May 18, 2017 ArtSci Nexus Artistic Director Candace Goodrich to lecture at Svarta Havet -Konstfack

Artist-curator Candace Goodrich, in her lecture, will present the independent, open platform ARTSCI NEXUS, which enables curiosity within and between the humanities, arts, and sciences as an interdisciplinary, process-oriented meeting point for collaborative aesthetics. The Nexus introduces professionals and the public to new creative modes of research and data analysis. In addition to an overview of the network’s mission and team activities, she will address the crucial role that the arts and sciences must embody in defiance of the rise of authoritarianism, as a call to political action. Historically, the arts have been a cornerstone of social movements. As a marginalised group, they have the capacity to create innovative channels of subversion, for political cognizance and solidarity. As scientists march in demonstrations globally to defend open inquiry and evidence-based policy, recalcitrant in protecting and cataloguing decades of publicly-accessible research, engagement, advocacy, and collaboration is becoming increasingly critical. How can these epistemologically diverse sectors transgress their borders to create a more integrated society? Why are the arts and sciences under attack, and what does this mean in our quest for truth in a post-fact age?