edited by Jill Scott, 1st Edition., 2010, 175 p. 150 illus. in color., Softcover
Still available, published by SpringerWienNewYork

This book verifies the need for the arts and the sciences to work together in order to develop more creative and conceptual approaches to innovation and presentation. By blending ethnographical case studies, scientific viewpoints and critical essays, the focus of this research inquiry is the lab context. For scientists, the lab context is one of the most important educational experiences. For contemporary artists, laboratories are inspiring spaces to investigate, share know-how transfer and search for new collaboration potentials. The nine labs represented in this book are from the natural, computing and engineering sciences. An enclosed comprehensive DVD documents the results, the problems and serves as a guideline for the future of true Art/Sci experiments.

Essays
Sigrid Schade, Foreword;
Jill Scott, Introduction: The Process of Inquiry;
Edward A. Shanken, Artists in Industry and the Academy: Collaborative Research, Interdisciplinary Scholarship;
Roger Malina, Welcoming Uncertainty: The Strong Case for Coupling the Arts to Science and Technology;
Jill Scott, Suggested Discourses for more Art_Sci Collaborations;
René Stettler, Perception - Translation - Transformation;
Priska Gisler, Free Access or Entry Denied? Searching the Common Grounds in the “artists-in-labs” Project;
Beat Gerber, Science in Trouble? Art brings Hope.

Case Studies – Artists Diaries
Overview: Jill Scott, The Artistsinlabs Story.
Reports by the Artists: the “Hands On” Experience.
Adrianne Wortzel, archipelago.ch – Converse Engineering: Stories of Emerging Differentiation and Otherness in Robotic Entities.
Margarete Jahrmann, Max Moswitzer, GoApe Simulation Platform
Shirley Soh, The writings on the soil.
Tiffany Holmes, Floating Point.
Thomas Isler, Vietnam Connection.
Axel Vogelsang, Straight lines and curves.
Dominik Bastianello, Where in the world am I.
Nigel Helyer, Theorem.
N.S. Harsha, Room for Digression.
Isabel Rohner, Wounds – or the Search for a Cybernetic System.
Margaret Tan, Smart Apron.

Reactions from Scientists
Research descriptions and exchange potentials with the artists as well as their “soft factor” influences on innovation in specific scientific environments: Ulrich Claessen, Moira Norrie, Angelika Hilbeck, Rolf Pfeifer, Petros Koumoutsakos, Othmar Käppeli, Markus Dürrenberger, Werner Pfäffli, Beat Gerber.

DVD
Directed by Prof. Marille Hahne, Produced by Prof. Dr. Jill Scott
12 documentaries: an analysis of the artist-in-labs context ( each 12 min long).
1 Introduction film to the AIL project (12 min).

edited by Jill Scott, 1st Edition, 2010, 200 p. 150 illus. in color, Softcover
Available now, published by SpringerWienNewYork

Networking in the Margins is about sharing information in the margins where immersive learning can expand the exact sciences and demand a more robust level of dialogue from the humanities and the arts. At base of these margins, sits an attitude, which values mixed levels of fantasy, reality and logic and accepts unexpected results. Therefore, this new edition will feature how the ail artists from the disciplines of sculpture, installation, performance and sound and ail partner scientists from the disciplines of physics, computer technologies, environmental ecology and cognitive analysis have complimented each others research from 2006 to 2009. While scientists have certainly learnt about art, artists have become more involved in ethical and social debates about scientific discovery in relation to society. In this book the potentials of networking in these margins are reflected upon by 9 prominent authors, 12 artists and 12 leading scientific researchers from various Laboratories.

Forward by Sigrid Schade: Director of the ICS.
Roy Ascott, Syncretism: exploring new technologies and progress.
Lloyd Anderson, The Agora metaphor- Blended meeting places for artists and scientist’s – on the ecology and the environment.
Jill Scott, Feedback Loops- public and spatial awareness and the controversies of emotional behaviour neuroscience.
Nina Zschocke, Education/History-Mitigation or collaboration- art and science research teams?
Andrea Glauser, The Value of Residencies- where rapports are defined.
Dominik Landweir, Sharing Technology: Robotics and the Community

edited by Irène Hediger; English/Chinese; 76 pages, 32 illustrations, in colour

CHF 28 / Euro 20 + plus mailing

The publication presents the results of the cross-cultural exchange between Swiss and Chinese artists and scientists. They have been created in the context of the “Sino-Swiss Residency Exchange”-project within the Swiss artists-in-labs program at the Zurich University of the Arts.

During an immersive 5-months the artists Alexandre Joly, Aline Veillat, Aniu and Wenfeng Liao explored, learnt and bridged the cultural caps of understanding at science institutes in China and Switzerland with focus on environmental issues related to mountain (shan) and water (shui). The individual processes of the artists involved are documented, thus giving insights into the experiences, questions and difficulties that both artists and scientists have been confronted with during this immersive encounter.

The “Sino-Swiss Residency Exchange”-project and the “山水 SHANSHUI – BOTH WAYS” exhibition and publication are parts of the Exchange and Cooperation Programme “Swiss Chinese Cultural Explorations” of Pro Helvetia, the Swiss arts council.

• To place an order please contact:

  Zurich University of the Arts
  
  Institut Cultural Studies ICS
  Swiss artists-in-labs Programm
  
  Telefon: +41  43 446 61 10 / +41 43 446 64 06
  Email: ail.program(at)zhdk.ch

edited by Irène Hediger; English/Chinese; 76 pages, 32 illustrations, in colour

CHF 28 / Euro 20 + plus mailing

The publication presents the results of the cross-cultural exchange between Swiss and Chinese artists and scientists. They have been created in the context of the “Sino-Swiss Residency Exchange”-project within the Swiss artists-in-labs program at the Zurich University of the Arts.

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edited by Jill Scott, 1st Edition, 2010, 200 p. 150 illus. in color, Softcover
Available now, published by SpringerWienNewYork

Networking in the Margins is about sharing information in the margins where immersive learning can expand the exact sciences and demand a more robust level of dialogue from the humanities and the arts. At base of these margins, sits an attitude, which values mixed levels of fantasy, reality and logic and accepts unexpected results. Therefore, this new edition will feature how the ail artists from the disciplines of sculpture, installation, performance and sound and ail partner scientists from the disciplines of physics, computer technologies, environmental ecology and cognitive analysis have complimented each others research from 2006 to 2009. While scientists have certainly learnt about art, artists have become more involved in ethical and social debates about scientific discovery in relation to society. In this book the potentials of networking in these margins are reflected upon by 9 prominent authors, 12 artists and 12 leading scientific researchers from various Laboratories. [..]

edited by Jill Scott, 1st Edition., 2010, 175 p. 150 illus. in color., Softcover
Still available, published by SpringerWienNewYork

This book verifies the need for the arts and the sciences to work together in order to develop more creative and conceptual approaches to innovation and presentation. By blending ethnographical case studies, scientific viewpoints and critical essays, the focus of this research inquiry is the lab context. For scientists, the lab context is one of the most important educational experiences. For contemporary artists, laboratories are inspiring spaces to investigate, share know-how transfer and search for new collaboration potentials. The nine labs represented in this book are from the natural, computing and engineering sciences. An enclosed comprehensive DVD documents the results, the problems and serves as a guideline for the future of true Art/Sci experiments. [..]