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UDIST-300-03: Instruments-Science Meets Art

Spring 2019

Subject: Upper Level Interdisciplinary Studio
Type: Studio
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: San Francisco
Course Dates: January 25, 2019 — May 10, 2019
Meetings: Fri 9:00AM-03:00PM, Main Building - N17
Instructor: Donald Fortescue

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 0/16 Closed

Description:

This course explores the fertile cross-disciplinary field of Art/Science. Scientists engage with the real world and filter vast amounts of potential information down to a comprehensible data set through the use of instruments. Many artists do the same thing by creating conceptual or physical instruments or 'devices of constraint' to reduce subjectivity in the art-making process. We will take a close look at scientific practice in a range of fields, be exposed to artists who are delving into this territory and then be inspired to develop our own prototype instruments. The final project for the studio will be artist-developed instruments that encourage and enable a new perspective on the physical world around us. We will collaborate with the Exploratorium in San Francisco during this studio.

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