Weird Science: A Conflatation of Art and Science
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hofmann, Irene / Grabner, Michelle / Wittkopp, Gregory, PUBLISHER: Cranbrook Art Museum, Art meets science -- and engages the recent cong>onong>troversies of science studies -- in work by cong>onong>temporary artists Mark Diong>onong>, Gregory Green, Margaret Hong>onong>da, and Andrea Zittel. Using scientific language, strategies and protocols, each of these projects focuses ong>onong> a different area of explorationg>onong> (natural science, nuclear physics, zoology, and genetic engineering), and investigates the influence, authority, and effects of science. David Wilsong>onong>, Director of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, writes ong>onong> the 17th century scholar, inventor, curator, and early progenitor of 'weird science', Athanasius Kircher; exhibitiong>onong> curator Irene Hofmann places these works into the cong>onong>text of each artist's career.