ASCI’s 11th Annual Competition Winners – Mysteries in Science
Now on display at the New York Hall of Science, ASCI’s International Digital Print Exhibition (Oct. 03 – Jan. 31, 2010)
Artists were asked to submit ”…visual work about mysteries or intrigues in science, 2-d thought-experiments, or perhaps, fantasies about scientific theories in physics like quantum mechanics and string theory.”
View winning images and artist statements online at, http://www.asci.org/index2.php?artikel=1052
Competition background information: http://www.asci.org/index2.php?artikel=1049
Science From Art – Novel Research, Collaborations @ the Museum
The C&EN “Science From Art” article speaks to current trends and opportunities for scientists researching collections at museums.
“ For some chemists, the next research project may be a collaboration with scientists at the local art museum. Increasingly, staff scientists at museums across the U.S. have been reaching out to colleagues in academe to pursue novel research questions about the art and cultural heritage objects housed and cared for at their institutions. “
C&EN Article: http://bit.ly/4safe8
Wellcome Image Awards Reveal the Stories Behind Science
“‘The exhibition brings science to people and it shows them how beautiful objects actually are,” says Sir Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust.
‘For the scientist, it tells of the importance of looking at small things. If you can see the structure, that tells you something about how it works.’”
Wellcome Image Awards 2009 were just announced. See the winning scientific and medical images, and find out more about the techniques, concepts and people behind them…
Competition press release [ more ]
Website: http://www.wellcomeimageawards.org/
From Ties to Shots – Davidson’s Photomicrography Sold as Art
“Michael W. Davidson, an award-winning research associate at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of optical microscopy, has joined with Florida State in signing a non-exclusive license agreement that will allow a Tallahassee-based business to market Davidson’s colorful, laboratory-produced artworks as home or office décor.
The new business, BevShots MicroArt LLC , has just begun selling high-quality prints of images that Davidson created by photographing crystallized samples of various types of beers, wines and cocktails under a microscope. The resulting molecular images, all quite distinct from one another, typically feature vivid mixes of colors and patterns that wouldn’t look out of place in an abstract art gallery.”
The BevShots website, http://www.bevshots.com/popular.html
Complete press release of above quoted text, http://bit.ly/iCGhR
Nikon Announces Winners – 2009 Small World Competition
“For 30 years plus, Nikon has rewarded the world’s best photomicrographers who make critically important scientific contributions to life sciences, bio-research and materials science.”
The 35th Annual Small World competition winners were just announced, and are on display along at, http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/gallery/year/2009/1
The Exhibit’s tour schedule, http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/tour
Nikon Wants Your Vote – 2009 Small World Image Competition
Nikon will announce the 2009 Small World Photomicrography competition winners officially on October 8. But now through October 2, a “Popular Vote” is underway. You may view and vote on this year’s top entries at this url:
http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/vote-launch.php
Information about the competition is available here.
DEADLINE for 2010 competition: 4/30/2010
Unexpected art: Campus exhibits share space with sciences
“At first glance, Laura Olear’s painting look simply like colorful abstract art. This one looks vaguely like raspberries, rendered larger-than-life in dark red and bluish-green. That one could be the inside of a walnut. Another looks like a beehive.
But a closer look at a description hanging next to a ghoulish mask reveals it to be a massively inflated rendering of Mononucleosis. Those raspberries are actually Herpes. The walnuts are HIV. The beehive is a virus related to E. Coli.
Olear is not a scientist, just an “interested bystander,” she said. A Chicago-based artist, Olear started by painting body parts – teeth, a liver, an optical nerve. Her minor hypochondria made her curious about viruses, and soon she began searching for screen shots from microscopes.” [ MORE madison.com]
Minds of Science, TV and Film
The Science & Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences, celebrates their first year of guiding topics of science into Hollywood.
The organization’s mission is to “improve the way science and scientists are depicted in popular entertainment.”
Here’s their blog: http://blog.scienceandentertainmentexchange.org/
Advisory Board: http://www.scienceandentertainmentexchange.org/advisory.html
Using Algorithms as a Design Tool
Michael Hansmeyer is an architect and programmer who explores the use of algorithms and computer aided design to generate fascinating, artistic, architectural forms.
Amazing Glass Sculptures, Deadly Viruses and Bacteria
“The world’s deadliest viruses and bacteria – from HIV to swine flu have been reconfigured as delicate glass sculptures by Bristol artist, Luke Jerram. With the help of virologists and glassblowers, Jerram has created a series of works designed to challenge the way viruses – which are naturally transparent – are presented in the media in bold colour for dramatic effect.”
Artist’s homepage and work: http://www.lukejerram.com/projects/glass_microbiology
Youtube video of artist at work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhWgq8622Mw
The Smithfield Gallery: http://www.thesmithfieldgallery.com/events/luke-jerram-virology.html
