\/p>\n
\u2018Colliding Ideas\u2019 will explore the worlds within the physical sciences<\/p>\n
and ask what is going on in there, how it relates to our social world,<\/p>\n
and how it affects us culturally and physically. And, in such contexts,<\/p>\n
how do the perspectives of physicists relate to and differ from those of<\/p>\n
artists and visual communicators who use physics-based technologies?<\/p>\n
With digital technologies linking the ideas and methods of art and<\/p>\n
science, we may be getting closer to a trans-disciplinary visual and<\/p>\n
sonic understanding. And through art \/ science collaborations, artists<\/p>\n
can critically engage with the concepts, methods, possibilities and<\/p>\n
implications of scientific research. The symposium will feature key<\/p>\n
speakers from CERN, the Australian Network for Arts & Technology,<\/p>\n
alongside contemporary media and fine arts practitioners and theorists.<\/p>\n
A series of thirty minute talks will be followed by panel discussions<\/p>\n
and audiovisual presentations. Lunch and snacks will be provided.<\/p>\n
Proposals for presentations relating to art and physics are invited.<\/p>\n
Topics could include (but are not limited to):<\/p>\n
Visual art, scientific visualisation and the limits of interpretatbility<\/p>\n
\u2018Higgs in space\u2019 – what the Higgs Boson means for the rest of us<\/p>\n
CP Snow and violations of the \u2018separation of the two cultures\u2019<\/p>\n
From the teleporter to the death star – physics in cinema<\/p>\n
Cats vs rabbits -Quantum uncertainty and the real world<\/p>\n
The trials and tribulations of art \/ science collaborations<\/p>\n
Scientific philosophy and the politics of particle physics<\/p>\n
Digital art, technology and physics<\/p>\n
Risk and failure in science and art<\/p>\n
Possible futures in art and physics<\/p>\n
Outsider and DIY physics<\/p>\n
Mathematics and statistics<\/p>\n
Geospatial sciences<\/p>\n
Applied sciences<\/p>\n
Computing and IT<\/p>\n
Holography<\/p>\n
Lasers<\/p>\n
For further information please contact Chris Henschke<\/p>\n
chris.henschke@rmit.edu.au<\/p>\n
Proposals are due by June 8 2012<\/p>\n
For more information and to register your interest please visit:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.rmit.edu.au\/browse;ID=ntsfu36kmyfkz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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