The Art+Science Salon | Artist collective Multiplay

Thursday, 25 February 2021, 6:30 – 7:30pm This month the
Art+Science Reading group returns in its new form, the Art+Science
Salon. This season on the Art+Science Salon, in addition to our
monthly online discussion series, we’re adding a curated collection
of online resources that are open access and available to everyone
online. Here we will share articles, essays, videos, and more. To
kick off this season we will be speaking with the artist collective
Multiplay, Science Gallery Dublin’s first artist in
residence/remoteness, in partnership with the Human Insights Lab at
Accenture The Dock. Comprised of three transdisciplinary artists:
Victoria De La Torre, Pedro Arnanz Coll, and Elisa Cuesta, their
piece A.I.R will debut at Science Gallery Dublin only. Inspired by
systems thinking, the installation invites the public to question
the balance between agency and living as part of an ecosystem in
virtual spaces. Register here The return and reform of the
Art+Science Reading Group, now the Art+Science Salon The
Art+Science Salon, renamed for the informal gatherings of radical
thinkers and reformers of the 19th century, is excited to come
together once more to discuss projects and ideas beyond discipline.
This reform is due in part to reflection on the purpose and nature
of academic research. What good is a PhD or any advanced degree for
that matter if it only serves the interests and the needs of the
few? It is the aim of this group to hold space for open learning,
debate, and discussion. Our world is changing more rapidly than
ever, evolving new rules of social behaviour and new ethical
dilemmas that reach far beyond the borders of any discipline. We
want to offer an opportunity for everyone to come together, find
connections and inspiration at the crossroads of art and science.
all representing work which defies categorisation and seeks to
address the most pressing societal issues and questions of our
time. The Art + Science Salon is a virtual group where researchers,
artists, thinkers, and revolutionaries come to share ideas.
Organised by PhD candidates Autumn Brown (School of Education and
Science Gallery Dublin) and Amelia McConville (School of English
and Institute of Neuroscience) and supported by Science Gallery
Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series explores the ways
art and science shape one another and society. About the organisers
Autumn Brown is the PhD researcher in residence at Science Gallery
Dublin. Her research explores art-science practices across Europe
and whether this transdisciplinary approach may allow for a more
equitable prototyping of ideas. She is interested in the
sociotechnical imagination and how opportunities for public
engagement impact who and where knowledge is made. She has
previously worked as an immunologist and science communicator. Read
more about her project here, and check out her latest paper here.
Amelia McConville is a PhD student conducting interdisciplinary
research on visual poetry and poetics with Neurohumanities at the
School of English and in association with the Institute of
Neuroscience. Always fascinated by the overlap of art and science,
she graduated with a B.A. in English Literature and Philosophy from
Trinity College Dublin in 2017, working in fundraising for the
College before commencing doctoral research in 2018. Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/