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  5. Photo by Kelly Lycan, index card from Andrew Ng's research documentation (note created on September 8, 1982 at UBC; from extensive collection of research polaroids and index cards rescued by Kirk Madison; gifted to Kelly Lycan during Ars Scientia Residency, 2021).
    April 25, 2023

    encou(n)ters

    encou(n)ters 2:00-6:00 PM UBC Botanical Garden 6804 SW Marine Drive The Ars Scientia research cluster launched a collaborative residency program in 2021, bringing together artists and physicists to interrogate the intersections of art and science. Please join us for our 2nd annual…

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  6. An Ars Scientia collaboration between visual artist JG Mair and physicist Alannah Hallas at Blusson QMI; the two worked together in Hallas’s lab to turn “insightful failures” of high-entropy oxides (a type of quantum material) into an artist’s medium – paint. Photo: Rachel Topham photography
    February 7, 2023

    Artist Talks: JG Mair, Scott Billings and Timothy Taylor

    Artist Talks: JG Mair, Scott Billings and Timothy Taylor Join us for a series of artist talks hosted at UBC’s Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (Blusson QMI). Our current cohort of Ars Scientia artists-in-residence have formed collaborative partnerships with scientists and engineers while…

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  7. Student drawing of the concept of entanglement. Depicts a clump of curvy lines with points on them.
    October 20, 2022

    Shifted Thinking

    Shifted Thinking Ars Scientia x UBCQ: Shifted Thinking was held on September 22, 2022; a mini-workshop was done in collaboration with the UBC Quantum Club. Science and art are both fields fortified by their opposites, collaborations, and embracing new perspectives. In bringing together…

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  8. September 23, 2022

    What does it mean to collaborate?

    What does it mean to collaborate? Ars Scientia brings together artists and physicists to engage in knowledge exchange and collaboration across disciplines. Last year, Ars Scientia conducted a 6-month residency program pairing physics graduate students and artists, culminating in the Signals and…

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  9. September 9, 2022

    Workshop reflection: Art + Science + Collaboration

    Workshop reflection: Art + Science + Collaboration The Ars Scientia workshop Art + Science + Collaboration took place on August 9, 2022. Its aim was to introduce the work and ethos of the Ars Scientia research cluster to the community of summer undergraduate…

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