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An interdisciplinary conference on scientific controversy. 19 / 20 June 2009, Tate Britain, London. Organised by Tate Britain and The Arts Catalyst in association with Leonardo/OLATS. This symposium brings together scientists, artists, social scientists and policy-makers to explore scientific controversy from an interdisciplinary perspective. £70 (£35 concessions), booking required. http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/
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A new generation of artists is making technical and social inventions in pursuit of their artistic production. There is new interest in the work of artists from laboratories, companies and public organizations seeking ways of innovating in science and engineering. YASMIN in collaboration with ARTSACTIVE is organizing a discussion around those questions during March 2009. 

Istambul, 6-8 March 2009. Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. The Forum aims at bringing together European art and design academia with cities' cultural actors in order to question the present and future role of the art universities in relation with the cities in which they are located and in relation with their citizens. www.cityandart.org.

Tillt, a Swedish organisation, has been working since 2001 arranging encounters and collaborations between the working life and the cultural sphere in a wide variety of business sectors. Robert Thill is currently publishing "Intellectual Property: A Chronological Compendium of Intersections between Contemporary Art and Utility Patents in Serial Form" on www.clancco.com, and will help us in establishing a list of patents filled by artists.

Artists as Inventors - Inventors as Artist by Dieter Daniels und Barbara U. Schmidt. Publisher: Hatje Cantz. December 2008.

Using both historical and contemporary examples, this publication traces the complex relationships between art, technology, and science, focusing on technological and artistic media from the nineteenth century to the present day. Among the key themes are: the status of technology as a shared feature of or “boundary object” between art and science; the conflicts among ethical, aesthetic, and economic values in the system of art versus that of technology; the paradox that inventions are regarded as achievements of individual geniuses but can actually only be made and successfully applied when they have been sanctioned by the sociohistorical zeitgeist.

Application Announcement. Deadline 1st September 2009. The artists in labs research group/Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts at the Zurich University of Arts ZHdK together with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture is pleased to announce that you can now apply for a residency in 2010 in a Swiss Science lab by submitting a proposal. Swiss artists as well as artists who have lived for the last 5 years in Switzerland or who are married to a Swiss person are eligible to apply. Information including list of host laboratories available at: http://www.artistsinlabs.ch.

Deadline: 20th april 2009. Research cases that reshape the design discipline. To be presented at Lugano, Switzerland, on November 12 and 13, 2009. www.multipleways09.ch

Expressions of interest are being sought across all artforms to undertake residencies as part of SymbioticA’s art and ecology project:  Adaptation. It presents an exceptional opportunity for artists to engage with a number of potential narratives that may include evolution, cultural history, contradictions in human activity and ecology, global warming, developmental impacts, or bioprospecting. Residencies are based at Lake Clifton, Mandurah, Western Australia and SymbioticA in the School of Anatomy and Human Biology at The University of Western Australia. More information: http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/adaptation. Deadline: 31st March 2009.

SUPER HUMAN: Revolution of the Species, presented by the Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT), is an international event comprising a symposium, exhibition, masterclass and public talk investigating collaborative art and science practices and their relationship with the human body.

22 – 26 November 2009
Melbourne, Australia

Call for Abstracts deadline: 30 March 2009

Visit the website for details.

Symposium Chair: Vicki Sowry as@anat.org.au +61 8 8231 9037

Deadline to apply: 9th of December 2008, at 9am (spanish time).

Five entities will conduct investigations in collaboration with artists or goups of artists. The research projects, which will be developed between January and September 2009, are the following ones: new paradigms in the area of the increased cognition in the future missions manned of planetary exploration (GTD, Ingenieria de Sistemas y Software), new dynamics and environments of work (Telefónica i+d), the development of a multitouch prototype of multiple applications (Eidola), creative dynamics in the image department (TV3) and the development of an external meeting point related to architectures for public spaces (Trànsit projectes).

Complete information, documentation and details about each body and research proposal in How to participate .