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www.ohme.be | info@ohme.be
exploiting artscience as a driving force for symbiosis between
artistic production, science education and academic research
Camilla Colombo
Gwen Sauvage
Raoul Sommeillier
ART
&
DESIGN
SCIENCE
&
ENGINEERING
New practices of artistic creation
Inspirations & creative drivers
Innovation & technology
New experiences & emotions
Science communication & outreach
New research and teaching methods
Changes in perspective & creative thinking
New practices of science mediation
Ohme positioning : intersection of emerging transdisciplinary fields to decompartmentalize disciplines, mentalities and audiences
Multi/cross/
inter/
trans-
disciplinarity
Universality of creativity
ArtScience methods
Innovation
Curiosity
Polymathy
Serendipity
Society
Citizenship
Participation
Collaboration
Art +
Science +
Design +
Technology
STEAM
Science
- education
- mediation
- outreach
- popularization
- communication
exhibitions
conception | curation | mediation
productions
ideation | creations | (co)production
performances | installations | shows
events
programming | curation | production
education
science mediation | STEAM | workshops
academic projects
Transdisciplinary collaborations for
university & art school students
research
science outreach | mixed-methods | impact analysis
Creative partner in research projects
R&D
creative technologies | theses & projects
engineering
in-house engineering skills
electronics, coding, mechanics, automation…
tech services
For artists, designers, creative industries
Guidance, design, prototyping, implementation
A small interdisciplinary team | A widely variety of initiatives
exhibitions
productions
events
education
research
academic
projects
R&D
tech services
engineering
Exploring the benefits of a three-department symbiotic structure
academia
education | research |
academic projects
studio
exhibitions | events |
productions
lab
R&D | tech services |
engineering
Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant —Recherche en Perspective
Ιρις/Iris
academia
education | research |
academic projects
studio
exhibitions | events |
productions
lab
R&D | tech services |
engineering
Artificial Botany, fuse*, 2020 - ongoing
David OReilly, Everything, 2017
Bill Postes & Daniel Howe, Big Data/Public Faces, 2019
Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant —
studio
exhibitions | events |
productions
exhibitions
productions
events
education
academic projects
research
R&D
engineering
tech services
Type of project
2 pieces by Ohme are part of the exhibition
Public programme of talks & workshops
Science mediation
School visits
17 interviews of scientists and philosophers
1 piece comes from a former participant of REP
1 internship on cognitive biases
Starting point: Camilla’s artistic research project
Concepts fed by Raoul’s PhD
Impact analysis with Wernaers FNRS grant
/
Multimedia, mechanics, coding, automation, sync
Python, TouchDesigner, MadMapper, C++
Coproduction of one artwork requiring coding skills
Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant —
studio
exhibitions | events |
productions
Ιρις/Iris
lab
R&D | tech services |
engineering
exhibitions
productions
events
education
academic projects
research
R&D
engineering
tech services
Selected at 2 exhibitions
Type of project
Presented at 2 events by Ohme
Science mediation
Using wonder to popularise chemical reactions
Student internships
Collaboration with Lab of Polymer Chemistry (ULB)
Creative partner for CISSE Marie-Curie EU project
Type of project
Prototyping, 3D design, thermodynamics, chemistry…
New in-house knowledge and skills useful
for 2 artists in residency at Ohme
Ιρις/Iris
lab
R&D | tech services |
engineering
Recherche en Perspective
academia
education | research |
academic projects
exhibitions
productions
events
education
academic projects
research
R&D
engineering
tech services
2 exhibitions
“Perspectives: Science-graphic art collaborations”
1 piece for another exhibition
Communication content for PhD and artscience mediation
Jury, school fair, science popularization festival
Satellite event programme of Perspectives
Science mediation, 50+ students
School visits
Type of project
Science outreach for 35+ researchers
Reorientation of research axes and PhDs
Impact analysis with Wernaers FNRS grant
Communication content created with La Cambre teachers
for R&D artscience projects
Prototyping, 3D design, CAO, CNC
partnerships with FabLabs
Technical guidance, advising and development for
experts having participated
Recherche en Perspective
academia
education | research |
academic projects
High level of integration and diversification
-between disciplines
-between 3 poles
Intuitively great strength of Ohme
But can we measure & objectivize our benefits and impact ?
-internally
-for our various audiences
-for our collaborators
→Artscience literature
→Research project
studio
aca
lab
What benefits? For whom? How can we objectivize them?
ArtScience involves understanding
the human experience of nature
through the synthesis of
artistic and scientific modes of
exploration and expression
ArtScience, in sum, connects.
The future of humanity and civil society
depends on these connections
→Where, when and how arts and
sciences should interact ?
→Objectivization is required
“ArtScience as a ‘transversal’
practice can establish new
methodological bridges”
“Scientists’ need for visual
art has never been greater.
More sophisticated graphics
are required to
communicate the results of
ever more complex and
transdisciplinary research.”
“ArtScience can
enable new modes
of knowledge
production” “ArtScience can
foster a heightened
sensitivity
for the emergent”
“Closing the experiential gap
between rigorous scientific
enquiry and subjective
appraisal”
“ArtScience can enable
expanded aesthetic
experiences”
“Collaborations with
artists go beyond
communicating the
science. Scientists and
artists are working
together as never before.”
“There are four types of
beneficial
transdisciplinary
interactions for research”
Research project:
“Raising citizen awareness of science, research and technology
through arts, design and culture : case study and impact analysis”
2 questions:
-Impact analysis of artscience projects on audiences and collaborators?
-Development of teamwork transdisciplinary artscience methodologies?
Ohme's initiatives
= case studies
= ideal playground for collecting data
Research approach in science education
applied to Ohme’s initiatives
-Mixed-methods research
-Transposition from teaching to mediation
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Here is how we’re trying to explore, develop, exploit, measure and objectify
synergies between artistic production, science education and academic research
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