Art and Science - Pilot Residency - August September 2007

KHOJ PILOT ARTS & SCIENCE RESIDENCY

AUG-SEPT 2007

KHOJ curated a 6 weeks Residency around the area of Arts & Science which was a pilot project which aimed to encourage creative and experimental collaborations between scientists and artists and further enhance public engagement with both science and art.

Artists – in – Residence

The four participating artists came from diverse disciplines that included sculpture,
printmaking, video, animation and installation.

Nick Turvey (U.K.):
http://www.nickturvey.com/

The study of syntax in nature is at the core of Nick's practice.
During the KHOJ residency, he will be testing the idea that art and
science can operate as parallel modes of inquiry into organisational
first principles. Questions for sculptural investigation will be
formulated that address the current concerns of the scientists who
have agreed to participate, and who will then be invited to interpret
the results.

Joanna Hoffman (Poland)
http://free.art.pl/hoffmann

Joanna was born in 1968 in Poznan, Poland. She studied at the Academy
of Fine Arts in Poznan receiving M.A. Diploma 1992 and Phd in 2000.
She has been exploring relations between micro and macro scales
of our Universe, recently directing her interest towards fundamental
matter of life, molecular activities and dynamics. In her work she
confronts cultural heritage with contemporary investigations often
translating scientific data into everyday, personal experience.

Rohini Devasher (Delhi)
http://khojworkshop.org/user/rohini_devasher

Rohini studied painting and printmaking at the College of Art,
Delhi and the Winchester School of Art, U.K. Her practice focuses on understanding complex
natural structures, and exploring the recursive developmental mechanisms
through which these structures could have been created.

Abhishek Hazra(Bangalore)
http://www.abhishekhazra.blogspot.com/

Abhishek Hazra is a visual artist based in Bangalore. He graduated
from the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology. His current
body of work explores the intersections between technology and culture
through the narrative device of a 'visual fable'. He is also
interested in the sociology of scientific practices, with a particular
focus on the social history of science research in India. For his work
in this residency he attempts to explore further in this particular
area. Abhishek also writes occasionally on contemporary Indian art.

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