Traditionally, the realms of arts and sciences were kept separate from each other. However, increasingly, both artists and scientists are seeing the benefits of breaking down the silos and engaging in an exchange between disciplines.
In this DLD20 conversation led by Swiss curator Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Galleries), British mathematician Marcus du Sautoy (Oxford University) and Mexican artist Eduardo Terrazas speak about how merging the worlds of art and science can lead to new perspectives. They illustrate their point by demonstrating the power of diagrams to to depict complex ideas among other things.
“I find that very often we’re interested in similar structures but have different languages to navigate those structures”, Marcus du Sautoy observes. “By bringing those different languages together, it allows us to see new things for both sides.”