Picturing the Invisible: Exploring Interdisciplinary Synergies from the Arts and the Sciences - Paperback

by Paul Coldwell (Editor), Ruth M. Morgan (Editor)

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.

Author Biography

Paul Coldwell is professor in printmaking at the University of the Arts London, who has exhibited widely and whose work is held in numerous public collections, including the Tate, V&A, and British Museum. He is the author of Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective. Ruth M. Morgan is professor of crime and forensic science at UCL, director of the UCL Centre for the Forensic Sciences, and vice dean in the UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences. She is a World Economic Forum Young Scientist and a member of their Global Future Council on Scientific Collaboration.