SmartArt: Exploring Science & Art
It's Science with a Creative Twist!
Open through November 1, 2009
See what happens when science and art collide in this new, family-friendly exhibit. Use sound to make a robot dance, feed a plant with your breath, turn music into shapes and much more. Discover the changes taking place all around us - from motion to sound, sound to shape, carbon dioxide to oxygen, or 3D to 2D - as envisioned by both art and science.
This exhibit, presented in English and Spanish, is brought to you by the creators of Bloodsuckers and DinoTracks. It is the fifth exhibit conceived and produced by the EcoTarium and its partners as part of the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative.
DomeFest: SmartArt in the Dome
Short subjects from the outer limits of full-dome theatre production
Opening February 14, 2009
Experience the cutting edge of digital, full-dome technology with the Northeast premiere of DomeFest, the global festival for full dome. This exciting addition to the SmartArt exhibit features festival finalists that integrate stop-motion photography, 3D animation, poetry, music, math and complex computer programming in a completely new, emerging art form.
- DomeFest Winners Adobe Acrobat required
- DomeFest Finalists and Alternates Adobe Acrobat required
SmartArt Exhibit Background
SmartArt: Exploring Science & Art is an unusual, interdisciplinary exhibit. The four museums in the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC), headed by the EcoTarium, partnered with local artists to explore change. Each EEC museum selected an artist from their state or province to partner with them in developing a pair of exhibit components. The museum-artist teams each chose a specific phenomenon to explore, such as the change from sound to motion. Thus visitors will experience the same phenomenon, or change, from both scientific and artistic perspectives. A fifth artist worked with the museums to develop a large, colorful component that serves as a centerpiece of the exhibit.
The Environmental Exhibit Collaborative
- EcoTarium, Worcester, Massachusetts
- ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, Vermont
- Exhibition Production Center, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Children’s Museum of Maine, Portland, Maine
Participating Artists
Dave Blumenthal, Montpelier, VT
Exhibiting "Topoform"
www.studiozoic.com- Janet Van Fleet, Cabot, VT
Exhibiting "Disc Dance"
www.janetvanfleet.com
janetvanfleet.blogspot.com Go behind the scenes as Janet talks about creating "Disc Dance" in one of her December entries - Peter Evonuk, Boston, MA
Exhibiting "WeBreather"
http://jameshull.com/peter_evonuk.html - Nicolas Reeves, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Exhibiting "GESTATIO o [SLUM / OPERA]"
www.hexagram.org - Randy Regier, Portland, ME
Exhibiting "Automata Dancers"
www.flickr.com/photos/regierart/
This exhibit is made possible by grants from Jane's Trust and Cabot Family Charitable Trust.