International Science—Art News

Leonardo, Vol. 7, pp. 167-168. Pergamon Press 1974. Printed in Great Britain INTERNATIONAL SCIENCEART NEWS John H. Holloway, Co-Editor, and Trevor Tolhurst Readers are invited to send advanced notice of forthcoming events and publications, and information about their own activities in the field of the relationships between the sciences and the visual arts to: John H. Holloway, 26 Sherborne Avenue, Wigston Magna, Leicester LE8 2GP, England. 1.11 .21 .31 .41 .51 .61 .71 . EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS ‘Illusion’, a major presentation by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, was of special interest to scientists and artists. The exhibition opened in Autumn 1973in London and a tour in the U S A . is being organized by the New York Cultural Center. An excellent comprehensive catalogue ‘Illusion in Nature and Art’ is available. For further information contact: I.C.A., 12 Carlton House Terrace, London S. W.I., England. ‘Dimensio’, the Finnish group of artists and technologists studying and developing different methods of expression and of using materials, arranged two recent exhibitions; one at Wuci-6 Aaltonen Museum in Turku in Sept. 1973 and another at the Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyvaskyla. Finland, in Nov. 1973. The exhibitions, consisting of concerts and demonstrations, showed how art and science may influence each other. ‘Typewriter Art’ was an event that took place in Edinburgh on 17 Nov. 1973. It was organized by the Scottish Arts Council, 19 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EHZ 4DF, Scotland. An International Conference/Event/Exhibition on computers in the arts with the theme ‘Interact Machine: Man: Society’ was held in Edinburgh Aug.-Sept. 1973and was organized jointly by the Computer Arts Society, the Scottish Arts Council and Edinburgh University, Scotland. At the Conference aspects of computerart were discussed. The Exhibition displayed computer art and the Event included music, film and robotics. For information contact :Computer Arts Society, 50/5I Russell Square, London WCIB 4JX, England. (cf. Leonardo 6, 357 (1973)) ‘Lightworks’, a collaborative exhibition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). was organized by Robert Preusser, Professor of Visual Design, and his students. The exhibition was held at the Hayden Gallery, M.I.T., Cambridge , Mass., U.S.A., during Sept.-Oct. 1973. An exhibition, ‘Innovations in Glass’, which represented the work of the very few artists in Britain who are interested in exploring new directions in glass, was shown at Aberdeen, Scotland, 18 Aug. - 9 Sept. 1973 under the sponsorship of the Scottish Arts Council. The social and artistic role of video was demonstrated in an exhibition called ‘Open Circuit’ at the Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland from 18 Aug.-9 Sept. 1973. The Exhibition was an event of the Edinburgh International Festival. 1.81 .91 .1011 .111 .211 .3I1 .4--The Systems Research Group (centred on the City of Leicester Polytechnic) has been taking a systematic approach to the factors governing the quality of life in industrial society and has a conference scheduled for 19 July 1974. The conference is to stimulate the interest of artists and architects as regards their interaction with the culture of which they are a part. The conference is to be preceeded by a two-day course. For information contact: Systems Research Group, School of Fine Art, City of Leicester Polytechnic, P.O. Box 143, Leicester LEI 9BH, England. ‘Microcosm’, an exhibition devised by Kingsley Cook, was held at Edinburgh, Scotland from 19 Feb.4 March 1974. The artist places colours on a liquid surface where they move in response to music and electronic sound to produce colourful images. For information contact: Christina Doctor, Art Dept., Scottish Arts Council, 19 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Scotland. An exhibition, ‘Systematisch Kunst’, was held at Galerie Swart, Van Breestraat 23, Amsterdam, Holland from 22 July-I7 Aug. 1973. 11. ORGANISATIONS The British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS) is for those who believe that scientific knowledge should be used to benefit all people and who realise that scientific knowledge is not always used in a responsible manner. The Society issues a bimonthly journal Science for People and holds meetings concerning use and abuse of scientific knowledge. For information contact: BSSRS,9 Poland St., London W1V 3DC, England. Middlesex Polytechnic offers a course (leading...