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Art meets science

1 April 2009

Professor Anne Marsh. Photo courtesy Polixeni Papapetrou, 2003

The connection between art and science is not immediately apparent to most, but a symposium to be hosted by Monash this month challenges conventional thinking.

The symposium, on Thursday 2 April, will include members of Z-Node - a group of PhD researchers from Zurich that meets three times a year in various countries across the world to discuss directions in art, with particular emphasis on science and technology.

These artist-researchers, who are being hosted at the Caulfield campus by the Faculty of Art & Design, explore communication, social science, cultural difference and environmental sustainability in art.

The faculty is also hosting Jill Scott, a former Melbourne artist who is now Professor for Research at the Institute of Cultural Studies in Art at Zurich University of the Arts.

Associate Dean Research Professor Anne Marsh said hosting the symposium gave Monash art students an opportunity to access highly-talented international researchers and artists.

"It is also an opportunity for our higher degree research students and academic staff to present their research to an international audience," Professor Marsh said.

The Z-Node research group will be at Monash until 10 April.