BRIDGES FOR THE MIND 2012

BRIDGES FOR THE MIND 2012 EXPERIENCES AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ARTS AND MATHEMATICS April 12-13, 2012 @ University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Open Seminar and Kick-Off Meeting by the Department of Art and Culture Studies April 12, Room AgC132 12.00-13.30 Mike Naylor (NTNU-Matematikkhuset, Norway): Naked Geometry: Artwork Inspired By the Human Form

April 13, Room MaD248 13.00-13.15 Opening by Raine Koskimaa (JYU) 13.15-14.00 Mike Naylor: Creative Mathematical Art Experiences and Spaces 14.00-14.20 Timo Tossavainen (University of Eastern Finland): Different Views of Mathematics at the Intersection of Arts and Mathematics 14.20-14.40 Lauri Ockenström (JYU): The Battle of Representing Reality: Mathematics and Arts as Allies and Rivals in Human History 14.40-15.00 Raine Koskimaa (JYU): Simulation and Computation In Digital Art 15.00-15.30 COFFEE BREAK 15.30-15.50 Johanna Maksimainen (JYU): The Cognitive Construction of Aesthetic Experience 15.50-16.10 Kristóf Fenyvesi (JYU): Towards an Aesthetics of Interdisciplinarity: Mathematical Connections 16.10-16.30 Tuuli Lähdesmäki (JYU): Reception Discourses of Geometric Art 16.30-16.50 Osmo Pekonen (JYU): Observing the passage of Venus: Hungarian and Finnish Top Science in 1769 17.00-18.00 CLOSING DISCUSSION More Info: kristof.k.fenyvesi@jyu.fi / +358 45 256 0420

BRIDGES FOR THE MIND 2012 EXPERIENCES AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ARTS AND MATHEMATICS April 12-13, 2012 @ University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Open Seminar and Kick-Off Meeting by the Department of Art and Culture Studies >>> Our event serves as a kick-off meeting for the introduction of the TAIKU's application plan for the Finnish Academy's new call: "Ihmisen mieli / Human Mind".

We would like to provide an opportunity to everyone for an open discussion to develop together our project plan. WE NEED YOUR CONTRIBUTION! COME AND JOIN US! >>> Short Overview: the the knowledge gained through blurring the boundaries of science, art and technology becomes our common experience of heterogeneity, and this common experience is also expressed in the transformation of our sociocultural practices. Our research group is intend to map the creative capabilities of the human mind on the borderland of mathematical and artistic thinking and practice. >>> Our interdisciplinary research project provides a common platform for scientists and humanists to bridge the gaps between mathematics, aesthetics, cognitive sciences, history of science and art, cultural studies, philosophy of mind, educational theories and pedagogical studies and to accumulate a significant knowledge in topical issues, such as learning and creativity. We place particular emphasis on organizing scientific events (symposia, conferences and experiential workshops) and on the publication of books. On the basis of the Finnish research infrastructure and specialists we would like to establish a self-sustaining and permeating international network of scholars, artists and educators and secure the further progress of the field at an international level.

Organizers: Kristóf FENYVESI, Raine KOSKIMAA, Tuuli L ÄHDESMÄKI, Osmo PEKONEN / More Info: kristof.k.fenyvesi@jyu.fi More Info: kristof.k.fenyvesi@jyu.fi / +358 45 256 0420 / +358 45 256