“the price of metaphor is eternal vigilance…”
–Arturo Rosenblueth and Norbert Wiener

if art is visual metaphor

and art who’s goal is communication

communication of scientific concepts

theory precedes the metaphor

metaphors should not be built on misunderstandings

metaphors are constantly in the process if modification

one of the concerns of scientists in creating these relationships between art and science is that artists don’t do their homework or focus on superficial aspects of the concepts, work, tools, or artifacts…

why? because often times these visual metaphors are not based on an understanding of the issues and theories…

and so research precedes construction of visual metaphors…but does experimentation and continuous rearticulation of the visual metaphors somehow push the understanding of the theory? For whom? the artists? the scientists? the public?

If the processes of artistic visual research IS going to push the articulation and understanding of scientific understanding, then it too must be transparent and available outside of the studio— as process unveiled…