Picturing the Invisible
Exploring Interdisciplinary Synergies from the Arts and the Sciences
9781800081048
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Picturing the Invisible
Exploring Interdisciplinary Synergies from the Arts and the Sciences
An interdisciplinary approach to invisibility through the lens of the arts and sciences.
Picturing the Invisible presents different disciplinary approaches to articulating the invisible, that which is not known or not provable. The challenge is how to articulate these concepts, not only to those within a particular academic field but beyond, to other disciplines and society at large. As our understanding of the complexity of the world grows incrementally, so does our realization that issues and problems can rarely be resolved within neat demarcations. Therefore, the authors argue, the importance of finding means of communicating across disciplines and fields must become a priority. This book brings together insights from leading academics from a wide range of disciplines, including art and design, curatorial practice, literature, forensic science, medical science, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, philosophy, astrophysics, and architecture, who share an interest in exploring how in each discipline we strive to find expression for the invisible or unknown and to draw out and articulate some of the explicit and tacit ways of communicating those concepts that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Picturing the Invisible presents different disciplinary approaches to articulating the invisible, that which is not known or not provable. The challenge is how to articulate these concepts, not only to those within a particular academic field but beyond, to other disciplines and society at large. As our understanding of the complexity of the world grows incrementally, so does our realization that issues and problems can rarely be resolved within neat demarcations. Therefore, the authors argue, the importance of finding means of communicating across disciplines and fields must become a priority. This book brings together insights from leading academics from a wide range of disciplines, including art and design, curatorial practice, literature, forensic science, medical science, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, philosophy, astrophysics, and architecture, who share an interest in exploring how in each discipline we strive to find expression for the invisible or unknown and to draw out and articulate some of the explicit and tacit ways of communicating those concepts that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries.
262 pages | 87 color plates | 6.14 x 9.21 | © 2022
Table of Contents
List of figures List of contributors Foreword Paul Coldwell Acknowledgements Introduction Ruth M. Morgan Interdisciplinarity 1.Forensic science, revealing the unseen and the unknown Ruth M. Morgan 2.Revealing the invisible and inaudible in UCL Special Collections Adam Gibson, Tabitha Tuckett, Katy Makin, Cerys Jones, Jieran Sun and Melissa Terras Communication and language 3.Picturing the invisible in site-responsive art practice Paul Coldwell 4.Implicit relationship experience and picturing the invisible in psychoanalysis Stephan Doering 5.The invisible universe Roberto Trotta Interpretation 6.Picturing the Mind Irene Tracey 7.The formidable challenge of (MRI) invisible prostate cancer Joseph Norris and Mark Emberton Absence and voids 8.The fragmentary exhibition: tactics towards making architecture visible Owen Hopkins 9.Seeing things: Anna Mary Howitt in art history Susan Tallman 10.The invisible between philosophy, art and pregnancy Tanja Staehler 11.The aesthetics of silence, withdrawal and negation in conceptual art Jo Melvin Looking forward 12.The dictionary of invisible meanings Roberto Trotta 13.Postscript Paul Coldwell Index