Trust Me I’m an Artist: Towards an Ethics of Art/Science Collaboration

With artist Neal White on Friday 27th January, 7-9:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm)

The second in a series of public events, taking place in international settings, investigates the new ethical issues arising from art and science collaboration and consider the roles and responsibilities of the artists, scientists and institutions involved.

At each event (before a live audience) an internationally known artist will propose an artwork to a specially formed ethics committee (following the rules and procedures typical for the host country), the ethics committee will then debate the proposal and come to a decision, the artist will then be informed of the ethics committee’s decision and, alongside the audience, they can enter into a discussion about the result. See Neal White's notes on "Self Experimentation".

The proposals have been selected as they raise interesting questions for science ethics committees and will help reveal the mechanisms that drive this usually hidden process, enabling the wider public to understand the driving forces behind ethical decisions and the role of artists working in scientific settings more deeply.

The project “Trust Me I’m an Artist: Towards an Ethics of Art/Science Collaboration” is led by artist Anna Dumitriu in collaboration with Professor Bobbie Farsides (Chair of Ethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School) in collaboration with the Waag Society and The University of Leiden. The Waag Society, institute for art, science & technology, develops creative technology for social innovation. The foundation researches, develops concepts, pilots and prototypes in cooperation with cultural, academic, public and private parties. The Studiolab - Utopian Practices program (which includes this project) is part of Waag Society's Wetlab activities. Studiolab - Utopian Practices produces interactions and collaborations between art and (life) sciences and tries to enhance the societal debate about those biotechnologies by hands-on involvement of the public.

The third event in the series with artist Anna Dumitriu will take place on Thursday 1st March, 6-8pm at The Science Gallery, The Naughton Institute, Pearse Street, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Eire

All welcome

See www.artscienceethics.com for more information