Strange Attractors Opening Presentations:
James Elkins, Matthew Ritchie, and Elaine Reynolds
This is the opening event of Strange Attractors: Art, Science, and the Question of Convergence, a multi-format symposium. This event features presentations by art historian, James Elkins of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Elaine Reynolds, associate professor of biology and neuroscience at Lafayette College; and artist Matthew Ritchie. Refreshments will be served.
With the current groundswell of interest in interdisciplinary thinking sweeping the arts and academia, the intersection of art and science is becoming increasingly promising terrain for many artists. But with the two fields representing such distinct epistemological enterprises, prospects for a mutually beneficial partnership remain unclear. The objective of this symposium is to examine some of the underlying assumptions and motivations of this burgeoning movement, to clarify what its practitioners seek to accomplish, and to consider ways in which an art-science alliance might contribute to the larger cultural discourse of our fraught and complex century.
Co-organized by CUE Art Foundation and Taney Roniger, the conference features a panel of distinguished artists, scientists, writers, and curators in a ten-day online dialogue initiated by this afternoon's opening presentations at the Foundation’s Chelsea gallery. Both components are free and open to the public, and readers of the online forum are encouraged to contribute through moderated comments. The symposium concludes with a social gathering at the gallery welcoming all participants and the public. As a follow-up to the conference, selected participant essays will be published in the December/January issue of The Brooklyn Rail which will be dedicated to the intersection of art and science.
FULL SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
In-Person Event
Opening Presentations:
James Elkins, Matthew Ritchie, and Elaine Reynolds
Saturday, November 4, 3-5.30PM
CUE Art Foundation, 137 W25th Street, New York, NY 10001
FREE: RSVP above.
Online Symposium
Follow and participate online
www.strangeattractors.cueartfoundation.com
Sunday, November 5 – Tuesday, November 15.
In-Person Event
Strange Attractors Mixer
Friday, November 17, 5-7PM
CUE Art Foundation, 137 W25th Street, New York, NY 10001
FREE: RSVP here.
The Brooklyn Rail Critics Page
Pickup the December/January issue at a location near you, or read online at www.brooklynrail.org
For more information and to follow the symposium online, visit www.strangeattractors.cueartfoundation.com.