Organized and Curated by
Melissa Gwyn and Scott Lokey
Sesnon Gallery, UCSC
Opening Reception:
Wed.,October 7,
4:30-6:30p.m. followed by a panel discussion with faculty artists and scientists.
Full Disclosure is an inside look at the trial and error of scientists and artists through an intimate survey of their processes. An exhibition of art and artifacts, Full Disclosure views the practice and products of science—theoretical models, computational data, molecular structures—through the perceptual matrices of the arts revealing parallels and divergences between the two disciplines. Experimentation, creativity and failure, become the ultimate subjects in this unexpected juxtaposition of media, motives and forms.
The exhibition, organized by Associate Professor of Art, Melissa Gwyn and Associate Professor of Chemistry, Scott Lokey features collaborative projects by UCSC arts and science faculty and lab researchers. The projects in the exhibition are the result of creative exchange, shared material and ideas and working methods between artists and scientists. The exhibition includes lab books, models, photography, sculpture, painting, micrographs, installation and computer animation, along with signage explaining the research behind the science, and the ideas behind the art.
Curators' statement
Featured projects and collaborations:
• Prof. Dave Deamer (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Melissa Gwyn (Art)
• Prof. Elliot Anderson (Art) and Prof. Russ Flegal (Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology)
• Prof. E.G. Crichton (Art) and Prof. Scott Lokey (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
o Graduate Students and Research Associates from Lokey Research Group: Dr. Nadine Gassner, Rushia Turner, Yvette Mimieux, Caitlin Binder, Genevieve Halpenny, Rachel Steinhardt, Laura Kapitzky, Jonathan Bock, Mai Vuong, Tina White, Chad Renzelman, Tiffani Quan, Walter Bray
• Prof. Ralph Abraham (Math) and Prof. Frank Galuszka (Art)
• Dr. Dustin Updike (Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Laboratory of Prof. Susan Strome) and Prof. Melissa Gwyn (Art)
• Prof. Norman Locks (Art) and Brian Petersen (Environmental Studies)
Related events Oct. 23, 2009:
THE ART OF COLLABORATION
symposium @ the new UCSC Digital Arts Research Center Oct. 23, 2009:
Panel II noon-1:30pm:
Authorship, Technologies and Frames with E.G. Crichton and others
3:00-4:00p.m.
UCSC Foundation Forum on creativity
Keynote Speaker: Ed Catmull: President, Pixar Animation Studios @ UCSC Music Recital Hall
Panel III 4:30-6:00pm:
Modes of Production with Melissa Gwyn and others @ the new UCSC Digital Arts Research Center
Followed by symposium reception @ Sesnon Gallery 6:00 pm
Sponsored by CAVS*
Center for Art and Visual Studies
Other Related Events
Lecture by Ray Giguere Oct. 26 @ 5pm Baskin D101
Lecture by John Weber Nov. 4 @ 5pm Baskin D101
GALLERY INFORMATION:
The Sesnon Gallery encourages interdisciplinary discourse through the lens of the arts.
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday noon to 5:00PM
The gallery is located at Porter College, University of California, Santa Cruz and is wheelchair accessible. Admission is free and parking is free on Saturdays. For further information please call 831/459-3606
This collaborative exhibition and related programming are made possible by support from the UCSC Arts Research Institute (ARI), Porter College Distinguished Artist & Lecturer Funds, Center for Art and Visual Studies (CAVS), the Art of Collaboration symposium, and the Sesnon Gallery’s Charles Griffin Farr Fund.
