Anna Dumitriu & Blay Whitby discuss the Relationship Between Art and Science :: December 2, 2009; 4:00 - 6:00 pm :: Russell Building Room 10, University of Sussex, Falmer Campus, Brighton, UK.

Anna Dumitriu is a visual artist whose highly experimental work is involved with the nature of trans-disciplinary practice-based research. She has collaborated with scientists on at least 10 major projects over the past eleven years and often tends to go very deeply into her chosen area of research, taking on, or attempting to take on, the role of scientist in an almost performative sense, raising paradigmatic questions in her work. Her installations, interventions and performances use a range of digital, biological and traditional media including video projections, mobile phones and embroidery, working with diverse audiences often in non-traditional settings. Her work has been exhibited internationally including USA, Brazil, France, Russia and Lithuania and is held in international public collections including the Science Museum, London. She is currently Artist in Residence at The Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics and a Visiting Research Fellow in the Dept of Informatics at Sussex University, participating in the prestigious e-MobiLArt project (European Mobile Lab for Interactive Artists) and researching her practice-based Fine Art PhD part-time at The University of Brighton.

Dr. Blay Whitby is a technology ethicist and philosopher, specialising in computer science, artificial intelligence and robotics. He is the author of many books and papers including: “Artificial Intelligence: Beginners’ Guide” and “Reflections on Artificial Intelligence: The Legal, Moral and Ethical Dimensions” and is concerned with the importance of widening engagement in science and increasing levels of debate in ethical issues. Dr Whitby recently became a member of the Strategic Ethics Forum of The British Computer Society.