Des del segle XX, la divisió entre ciències i art es va fer més pronunciada, com destaca brillantment Charles Percy Snow. Els dos regnes, com els va anomenar, es van desviar a causa de les aparents diferències en els seus llenguatges, la qual cosa va crear limitacions significatives per al progrés social. Avui dia, les preocupacions d’Snow continuen sent rellevants i són de gran interès tant per a les comunitats artístiques com per a les científiques. A més, la ciència s’ha fragmentat en diverses branques. En resposta a aquesta divisió, molts moviments artístics han intentat salvar la bretxa centrant-se en camps científics específics (p. ex., física i biologia). Tanmateix, això ha deixat llacunes en l’exploració de la connexió entre l’art i altres disciplines científiques. Aquí presentem el Chem-Art, un moviment artístic en desenvolupament que utilitza mètodes, siguin heurístics o estrictament científics, per a explorar la relació entre l’art i la química. Gràcies a iniciatives com ara SAGacia, que fomenten el diàleg entre aquestes dues disciplines de formes mútuament significatives, el nostre objectiu és reduir aquesta divisió.
From the 20th century, the division between sciences and art became more pronounced, as brilliantly highlighted by Charles Percy Snow. The two realms – as he called them – drifted apart due to the apparent differences in their languages, creating significant limitations for societal progress. Today, Snow’s concerns remain relevant and are of great interest to both artistic and scientific communities. Moreover, science has become fragmented into various branches. In response to this division, many art movements have attempted to bridge the gap by focusing on specific scientific fields (e.g., physics and biology). However, this has left gaps in exploring the connection between art and other scientific disciplines. Here, we present Chem-Art, a developing artistic movement that uses methods – either heuristic or strictly scientific – to explore the relationship between art and chemistry. Thanks to initiatives such as SAGacia (Smart), which foster dialogue between these two disciplines in mutually meaningful ways, we aim to reduce this division.
Chem-Art: the wonder concealed in chemistry / Giaccari, Matteo; Giaccari, Leonardo; Manfredi, Alessio. - In: ARTNODES. - ISSN 1695-5951. - 37:(2025), pp. 1-11. [10.7238/artnodes.v0i37.432869]
Chem-Art: the wonder concealed in chemistry
Matteo Giaccari
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;Leonardo GiaccariCo-primo
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2025
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From the 20th century, the division between sciences and art became more pronounced, as brilliantly highlighted by Charles Percy Snow. The two realms – as he called them – drifted apart due to the apparent differences in their languages, creating significant limitations for societal progress. Today, Snow’s concerns remain relevant and are of great interest to both artistic and scientific communities. Moreover, science has become fragmented into various branches. In response to this division, many art movements have attempted to bridge the gap by focusing on specific scientific fields (e.g., physics and biology). However, this has left gaps in exploring the connection between art and other scientific disciplines. Here, we present Chem-Art, a developing artistic movement that uses methods – either heuristic or strictly scientific – to explore the relationship between art and chemistry. Thanks to initiatives such as SAGacia (Smart), which foster dialogue between these two disciplines in mutually meaningful ways, we aim to reduce this division.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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