In the framework of the annual Ecsite Conference (http://www.ecsite-conference.net/en/index.php?n=4), held in Milan 4-6 June 2009, Leonardo Museum, there were a number of sessions on art and and science crossings:
- Artscience: New Paradigm or Oxymoron?
What do science centres stand to gain by treating art not simply as “propaganda for science” but as a parallel form of enquiry? What risks are involved in developing artscience projects? How can artscience centres become a focus for a new kind of creative community?
- Art and Artist in the Science Centre: Why Not?
Appealing, inspiring, captivating, and above all, original. Don’t we all strive for these qualities in our science centre or museum? Then why do so few science centres and children’s museums involve artists in their exhibition development and seem reluctant to merge artworks and educational exhibits?