Here eight
projects reveal how scientists investigate sensory perception and behaviour at the molecular, cellular and systems level.
Each work also features creative metaphors about the environment around us. This curated collection of works is especially
designed for diverse spaces like museums, biennales, science fairs and ecological landscapes and assisted by catalogues and
documentary videos. NEURO_ECO_MEDIA suggests that art can be an alternative catalyst for scientific communication, one
in which the metaphors and analogies can be shared. Each project not only helps the public understand neural and ecological
complexities, but it aims to encourage new social, cultural, and educated “ways of seeing”, thereby also adding to the field
of visual culture.
Prof. Dr. Jill Scott is a media artist, a curator, a writer and an art and
science researcher. She is professor emerita from the Zurich University of the Arts (ZhdK) in Zürich, Switzerland, and founded
their Artists-in-Labs Program in 2000. Her own artwork spans 44 years of production about the human body and body politics.
In the last 20 years she has focused human health based on research into molecular biology, neuroscience, botany, and ecology.
She has had many international exhibitions in both art and science venues. She also curates LASER Salon in Zurich for the
Leonardo Society USA and writes books on art and science (Springer and de Gruyter).
www.digitalekunst.ac.atwww.jillscott.org
