内容简介
Art+ScienceNowisagroundbreakingoverviewoftheartbeingmadeatthecuttingedgeofscientificresearch.Thefirstillustratedbookinitsfield,itshowshowsomeoftheworldsmostdynamicartisbeingproducednotinmuseums,galleriesandstudiosbutinthelaboratory,whereartistsprobecultural,philosophicalandsocialquestionsconnectedwithscientificandtechnologicaladvances.Featuringtheworkofaround250artistsfromtheUK,Germany,France,theNetherlands,theUSA,Japanandelsewhere,itpresentsabroadrangeofprojects,frombodyarttobioengineeringofplantsandinsects,frommusic,danceandcomputer-controlledvideoperformancestolarge-scalevisualandsoundinstallations.Thiscomprehensiveguidetocontemporaryartinspiredordrivenbyscientificinnovationpointstointriguingnewdirectionsforthevisualartsandtracesakeystrandin21st-centuryaesthetics.