Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science Is Redefining Contemporary Art [Hardcover]

In recent decades, an exciting new art movement has emerged in which artists utilize and illuminate the latest advances in science. Some of their provocative creationsa live rabbit implanted with the fluorescent gene of a jellyfish, a gigantic glass-and-chrome sculpture of the Big Bang (pictured on the cover)can be seen in traditional art museums and magazines, while others are being made by leading designers at Pixar, Googles Creative Lab, and the MIT Media Lab. InA dazzling look at the artists working on the frontiers of science. [An] encyclopedic survey& Dr. Millers grasp of the scene is impressive. [Arthur I. Miller] deftly demonstrates in this survey of what he calls artsci [that] both artists and scientists&have probed the porous borders between art and science, creating aesthetic objects that incorporate scientific ideas& Miller eloquently chronicles the story of artsci in brief vignettes of the lives and works of the individuals working at the intersections of these disciplines. Arthur I. Miller understands the intersection of art and science better than anyone writing today. In Arthur I. Miller explores what happens when the brainwaves, objectivity and logic of science spark off the inspiration, subjectivity and wildness of art, and vice versa. After tracing out the contacts between these spheres of endeavor, Miller goes even further, suggesting that the boundaries between them are breaking down: science is redefining contemporary art to seed a third culture. Arthur I. Millers Arthur I. Miller has the rare intellectual range to address the ways modern scientific discoveries have nourished the creativity of artistsand thats what hes done in this fine book. Illuminating& [A] philosophically rich study of creativity and aesthetics.