Dr. Megan Smith and Dr. Gao Yujie take within the All the Stars We Cannot See mission at UBCO’s Critical Future Studio/Lab.w
What: SCI_ART: Art, Science and Technology Symposium
Who: A symposium hosted at UBC Okanagan, that includes worldwide artists and researchers exploring bio-art, AI and sustainable practices
When: Tuesday, October 7 and Wednesday, October 8, from 9 am to eight:30 pm
Where: UBCO’s Critical Future Studio/Lab, Innovation Annex 1, 3505 Spectrum Court, Kelowna
When artwork, science and technology come collectively, the doorways to chance open broadly.
Next month, UBC Okanagan will host a two-day symposium the place worldwide artists will focus on the state of artwork, science and technology in at present’s ever-changing world.
The occasion will discover how creativity and innovation can form our understanding of the world, explains Dr. Suzie Currie, UBCO Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation.
“We’re thrilled to welcome some of the world’s leading artists and scholars to SCI_ART,” says Dr. Currie. “Innovation happens when ideas are tested, challenged and reshaped. This symposium embodies innovation by challenging our perspectives on how science, technology and art come together to offer solutions to today’s global crises. Our faculty do this work every day through innovative research and creative activity that can change the world.”
The SCI_ART: Art, Science and Technology Symposium options panel discussions, artist talks, performances, screenings and exhibitions that discover cutting-edge applied sciences and new artwork varieties impressed by scientific analysis.
The symposium is organized by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, SAW Gallery, the European Union Delegation to Canada and the embassies of Slovenia, the Netherlands, Poland and France in addition to the Alliance Française.
The European Union has lengthy championed collaboration throughout borders and disciplines, explains Geneviève Tuts, European Union Ambassador to Canada.
“It is part of our DNA, with 27-member states working together. This spirit also guides our international cooperation. SCI_ART shows how art, science and technology can come together to inspire new ideas, strengthen cultural ties and spark innovation to address global challenges,” says Tuts. “The European Union is proud to support the third edition of this symposium, and its first multi-city format, which highlights how Canadian and European creators can shape a more sustainable future together.”
Dr. Megan Smith, director of the Critical Future Studio/Lab at UBC Okanagan, and organizer of the symposium, says the occasion goals to handle international points like environmental degradation and social challenges.
Bringing SCI_ART to the Okanagan strengthens the area’s function as a hub for interdisciplinary analysis and inventive experimentation, she says.
“With UBCO’s Critical Future Studio/Lab, we are building infrastructure that makes Kelowna a natural home for this kind of gathering,” she says. “SCI_ART brings together different approaches, connects local and international voices and invites communities to imagine new futures.”
The symposium builds connections between artwork and science, creating international partnerships that join the Okanagan to inventive communities around the globe. SCI_ART, says Dr. Smith, conjures up college students, hyperlinks researchers and artists, and strengthens Canada’s function in art-science collaborations.
Now in its third 12 months, the occasion is rising right into a multi-city competition. It begins in Montreal on October 2, then strikes to Ottawa and arrives within the Okanagan on October 7.
The public is invited to participate in occasions that embrace discussions on bio-art, AI and local weather activism, technology’s function in society, sustainable practices and inventive responses to the local weather emergency.
On Tuesday night, the Austrian Embassy in Ottawa, UBC and SCI_ART will current a screening of the Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2024, that includes the most recent in in digital animation. This takes place within the UBCO theatre, ADM 026. To register, go to: events.ok.ubc.ca/event/2024-ars-electronica-animation-festival-screening.
The animation competition is considered one of a number of free SCI_ART occasions open to the general public. For an inventory of taking part artists, occasions, or to register, go to: sci-art.ca/kelowna.