On September 29, Art Science Connect will proudly host a showcase of research by Graduate Center students working at the intersection of art and science at the Martin E. Segal Theatre. Ten students, representing a wide range of disciplines, will present on exciting topics, such as visualization, politics, new media aesthetics and temporality. Keynotes will be delivered by Felicity Scott (Professor of Architecture, Columbia University) and Denis Pelli (Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, NYU), both of whom serve as models of interdisciplinary scholarship. This event is free and open to the public. A reception will be held following the presentations from 5pm-6pm.
Felicity D. Scott is Professor of Architecture, Director of the PhD program in Architecture (History and Theory), and Co-Director of the program in Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices in Architecture (CCCP) at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University. Her work as a historian and theorist focuses on articulating genealogies of political and theoretical engagement with questions of techno-scientific, environmental, and geopolitical transformation within modern and contemporary architecture, art, and media, as well as upon the discourses, institutions and social movements that have shaped and defined these disciplines, sometimes evidently, sometimes less so.
As a professor of psychology and neural science at NYU, Pelli has spent decades interrogating the way neurons analyze visual stimuli — that is, how our brains make sense of what our eyes see — to learn how we recognize shapes, read, and even experience beauty. As a visual artist, he has applied his scientific understanding to create works that blur the lines between art and science. Pelli completed his undergraduate studies in applied math at Harvard and earned his Ph.D. in physiology at Cambridge University.
Graduate Student Showcase Paper Titles:
Jessica Das, Biology, “Our Collective Fabric // The Microbiome – demystifying science with socially engaged art practices.”
Alicia Gallant, Art History, “Romare Bearden’s Figures: Intersections of Art and Dance, 1976-1982.”
Benjamin Diehl, History, “The Swastika and the Three Arrows: Sergei Chakhotin and the Struggle for Germany’s Minds.”
Tobah Auckland-Peck, Art History, “Crude Oils: Petroleum Culture in Postwar Britain.”
Quinn Schoen, Art History, “From Above and Below: The Iconography and Aerial Visual Logics of the Helicopter in Mexico City.”
Tobias Fandel, Music, “Multiplication and Diffusion as intrinsic principles in the context of art within a digitized culture.”
Daniel McKemie, Music, “Structures and Musical Applications of Otoacoustic Emissions.”
Jianing Qi, Computer Science, “Methods of AI Image Generation for Architecture Design.”
Sydney Harvey, Philosophy, “Creative Geography Through Sound Design.”
Sami Seif, Music, “How Time Passes: Musical Time and Clock Time.”