Art and Science : getting along like peanut butter and jelly

Leonardo Da Vinci and Vesalius – among many others – are there to show that the union of science and art is not a new. Art is about the way we perceive the world and science as revolutionnize that perception. It can be expected then that they would work hand in hand in the modern world. Sciart is a fusion of science AND art, not in a NASA-style “artist rendering”, but in a symbiosis where science become the medium as well as the object of the artist. The internet has great examples of this; here his a few.

Julian Voss Andrea, an ex-physician and one of the best sciartist, website :
http://www.julianvossandreae.com/

Bioglyph : bioluminescent art at Montana State University
http://www.erc.montana.edu/Bioglyphs/default.htm

DNA 11’s personnalizzed genetic art :
http://www.dna11.com/

A collection of science tattoos assembled by Carl Zimmer :
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/science-tattoo-emporium/

Polarize tape art :
http://www.austine.com/

Jacques Deshaies proteins and DNA paintings :
http://www.jacquesdeshaies.com/bienvenue/index2.html

Brush with Science of Julie Newdoll
http://www.brushwithscience.com/fall2003/Commissions/RecentlyPubCommissions.html