Christine Borland
Sean Caulfield + Royden Mills
Christine Davis
Liz Ingram + Bernd Hildebrandt
Eduardo Kac
Jason Knight + Fiona Annis 
Lyndal Osborne
Catherine Richards
Jennifer Willet
Adam Zaretsky

Explore the Fear and Promise of Imagining Science

Art and science help us to make meaning; they shape our idea of who we are, how we make sense of the world and how we decide on the many ethical issues that confront us. Imagining Science looks at the impact of the rapidly changing world of genetics, bio-technologies and human engineering and the challenges and controversies that come with it.

The exhibition features the work of 10 internationally recognized artists who reflect on this complex conversation between art and science. Their works blur the lines between the scientific and the artistic, engaging us with the fear and promise of their ideas and images while inspiring us to think about how our decisions are formed.

Imagining Science is produced as part of the University of Alberta’s Centenary celebrations and sponsored by Alberta Ingenuity. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and Research Director at the Health Law Institute, University of Alberta and Sean Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Printmaking, Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, SSHRC, Genome Alberta, the University of Alberta and the Festival of Ideas.

A publication including essays written by some preeminent scholars on science and art, such as Jay Ingram, Jim Evans and Cynthia Cohen, and edited by Sean and Tim Caulfied accompanies this exhibition.
Available at U of A bookstores and most major book retailers.

 

Imagining Science Blog
The Imagining Science blog is a forum for responding to art in the exhibition, the implications of bio-technical developments and to weekly questions.
This week’s question: Should genes be used as an artistic medium?

 

Related Programming

Every Thursday Evening
IMAGINING SCIENCE IDEA-EXCHANGES
Thursday Evenings, 7-8 pm (November 20, 28, December 4, 11, 18, January 15, 22 and 29)
Free with Gallery Admission

 

Panels and Forums
Festival of Ideas: IMAGINING SCIENCE PANEL DISCUSSION
Friday, November 14, 5-6:30 pm
Free Admission, Enterprise Square

IMAGINING SCIENCE ARTISTS FORUM
Saturday, November 15, 2-4 pm
Free Admission, Enterprise Square Atrium

IMAGINING SCIENCE ARTISTS FORUM with local artists
Thursday, January 15, 7-9 pm
Free Admission, Enterprise Square Atrium

 

For the Whole Family
ALL DAY SATURDAY – Science Saturday
Saturday, November 15, 1–4 pm
Free with Gallery Admission

 

Art for Lunch
Seeing Science: Exploring the Intersections of Art and Science
with AGA Chief Curator/Deputy Director, Catherine Crowston
Thursday, December 18, 12:10–12:50 pm
Free Admission, Enterprise Square Atrium