http://www.quodlibetica.com/an-archive-a-forest-john-bell-ginny-maki-and-branden-martz-at-the-bell-museum-of-natural-history/ Writing. Arts. Criticism. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:50:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.quodlibetica.com/an-archive-a-forest-john-bell-ginny-maki-and-branden-martz-at-the-bell-museum-of-natural-history/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Charisse Gendron Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:03:04 +0000 http://www.quodlibetica.com/?p=914#comment-376 Hi Tom, thanks for this interesting essay. It made me think of a new binary--not art and science but science and art criticism, both of which require intuition and intellectual inquiry but depend on pre-existing acts of creation. As for objectivity, always we have a stake in the outcome of our endeavors and one form of intelligence is considering the impact of our investment on the work and whatever it touches. Hi Tom, thanks for this interesting essay. It made me think of a new binary–not art and science but science and art criticism, both of which require intuition and intellectual inquiry but depend on pre-existing acts of creation. As for objectivity, always we have a stake in the outcome of our endeavors and one form of intelligence is considering the impact of our investment on the work and whatever it touches.

]]> http://www.quodlibetica.com/an-archive-a-forest-john-bell-ginny-maki-and-branden-martz-at-the-bell-museum-of-natural-history/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Ganymed » Blog Archive » John Bell Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:07:06 +0000 http://www.quodlibetica.com/?p=914#comment-263 [...] Bells Stu­dio­blog: The whooly mammoth’s mighty absence Quod­li­be­tica: An Archive, A Forest: John Bell, Ginny Maki, and Bran­den Martz at the Bell Museum of Natu­ral Hi... [...] [...] Bells Stu­dio­blog: The whooly mammoth’s mighty absence Quod­li­be­tica: An Archive, A Forest: John Bell, Ginny Maki, and Bran­den Martz at the Bell Museum of Natu­ral Hi… [...]

]]> http://www.quodlibetica.com/an-archive-a-forest-john-bell-ginny-maki-and-branden-martz-at-the-bell-museum-of-natural-history/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Benjamin Daniel Rösch Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:46:55 +0000 http://www.quodlibetica.com/?p=914#comment-232 Your discussion of the subjectivity of science when juxtaposed with art came up in my anthropology class last spring. When artists, even anthropological artists, recreate/create their ideas of what hominids look like, it's entirely based on their own subjective opinion. I suppose with science, the claims of objectivity are entirely based on a shared reality. Because so many people agree to abide by certain subjective rules, those rules become the dominant, "objective" reality imposed on society and our social narrative. Placing the art in the context of the Bell Museum certainly changes how one reads the art, and by changing that interaction between subject-artist-viewer, the reading is invariably changed. This leads me to the question... if the qualities that compose "art" are subjective, wouldn't science be equally subjective without the dominant paradigm? Your discussion of the subjectivity of science when juxtaposed with art came up in my anthropology class last spring. When artists, even anthropological artists, recreate/create their ideas of what hominids look like, it’s entirely based on their own subjective opinion. I suppose with science, the claims of objectivity are entirely based on a shared reality. Because so many people agree to abide by certain subjective rules, those rules become the dominant, “objective” reality imposed on society and our social narrative. Placing the art in the context of the Bell Museum certainly changes how one reads the art, and by changing that interaction between subject-artist-viewer, the reading is invariably changed. This leads me to the question… if the qualities that compose “art” are subjective, wouldn’t science be equally subjective without the dominant paradigm?

]]> http://www.quodlibetica.com/an-archive-a-forest-john-bell-ginny-maki-and-branden-martz-at-the-bell-museum-of-natural-history/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Sarah S. Bell Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:30:42 +0000 http://www.quodlibetica.com/?p=914#comment-197 Your explanation and description of "Archive, A Forest" was a very interesting read. Thank you for so much information. I am looking forward to seeing the show. Your explanation and description of “Archive, A Forest” was a very interesting read. Thank you for so much information.
I am looking forward to seeing the show.

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