Future utopia or dystopia: Creative Writing with AI
The aim of this two-part article is to shed light on different dimensions of AI writing in order to think about a possible future by taking stock of current tendencies.
Swaantje Güntzel: „Can’t you make something nice for a change?“
The interview traces Swaantje Güntzel’s artistic development from 2017 until now.
ZERO Interviews
This series of interviews took place at the Zero Foundation as part of the project „each grows stronger when nourished by the other“ (György Kepes).
Cordula Hesselbarth: Auf | Lösung. A Multimedia Wall-Installation
: Resulting from her collaboration with the research alliance Cells in Motion, Cordula Hesselbarth has designed a multimedia wall-installation for the foyer of a research building at the University of Münster.
Herbert W. Franke VISIONÄR
In 2022, the Upper Austrian State Museum Francisco Carolinum is hosting the exhibition "Visionär" ("Visionary") about Herbert W. Franke, one of the most important border-crossers between science and art.
5 years w/k: what happened so far. Part I and II
On the occasion of w/k’s five year anniversary, I take a look back at what we have achieved.
Art from Yeast: Anna Dumitriu & Alex May
Sabine B. Vogel reports on the BioArt exhibition Fermenting Futures by Anna Dumitriu and Alex May currently on show in Vienna.
Herbert W. Franke: Science-Fiction Author and Art Theorist
Whilst part 1 of the interview focused on Herbert W. Franke as
physicist, speleologist and visual artist, part 2 turns its attention to his work as a science
fiction author and art theorist. There are barely any other border-crossers between science
and art who cover such a broad spectrum.
Mario Asef: Art and Ecology
Part 2 of the interview introduces three art projects by Mario
Asef, each of which have different references to ecology: Consumption of Landscape,
Building the Pyramid of Raddusch and Kemmuna Nation. Asef is a science-related artist
who in some cases also collaborates with scientists.
Herbert W. Franke: Border-crosser between Science and Art
Herbert W. Franke is in many ways a border-crosser between science and art: He is a scientist (a physicist and speleologist), artist (in the visual arts and as an author) and art theorist.
Interplay of Science and Art in the Council for Cultural Education
In the Council for Cultural Education, researchers and artists work together on statements for politicians and the public.
Mario Asef: Acousmatic Lectures
Note: This article is only available in the German w/k.
“Art and Science” in other Media
Art and science, they seem like fire and water, yet they are so very closely related; a fact dating back to ancient times.
On Paul Feyerabend: Science as Art
In his essay, Feyerabend explains the idea that both the arts as well as the sciences are style-bound.
Beauty in Everyday Life. On the Theory of Aesthetic Experience
In experiences of beauty, we intuitively examine the characteristics of sensual experience for coherence with a certain aesthetic norm.
Sculptures from found Objects: Artist-Engineer Odo Rumpf
Artist Odo Rumpf creates sculptures from steel.
Volker Hermes: Humboldt-Hybrids
Volker Hermes combines polyhedra found in Geometry with insect diagrams from historical scientific expeditions.
Roland Regner: Transformations
Roland Regner transforms his entire archive of biographical photographs.
Adi Hoesle: Brain Painting
Adi Hoesle developed a painting method: Brain Painting.
Renato Santarossa: Glass Cooperations
The artist Renato Santarossa collaborates with industry to achieve distinctive, unique works.
On Critical Theory and its Approach to Art
This article outlines the understanding of art by the critical theorists Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and Ernst Fischer.
Cordula Hesselbarth: Scientific Illustration and Theory of Sensory Perception – Part 2
In the second part of the interview, Cordula Hesselbarth discusses Scientific illustration supported by the media.
The Scope of Artistic Understanding – A Wittgensteinian Perspective
Stefan Mejatschak brings together Wittgenstein's scattered thoughts on aesthetic and art theoretical questions to form a coherent concept.
Before Comprehension comes Intuition
The basis to aesthetic experience is built upon an interplay between showing and seeing.
Panel Discussion on the Schönauer Exhibition
Panel discussion on the exhibition 'ART INSPIRATION SCIENCE. Thomas Schönauer – The Engineering Artist'.
Birgitta Weimer: Art as Research
Birgitta Weimer conducts artistic research analogous to science.
Philipp Lachenmann: Delphi Rationale
Philipp Lachenmann's film DELPHI Rationale was made during maintenance work on the particle accelerator Delphi at CERN.