Climate sciences meet visual arts
This set of comments reports experiences from a recent “science-meets-arts”-project in Germany, in which students from the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg (HFBK) shared day-to-day life in climate research groups for several months. The project was envisioned as a process of mutual inspiration with the aim of producing a joint exhibition and symposium at the end. This paper introduces the project as well as the subsequent commentaries and also presents some of my own observations.
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Invited commentaries
arrow_drop_downThe visiting artist researcher experiment
Mar 31, 2015The visiting artist researcher experiment discussed here brought together visual artists and climate scientists, amongst them my research group which studies storms. The …
“I hope to offer a unique artistic perspective on a topic which is hidden from our everyday view” States my application. Will I …
To observe art and science in interaction offered a great opportunity for me as cultural anthropologist to learn about the production of climate …
Many climate scientists find themselves confronted with the challenge of purportedly “knowing better” — while this is a valid claim with respect to …
Artistic research — why and wherefore?
Mar 31, 2015The notion of ‘artistic research’ is a buzzword in contemporary cultural policy, scientific and artistic discourses. This text is not trying to add …
Artistic research and climate science: transdisciplinary learning and spaces of possibilities
Mar 31, 2015Taking a wider view, departing from the specific case of the Hamburg exchange between artists and climate scientists, this comment envisages some radical …