There are different ways of bridging art and science, such as, presenting art and science projects in parallel in public space; co-creating art-science projects together; exploring the perception of art with a scientific lens; exploring human behaviour and natural phenomena with an artistic lens. In each workshop we aim to develop multiple perspectives for understanding the various ways in which art and science meet. What are the different motivations for art and science to meet? What binds them together and what makes them distinct?
Evolution on a young tropical mountain (Menno Schilthuizen)
Kinabalu is an iconic mountain in northern Borneo. Geologically speaking, it is relatively young, yet the summit region is very rich in unique (so-called "endemic") species. A large international expedition used both traditional and modern (DNA) techniques to analyse several dozens of species from many different types of organism to understand the origin of this endemic biodiversity.
Kinabalu's Wake (Irene Kopelman)
During the presentation Kopelman will share the project she has developed during The Kinabalu/Crocker Range, Malaysia 10 –25 September 2012 to which she was invited by Menno Schilthuizen. The project was the beginning of a long term project which Kopelman is still developing and was also the seed for thoughts and subjects that she is still exploring.
| 15:00 | Welcome address, by Huub Dijstelbloem |
| 15:10 | Introduction of the series “Where Art Meets Science” by MaartjeRaijmakers/ Eftychia Stamkou |
| 15:25 | Evolution on a young tropical mountain by Menno Schilthuizen |
| 16:15 |
Kinabalu's Wake by Irene Kopelman |
| 17:00 | Roundtable discussion about opportunities for artists and scientists working in parallel. |
| 17:30 | Drinks |
Menno Schilthuizen (1965) is a professor of evolution and biodiversity at Leiden University and a senior researcher at the National Natural History Museum 'Naturalis' in Leiden, the Netherlands. He studies the processes by which rapid evolution in wild organisms takes place. He also runs the Taxon Foundation, a nonprofit for urban biodiversity studies. While he also studies evolution in pristine nature, in his recent books, Darwin Comes to Town (Picador, 2018) and The Urban Naturalist (MIT Press, 2025) he offers a new and optimistic view of a modern world in which cities are places where exciting ecosystems are arising, with community science as a way for city dwellers to be explorers of their own urban neighbourhoods.
Irene Kopelman (1974) is an artist who holds a Doctorate of Fine Arts from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki/MaHKU, Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design, Utrecht. Originally from Argentina, Kopelman moved to the Netherlands in 2002 to participate in a residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. Recent exhibitions and projects include: ‘Río Sil, líneas y geometrías.’ Cerezales Antonino y Cinia Fundación, León, ES;‘Marine Models. Drawing Regeneration’, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMAC), FR - among others.