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The Dennis Rosen Memorial Trust Newsletter: April/May 2008

Welcome to the Dennis Rosen Memorial Trust Newsletter, which features  
news of the work of the Trust, and news on science-art interactions  
in the UK and internationally, including events, publications, grant  
schemes and other initiatives that are within the remit of the Trust.

We welcome contributions and feedback for the next issue and for  
future issues. Please complete the form at http:// 
www.rosentrust.org.uk/news_contribute.html or email  
editor [at] rosentrust.org.uk if you have something for the newsletter.


Events: Stockholm, Sweden: Design4Science

This exhibition shows how designers cooperate with researchers to  
illustrate and create impressions of the invisible world of molecular  
biology. The exhibition has been produced by Sunderland University in  
England.
Nobel Museum, Börshuset, Stortorget, Gamla Stan, Stockholm. Free
http://www.nobelmuseum.se/zino.aspx?articleID=14967


Events: New York, USA: BrainWave: Common Senses, to 19 April 2008

The group exhibition BrainWave: Common Senses responds to current  
neurological discourse by visualizing and investigating the brain’s  
capacity for perception, memory, emotion and logic—the forces that  
drive creativity. It brings together work by artists involved with  
research in cognition, artists that respond critically to the new  
technologies in neuroscience, and projects in which artists and  
scientists have collaborated to advance understanding of the  
mysteries of the brain. Artists: Suzanne Anker, David Bowen, Steve  
Budington, Phil Buehler, Andrew Carnie, George Jenne, Daniel  
Marguiles and Chris Sharp, Fernando Orellana and Brendan Burns, Jamie  
O'Shea, SERU, Devorah Sperber, Naho Taruishi, Dustin Wenzel
Exit Art, 475 Tenth Avenue, New York, USA, Free
http://www.exitart.org/site/pub/exhibition_programs/brain/index.html


Events: London, UK: Hard questions – Contemporary art and the  
obsession with science, 10 April 2008, 6.30pm

The Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Prize Lecture with Siân Ede, Arts Director  
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Artists must have their heads stuck  
under the pillow not to be intrigued by the implications of the  
plethora of new scientific research findings announced daily. Siân  
Ede will look at the work of a number of leading artists who have  
engaged with contemporary science, whether robustly or subtly, in  
order to reflect a different and sometimes bizarre take on new ideas.  
She will also address the vexed question as to how far an artistic  
approach can actually influence the practice of science.
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG and  
webcast live. Free, first-come, first-served
http://royalsociety.org/event.asp?id=7401


Events: London, UK: The Neuroscience of Creativity. A Lecture by  
Baroness Susan Greenfield, 10 April 2008, 6.30pm

This lecture will explore neurological and psychiatric scenarios  
where individuals are more creative than the norm. Could there be  
common features in these diverse cases that could give a clue to the  
creative and even the “aha” moment of creative insight itself? 
Baroness Greenfield is Director of the Royal Institution of Great  
Britain. Greenfield specialises in the physiology of the brain, and  
has worked to research and bring attention to Parkinson's disease and  
Alzheimer's disease.
Louise T Blouin Institute, 3 Olaf Street, London W11 4BE,  £5, or  
free for Institute members
http://www.ltbfoundation.org/ltbi_institute.html


Events: Manchester, UK: The Art-Science Divide - Where does brain  
science fit in?, 16 April 2008, 6pm - 8pm

Join us for a lively discussion on the "two cultures" and whether we  
can ever cross the great "art-science" divide. Panel: Professor Dame  
Nancy Rothwell (Manchester); Dr Mark Lythgoe (London); Dr Lizzie  
Burns (Oxford); Dr Erinma Ochu (Manchester), hosted by Professor  
Graham Collingridge (Bristol). There will be light refreshments for  
everyone and Dr Lizzie Burns will be leading a brain sculpture  
workshop so that you can combine art and science while learning about  
the brain! This event is organised by the British Neuroscience  
Association in partnership with the European Dana Alliance for the  
Brain. Supported by the Medical Research Council
Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road, Manchester. Free, but must be  
ordered in advance
http://www.bna.org.uk/art-science.html


Events: London, UK: Counting Music, 24 April 2008,  19:00 - 20:30,
Mathematics is objective,  exact and scientific. Music is  
subjective,  creative and emotional. Yet,  from classical composers  
to computers,  the two have been linked together for centuries. Come  
and discuss the connection at the Dana Centre.
The Dana Centre, 165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, SW7 5HD,  
Free, pre-booking required
http://www.danacentre.org.uk/events/2008/04/24/390


Events: London, UK:  From atoms to patterns, 24 April - 10 August 2008

Crystal structure designs from the 1951 Festival of Britain. This  
exhibition rediscovers the intriguing work of the Festival Pattern  
Group. This creative group of X-ray crystallographers, designers and  
manufacturers were inspired by the patterns discovered in crystal  
structures to create an eclectic array of textiles, wallpapers,  
carpets and more, for the 1951 Festival of Britain.
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE, Free, opening  
times vary
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/events


Events: London, UK: The nothing and the nothingness - a happening by  
Matthew Lee Knowles, 29 April 2008, 7pm - 10pm

All kinds of performers come together for an evening of exploration  
into nothingness at the Louise T Blouin institute in Notting Hill.  
They will present to visitors a wide range of aural and visual  
impressions about the subject of nothingness in art, music,  
philosophy and literature. Come and see nothing happening and  
experience nothingness for yourself. Performers confirmed so far  
include - Jeremy Beardmore & The Tropical Noir, John Callaghan, Shyma  
Persaud, Halal Kebab Hut – algorithmic junkestra, Simon Katan,  
Catalina Niculescu, Neil Luck, John Lely, Tim Parkinson, Adam  
Delacour, Rowyda Amin, Lily Barson, Shola Reynolds, Peter Cave, Jon  
Clay, Vanessa Lanch, Geoff Davies, Claudia Molitor, Jo Thomas,  
Giorgio Sadotti, Mica and the shapes, Blood Moon, Richard Thomas,  
Colin Alexander, Daniel Davies, Cecilia Wee, Rupert Cross, Luis  
Federico Pascarella and Michelle Byrne
Louise T Blouin Institute, 3 Olaf Street, London W11 4BE,  £5, or  
free for Institute members
http://www.ltbfoundation.org/ltbi_institute.html


Events: San Francisco, USA: Leonardo Art/Science community, 12 May  
2008, 18:00 - 21:00

Leonardo ISAST invites you to a meeting of the Leonardo Art/Science  
community. The agenda includes some presentations of art/science  
projects, a couple of brief "news", and time for casual socializing/ 
networking. An event about Artists and Scientists who work/think/ 
imagine/engage at the intersections of the Arts and Science.
SFSU Downtown Centre, 835 Market, San Francisco. Free, registration  
required via website
http://www.scaruffi.com/leonardo/may2008.html


Events: London, UK: SpaceBaby, 4 June 2008

The Arts Catalyst presents SpaceBaby, a semi-fictional video journey  
into genetic space. London Fieldworks artists Jo Joelson and Bruce  
Gilchrist have used documentary footage of the live SpaceBaby  
experiment, a collaboration with the University of Leicester's  
Department of Genetics staged at the Roundhouse in 2006 as part of  
The Arts Catalyst’s Space Soon. The narrative is played out in a  
world where everyone on earth appears to have fallen into a sleep- 
like trance.
Whitechapel Art Gallery, Angel Alley Entrance, 80 - 82 Whitechapel  
High Street, London. Free.
http://www.artscatalyst.org/projects/biotech/spacebaby_film.html


Events: Lisbon, Portugal: Computational Aesthetics 2008 - CAe'08  
18-20 June 2008

Computational Aesthetics bridges the analytic and synthetic and  
integrates aspects of computer science, philosophy, psychology, and  
the fine, applied & performing arts and seeks to facilitate both the  
analysis and the augmentation of creative behaviour. It investigates  
the creation of tools that can enhance the expressive power of the  
fine and applied arts and furthers our understanding of aesthetic  
evaluation, perception and meaning.
http://www.computational-aesthetics.org


Contest: Designing Darwin, 6 May 2008

The year 2009 sees both the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth (on  
12th February) and the 150th birthday of his most famous work, On the  
Origin of Species. In anticipation of the celebrations, the British  
Society for the History of Science Outreach & Education Committee is  
offering prizes for original designs that best illustrate the  
significance of either (or both) of these anniversaries. Entries may  
submitted as a poster up to A3 in overall size, an illustrated essay  
of 500 words or a PC screensaver. There are three age categories for  
entrants, a prize of £100 being awarded in each category: i)       
11-14, ii)     15-18, iii)    19+.
http://www.bshs.org.uk/bshs/outreach/ 
prize_competition_2008_designing_darwin/index.html


Contest: International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge,  
deadline May 31, 2008.

Some of science’s most powerful statements are not made in words.  
From the diagrams of DaVinci to Hooke’s microscopic bestiary, the  
beaks of Darwin’s finches, Rosalind Franklin’s x-rays or the latest  
photographic marvels retrieved from the remotest galactic outback,  
visualization of research has a long and literally illustrious  
history. To illustrate is, etymologically and actually, to enlighten.  
Judges appointed by the National Science Foundation and the journal  
Science will select winners in each of five categories: photographs,  
illustrations, informational graphics, interactive media and non- 
interactive media. The winners will be published in a special section  
of the Sept. 26, 2008 issue of the journal Science and Science Online  
and on the NSF Web site. One of the winning entries will be on the  
front cover of Science. In addition, each finalist will receive a  
free, one-year print and on-line subscription to the journal Science  
and a certificate of appreciation. Entries accepted worldwide.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/index.jsp?id=challenge


Publications: Malamp UK, Brandon Ballengée, Arts Catalyst

Artist Brandon Ballengée's work bridges the gap between biology and  
art. He combines a fascination with amphibians,  fish and insects  
with techniques of fine art imaging. For the past ten years,   
Ballengée's primary field of study has been amphibian declines and  
deformities. , In 2007,  The Arts Catalyst commissioned artist  
Ballengée to lead a UK study into declining amphibian species,   
through participatory lab and field-based research investigations,   
working with the public as well as collaborating scientists. This  
project has been commissioned in partnership with Yorkshire Sculpture  
Park,  Gunpowder Park,  Essex,  and SPACE,  London., The film  
documents the project to date.
http://www.artscatalyst.org/projects/global/ballengee.html


Publications: Math on Display: Visualizations of mathematics create  
remarkable artwork

An exhibition of mathematical artat the Joint Mathematics Meetings in  
San Diego in January, where more than 40 artists showed their creations.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080216/mathtrek.asp
http://www.bridgesmathart.org/art-exhibits/jmm08/


Funding: Arts Awards, Wellcome Trust, new deadlines, workshops available

Free grants workshops for those interested in applying will be held  
in Liverpool on 10 April 2008, Bristol on 3 July 2008, York on  
Thursday 18 Sep 2008. The Arts Awards support projects that engage  
the public with biomedical science through the arts. The scheme aims  
to stimulate interest, excitement and debate about biomedical science  
through the arts; examine the social, cultural, and ethical impact of  
biomedical science; support formal and informal learning; encourage  
new ways of thinking; encourage high quality interdisciplinary  
practice and collaborative partnerships in arts, science and/or  
education practice. All art forms are covered by the programme:  
dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film, craft,  
photography, creative writing or digital media. We invite  
applications for projects which engage adult audiences and/or young  
people. Projects should have some biomedical scientific input either  
through a scientist taking on an advisory role or through direct  
collaboration. Applicants and activities must be in the UK or the  
Republic of Ireland and the activity must take place in the UK or  
Republic of Ireland. For small to medium sized projects (up to and  
including £30 000) the next deadlines are 2 May and 18 July 2008. The  
next deadline for awards over £30,000 is to be announced.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Grants/Arts- 
Awards/index.htm

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