This book verifies the need for the arts and the sciences to work together in order to develop more creative and conceptual approaches to innovation and presentation. By blending ethnographical case studies, scientific viewpoints and critical essays, the focus of this research inquiry is the lab context. For scientists, the lab context is one of the most important educational experiences. For contemporary artists, laboratories are inspiring spaces to investigate, share know-how transfer and search for new collaboration potentials. The nine labs represented in this book are from the natural, computing and engineering sciences. An enclosed comprehensive DVD documents the results, the problems and serves as a guideline for the future of true Art/Sci experiments.

InhaltsangabeEssays: Sigrid Schade, Foreword; Jill Scott, Introduction: The Process of Inquiry; Edward A. Shanken, Artists in Industry and the Academy: Collaborative Research, Interdisciplinary Scholarship; Roger Malina, Welcoming Uncertainty: The Strong Case for Coupling the Arts to Science and Technology; Jill Scott, Suggested Discourses for more Art_Sci Collaborations; René Stettler, Perception- Translation- Transformation; Priska Gisler, Free Access or Entry Denied? Searching the Common Grounds in the "artists-in-labs" Project; Beat Gerber, Science in Trouble?Art brings Hope.- Case Studies - Artists Diaries / Scientists reactions: Overview: Jill Scott, The Artistsinlabs Story. Reports by the Artists: the "Hands On" Experience. Adrianne Wortzel, archipelago.ch - Converse Engineering: Stories of Emerging Differentiation and Otherness in Robotic Entities. Margarete Jahrmann, Max Moswitzer, GoApe Simulation Platform Shirley Soh, The writings on the soil. Tiffany Holmes, Floating Point. Thomas Isler, Vietnam Connection. Axel Vogelsang, Straight lines and curves. Dominik Bastianello, Where in the world am I. Andrew Quinn, Solar Wind. Clea T. Waite, Moon Walk. Nigel Helyer, Theorem. N.S. Harsha, Room for Digression. Isabel Rohner, Wounds - or the Search for a Cybernetic System. Margaret Tan, Smart Apron. Reactions from Scientists Research descriptions and exchange potentials with the artists as well as their "soft factor" influences on innovation in specific scientific environments: Ulrich Claessen, Moira Norrie, Angelika Hilbeck, Rolf Pfeifer, Petros Koumoutsakos, Othmar Käppeli, Markus Dürrenberger, Werner Pfäffli, Beat Gerber. The DVD with Link to internet sites: www.artistsinlabs.ch Directed by Prof. Marille Hahne, Produced by Prof. Dr. Jill Scott 12 documentaries: an analysis of the artist-in-labs context ( each 12 min long). 1 Introduction film to the AIL project (12 min).