roger malina on a historical perspective on the art-sci-tech field

Leonardo Journal at 50: Networking the communities of practice that bridge the arts and sciences

Leonardo Journal at 50:

Networking the growing communitiesof practice that bridge the arts and sciences

Roger F Malina

Frank Malina, Astronautics Pioneer, Kinetic Artist, Founder of Leonardo Journal

October 11 1945 White Sands Missile Range

The WAC Corporalreached an altitude of 235,000 feet25 pounds payload

R.F.Nitric Acid- Aniline

A student project- Frank Malina, Jack Parsons, H S Tsien, Ed Forman, A.M. Smith

A comment on the birth of Rocket ScienceThe bridging of mathematics and engineering not self evidentDifficult inter-disciplinary problemsTheodore Von KarmanMathematics of Turbulence, Fluid FlowExperimental Validation of hypotheses and modelling: wind tunnelsMy father was one of the first rocket scientistsDemonstrated that rocketry could be developed using mathematics and experimental method

Innovation through a collaborative team: the founding of the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

BUMPER WAC: 24 Feb 1949

On 24 July 1950 a BUMPER WAC was first launched from Cape Canaveral

Reached 244 miles

First human made object to reach outer space

UNESCO1946-53Deputy then Director for ScienceHylean AmazonNegev DesertUNESCO congresses Algeria, India,Prague...

Julian HuxleyJoseph NeedhamC.P.Snow, Jacob Bronowski, Lancelot Law Whyte,.

Kinetic Artist:KINETIC ARTIST

First art and technology show 1955Lumidyne SystemInteractive art= sound triggering imagesELI Company

Pioneer of Kinetic Art movement

My Fathers Four Obsessions ( at least )Art and Science

He declared after a painting lesson in Paris : I am tired of painting dead fish I want to capture the new landscapes that are uncovered through scienceMaking the inperceptible perceptibleGyorgy Kepes: New Landscape in Art and ScienceArt and Technology

After his first art and technology show in Paris in1955: There is more technology in my kitchen than in all the galleries of Paris, why do they want artists to work with one hand tied behind their back Thomas Wilfred; Lumia 1920s..ThereminMoholy Nagy..Nicolas Schoffer..Liliane Lijn

Two More ObsessionsInternational context and collaborationThe UNESCO experienceWhy are artists defined by the city they work in ?Developed a growing international network;Mathias Goeritz in Mexico, Jorge Glusberg in Argentina, Jonas Salk,

Informing the creative process with experimental psychology and cognitive sciences Why dont artists use art theory ?Why are art critics irrelevant to art makingCf mathematics and engineering, basic science and applied scienceGombrich, Arnheim, JJ Gibson

Founding of Journal LEONARDO

Conceived in 1965 through discussions with Robert MaxwellFounded 1967Art-Science and Art-Technology Writing by artists about their own workPremier international peer reviewed journalOrganisation for artists, scientists, engineersMIT Press with Leonardo Book Series

Artists as ResearchersLeonardo Journal Kinetic Art MovementOp Art Movement Cybernetics Serendipity 1968Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) in NYSoftware Art: Jack BurnhamCenter for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT

Steve Wilson: Information ArtsToday; the PhD in Art and Design as a research degree

Artists Working With Scientists and Engineers

Individuals with Hybrid Careers

Frank MalinaC.P.SnowJoseph NeedhamJacob BronowskiGyorgy KepesBuckminster FullerRichard GregoryYona FriedmanA.L CopleyClaude Berge Photo: Nicolas Schoffer 56

A context then and nowA generation of survivors of World War II

Creation of new international organisations..air travel..telecomThe new post WWII social contract between science and government( Vannevar Bush: Science the endless frontier

Connecting the arts and sciences foregrounding cultural appropriation of science and technologies:White Heat: art, science and social responsibility in 1960s Britain

And Now ?Ask Not What the Sciences can do for the ArtsAsk what the Arts can do for the Sciences.Roy AscottThe Strong Case for art-science-technology interactionThe Hard Humanities: art techno science collaboration as part of the tool kit for building a sustainable world.burning issues Innovation Theory

The US National Science Foundation SEAD Study: Enabling New forms of Collaboration between Science and Engineering with the Arts and Design ( 2013)

International Call for Community Contributions 70 Abstracts Received, 54 Full Papers, 3 Meta Analyses35 Prior Reports

200 participants, 320 suggested actions

13 domains identified for future road mapping

Working Group Chair Roger F Malina, Co Chair Carol Strohecker, Carol Lafayette

Translating: Problem driven connections between the academic,commercial and civil societies1.Project Formation and Translational Values

Convening: Overcoming thresholds and tipping points2. Conferences, Workshops, Camps

Enabling: Establishing symmetrical S-E-A-D relationships3.Establishing safe, productive places for hybrid individuals and practices

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1142510, Collaborative Research: EAGER: Network for Science, Engineering, Arts and Design (NSEAD) IIS, Human Centered Computing. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Including: Spurring innovation through diversity4. Global communities and local diversity

Embedding: Public Engagement and Negotiation5. Societal Applications, Dissemination Citizen Science

Situating: An emerging ecology of hybrid spaces 6. Alt Spaces

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Sense-Making: Embodied Cognition and Multi-Sensoriality 7. Cognitive Sciences and Neuro Biology, Life Sciences

Recording: Documenting and Transmitting 8.Publishing, Documenting, Archiving

Learning: Tapping into the passion and creativity of lifelong students9. Full SEAD Ahead

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Collaborating: Methodologies across disciplinary and institutional boundaries 10. Collaborations between individuals . 11. Partnering across organizational boundaries.

Thriving: The Arts And Humanities as Essential Contributors to Healthy Communities12. Ethics and Values.13. Well Being and Joyfulness

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University of Texas at Dallas ArtSciLabData Exploration, Data Representation, Data DramatisationData sets from multiple disciplines (astronomy, geosciences, brain sciences) Multi-Modal (visualization, sonification, gestural) Multiple OutputsShown in artistic venuesSoftware tool development for scientists and artistsTechnology Testbed ( sound emission from nano-tube sheets) Multiple Timescales, Symmetrical Roles Diversity of Depths of Involvement

1st Data Set: CSTAR robotic telescope in Antarctica

Composer Scot Gresham Lancaster with Prof Carlos AikenSonification ofGeosciences Data

Surface Geology

Seismic data

Lidar data

ANDREW TO PRESENT- can we demo the gong ?

Interactive Sonic and Visual Representations of Connectome Brain Data setsGagan Wig, Brain Science

Max Schich, Art Historian,

Scot Gresham Lancaster, Tim Perkis Music Designers

Andrew Blanton, Sound Designer and Artist

Roger Malina, Astronomer

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ANDREW TO PRESENT

Experimental Publishing andKnowledge CurationProf Cassini Nazir, Emerging Media and CommunicationsStudents: Cathryn Ploehne, Social MediaYvan Tina, Theater StudiesStephen Witt, Gaming Stephanie Brisandine, podcast radio station, mobile apps.MIT PRESS

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ROGER TO PRESENT

David MarlettExecutive Director of the US National Crowdfunding AssociationCrowd-funding and Crowd-sourcing of ArtSciLab Projects Film project for the Oculus Rift

THANK YOU- SEE YOU IN DALLASArtscilab.utdallas.edu