Book Launch: Pattern and Chaos in Art, Science and Everyday Life (Hybrid)
By Sarah Horton and Victoria Mitchell
Chapter 13, Drawing Fire, by David Griffin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Art
- Tuesday, March 19th, 1:30 to 3 pm EST (Online)
5:30 pm to 7 pm GMT (In-person) - Cavendish House - Norwich University of the Arts
16 Saint Andrews Street #4 Norwich NR2 4AE United Kingdom - Online RSVP
- 20% discount for all who attend the launch either online or in person
With forty-two contributions, from artists, designers and scientists, the book demonstrates the richness of creative practices and critical reflections in the intersection between pattern and chaos.
This collection explores critical and visual practices through the lens of interactions and intersections between pattern and chaos. The dynamic of the inter-relationship between pattern and chaos is such as to challenge disciplinary boundaries, critical frameworks and modes of understanding, perception and communication, often referencing the in-between territory of art and science through experimentation and visual scrutiny.
Five of the contributors will briefly present their work for the book at this celebratory event, which will be held in Cavendish House, above East Gallery at Norwich University of the Arts, and online via Microsoft Teams. There will be wine and nibbles for those attending in person!
Speakers:
Gemma Anderson-Tempini (University of Exeter) investigates the boundary between art and science, including the representation of biology as process.
Catherine Baker (Birmingham City University) explores multiple boundaries between art and health, often through multi-partnered collaboration.
Krzysztof Fijalkowski (Norwich University of the Arts) is best known for his expertise in the practice, history, theory and legacies of international surrealism.
David Mabb (Goldsmiths, University of London) is a visual artist whose work focuses on the political implications of contrasting imagery, especially relating to modern art and design.
Lucy Ward (University of the West of England) combines an interest in science and drawing, often intimating a friction between ideal pattern and repetitive, everyday experience.
The book, which was edited by Sarah (Reader in Fine Art) and Victoria (Research Fellow), was an outcome of the Pattern and Chaos Research Group at Norwich University of the Arts.