Art Sci Lab Research Group School of Creative Arts
The Art Sci Lab was established in 2021 to lead on research in the domain of art and science collaboration. Its charge is to seek to find ways in which a meaningful co-creation can be achieved, equitably between disciplines.
As such, the Art Sci Lab:
- is an artist-led initiative, promoting art practice as its own research methodology;
- aims to be methodologically rigorous and artistically excellent;
- is underpinned by ethical, bilateral and (ideally) symmetrical collaboration between artists and scientists;
- produces research outputs including exhibitions, artworks and publications;
- seeks authentic co-creation where some outputs may be less definable.
We seek to discover what alternative forms can be created and what new knowledge emerges when we embrace transdisciplinary ‘entanglement’ (Barad, 2006). In essence, we aim to develop greater societal value in a world facing complex, existential threats such as global warming and AI.
We work with science across the spectrum, including:
- the hard sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, ecology);
- the social sciences (e.g. psychology, anthropology, economics);
- and the applied sciences (e.g. engineering, computer modelling).
The lab is inclusive with an open-door policy for colleagues, peers and future collaborations with artists, curators, scholars, scientists, policy makers and industry.
Research Supervision
The University of Hertfordshire offers both PhD in Creative Arts and a Professional Doctorate in Fine Art (DFA) and welcome applications from creative practitioners working in the arena of art and science. Periodically, the Art Sci Lab offers a bursary DFA for researchers wishing to work alongside specific projects. Information on these bursaries will be advertised when available. For more information email: s.jury@herts.ac.uk.
