Fields Catalogue
Fields, MA Art and Science graduating students at Central Saint Martins exhibited in K Space and presented a dynamic and engaging exhibition and events programme showcasing their interdisciplinary take on contemporary issues.
Innovative lines of thought merged with experimental techniques, stimulating creative discourse, as students explored the relationship between art and science, disciplines that inform and respond to social change. With a range of backgrounds including art, illustration, psychology, biochemistry and mathematics, MA Art and Science graduates had developed a spectrum of interdisciplinary approaches. Fields are explorative with artworks, workshops and performances embracing diverse media including new technologies, installation, storytelling, analogue media, photography and virtual reality.
Class of 2019
- Allison Barclay-Michaels
- Liv Bargman
- Stephen Bennett
- Áinne Burke
- Helen Cawley
- Tere Chad
- Hazel Chiang
- Meri Lathi
- Rebecca Leach McDonald
- Julie Light
- Reggy (Tong) Liu
- Chris Makin
- Jill Meuller
- Priya Odedra
- Pandora Peng
- Lisa Pettibone
- Gary Scott
- Eleonora Sher
- Amy Starmar
- Olga Suchanova
- Çağlar Tahiroğlu
- Bekk Wells
- Victoria Westerman
- Chang Zhou
There was a Crossing Fields Symposium on 26th May 2018 which was for a day of talks, demonstrations and discussions crossing fields in art and science.
Experience and Collaborations
The Subjective Experience in Art and Science
Presentations by:
- Meri Lahti
- Jill Mueller
- Eleonora Sher
- Caglar Tahiroglu
Sciences that deal with subjective human experiences such as psychology, anthropology and sociology are often associated with art in terms of their expressive or therapeutic aspects, but how do they sit within the Art and Science umbrella which is usually the domain of the ‘hard’ sciences of biology, physics, chemistry and maths?
Three dimensions of collaboration
Interdisciplinary collaborations can take many forms. This panel gave three perspectives on collaborations between artists and science organisations. Lisa Pettibone discusses how experiencing the CERN environment offers inspiration to artists. Helen Cawley, in an ongoing collaboration with the CLOUD Experiment at CERN, gives insight into how she had managed to work with a large team of international scientists to communicate climate science, and Julie Light reflects on working with the Royal Society and how artists can generate new conversations about the future of scientific research.
Presentations by:
- Lisa Pettibone
- Helen Cawley
- Julie Light
Incredible Insects: Collaborating with Nature’s Biofactories.
Illustrator and Artist Liv Bargman and Scientist Rebecca Devine (University of East Anglia) discussed their research and collaboration on Leafcutter Ants and the future of antibiotics: “Humans have been using antibiotics for less than 100 years and already antimicrobial resistance is posing a major risk to modern medicine. In contrast, leaf-cutter ants have been using antibiotics from the soil for around 50 million years to farm their symbiotic fungus.” (Leafcutter Ant Project at UEA)
Presentation by:
- Liv Bargman
Embodiment and Connection
Off the Page and into the Fields
Interactive talks and discussions around the role art plays in transforming abstract ideas and theories about climate change and the environment into embodied experiences and actions.
Presentations by:
- SRG Bennett
- Priya Odedra
- Rebecca Leach McDonald
Poetry of the Imaginary Plane
Amy Knight explored the notion of the real-imagined plane in the mind’s eye, a timeless space, which had the capacity to harvest unbounded creative potential.
How can we connect?
Presentations by:
- María Teresa Chadwick Irarrázaval
- Reggy (Tong) Lui
- Pandora Peng
- Victoria Westerman
A panel of discussions concerning the connection between people and society as a whole. This section of the symposium explored the ways art and science might discuss the creation of a unifying visual language, the psychology of identity and the masks we present to each other, how data theory can investigate philosophies of connection to the deceased, and the balance between intimacy and tactile connection in a multimedia age.
Procession for the Physical Sciences
Bekk Wells ended the symposium with a grand processional finale!