xperimental vision
A new kind of experiment at the nexus of art and science.
Science
test
Science to measure, explore, and generate new hypotheses
Art
create
Art to visualize, reconceptualize and re-see the world
Nexus
understand
Xperiment to understand the nature of life, the reasons for death, and what it means to be human
The C word
Cancer. Cooperation. Conflict. Culture. Cacti.
Xperimental Design Gallery
Visualization. Data. Design.
Sounding Board
Something like news
Sculpture explores the nature of cancer
ASU mixed media ceramics professor Susan Beiner is in residence in the Aktipis & Maley labs, as well as the Arizona Cancer Evolution Center exploring the nature of cancer and developing plans for a ceramics creation that will illustrate the invasive and metastatic nature of cancer through the 3-dimensional affordances of sculpture. When complete, this sculpture will be installed in the ASU Memorial Union.
Digital visualization of cancer pushes boundaries
Vicky Isley and Paul Smith of Boredom Research are in residence with the Aktipis & Maley labs, as well as the Arizona Cancer Evolution Center to create a digital visualization of cancer. This work will be shown at the CDC Gallery in Washington D.C., The Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, The St. Joseph Medical Facility in Phoenix, and the ASU Art Museum at Arizona State University.
The sound of cellular cheating
Science x Rhymes explore what happens when a maverick cell decides to cheat it's way on back to a unicellular life. A song inspired by our science.
Kombucha as a window into the montrous
When happens when Frankenstien meets kombucha? Frankenbucha! We explored the slightly monstrous multispecies nature of kombucha at the EMERGE festival.
One reciprocity,
two reciprocity
Sometimes science needs poetry to figure out what it means. This poem explores the meaning of the word reciprocity.
The art of the conference
Alex Cagen, illustrated the speakers at the bi-annual International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer conference. Click here to see all the illustrations.
Endless forms most beautiful
Next to the new Biodesign C building you'll find a unique and beautiful garden featuring cancerous cacti. These cacti have cancer-like growths called crests or fasciations. Read more about the "Endless forms most beautiful" garden here.
