Image: Tree Mountain - A Living Time Capsule-11,000 Trees, 11,000 People, 400 Years, 1992-96, (420 x 270 x 28 meters) Ylojarvi, Finland. Credit: Agnes Denes.
Photographing Biblical Modernity: Frank Scholten in British Mandate Palestine
This presentation explores how and why art/science practices are growing in prominence with an increasing thematic focus on ecology, holistic worldviews, climate and AI in exhibitions and publications since 2010. This research aims to develop methodological framing for understanding the centuries-long lineage of practices, works, movements, careers, institutions, and collections at the disciplinary meeting point of art and science. Citing the political storytelling of art historian T. J. Demos, the talk will focus on discussing two recent case studies in art/science history writing produced by the presenter addressing ecological themes in contemporary arts practices – the book Sight Unseen: Visualising the Unseeable Through Art and Science (Perimeter Editions:2023) and the online journal issue ‘Radicle Notes’ published by Art + Australia (2023).
Dr Suzie Fraser is an art historian and international collaborations manager at the University of Melbourne. Suzie was Coordinator of the Centre of Visual Art (CoVA) from 2018 to 2023, during which time she co-developed the Art and Science research program in collaboration with Science Gallery Melbourne and led a number of community engagement projects in the Goulburn-Murray region focused on the use of creative methodologies in climate resilience and adaptation.
Location
Seminar Room 3, Sir Roland Wilson Building (McCoy Circuit, Acton)
Event series
Contacts
- ANU School of Art & Design