[spectre] ATHENS SCIENCE AND ART june 16-18 2005

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INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
"SCIENCE AND ART"
JUNE 16-19, 2005
ATHENS, EUGENIDES FOUNDATION


  PROGRAM

Thursday, June 16 2005

Session A
Historical and Philosophical Approaches

10:00-10:35
  "Methodological similarities and differences between Science and Art"
Dionisios Anapolitanos
Professor of Philisophy of Mahtematics, Department of Philosophy &
History of Science, Univ. of Athens, Greece

10:35-11:10
  "Science and Art: The different uses of language in the cognitive
and aesthetic conception of the world"
Petros Gemtos					
Professor of Philosophy of Economics, Dept. of Philosophy & History
of Science former Provost, Univ. of Athens, Greece

11:10-11:45
"L'Art, la Science, l'homme at la Necessite d'Interconnexion de
Trois"
Vassilios Arapis
Artist

12:15-12:50
  "Art and Science in the Ancient Greek thought"
Τheopi Parissaki		
Professor of History of Philosophy, Aristotelian University of
Thessaloniki, Greece

12:50-13:25
"Art and Science in the Renaissance"
Dr. Ioannis Bollis
Art Historian

13:25 -17:00
Lunch and cofee break

17:00-17:30
"Art, Physics and the image of the world"
Νikitas Chiotinis
Professor of Architecture, ATEI Athens, Greece

17:30-18:00
"Science, Art:the difficult conjunction"
Dimosthenes Agrafiotis
Professor, Department of Sociology, National Institute of Health,
Ιntermedia Artist

18:00-18:45
"Einstein-Picasso: Space, Time and the Beauty that causes Havoc"
Arthur Ι. Miller						
	
Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, College University of
London,
Author of the book "Einstein-Picasso"

18::45 - 19:15
"The eros of knowledge in Science and Art"
George Pavlos				
Associate Professor, Dept. of  Electrical Engineering , University of
Thrace, Greece


Friday, June 17 2005
	
Session B:
Applications and Interactions: Applying Science in Art and Vice-versa
		

Part 1. Mathematics and Art

09:00-09:45
"Polygon Construction, Star Polygons, and Modularity"
Reza Sarhangi 							
	
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director for Mathematics,
Mathematics Department, Towson University, USA. BRIDGES Conference
Director

09:45-10:30
"Mathematical Sculpture"
George W. Hart 							
	
Professor, Computer Science Department, Stony Brook University, USA

10:30-11:15
"Spiral Tilings Expressed in the Medium of the Folded Plane
Using Combinatorics to Augment Tradition"
Chris Palmer
Origami Expert, U.S.A.

11:15-11:45
Coffee break

11:45-12:30
"The Art of Zellij as a bridge between Islamic and occidental
cultures"
Jean-Marc Castera						
			
Artist, Mathematician, Author of "Géometrie douce" and "Arabesques"

12:30-13:15
  "The Language of Abstraction"
Dr. Irene Rousseau
Artist and Art Historian

13:15-15:00
  Lunch break

15:00-15:35
"The geometry of tessellations in the work of M.C. Escher"
Panayiotis Nikolaidis
Architect, Collaborator of Museum of Hrakleidon

15 :35-16:10
"Geometry in Art and Art in Geometry - A two-way consideration"
Panayiotis Stavrinos
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University if Athens
Ioannis Doxaras,
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Athens

16:10- 16:45
"The beauty in Art and Mathematics"
Tefkros Mixailides
Mathematician/ Writer

16:45 -17:15
Coffee break

17:15-17:50
"Mathematical Structures and Literature: The Example of Oulipo"
Christine Phili
Associate Professor ,Technical University of Athens, Member of the
International Academy of the History of Sciences

17:50 -18:25
"Narration and proof: two sides of the same coin"
Apostolos Doxiadis				
Mathematician, Writer


Part 2. Μusic and science

15:00-15:35
"Science and Art in Iannis Xenakis' music"
George Zervos
Composer, Assistant Professor, Department of  Music Studies,
University of Athens

15:35-16:10
  "Iannis Xenakis: a man of the Renaissance and the Encyclopedia"
Dr. Alkistis Soulogianni
Philologist, Critic, Director of International Relations at the Greek
Ministry of Culture

	

Saturday, June 18 2005

Session B			
Part 4. Physical Sciences and Art	

9:00-9:35	
"Geometry of Polyhedra in Nuclear Science"
Nikolaos G. Nicolis				
Assistant Professor  of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece

9:35-10:10
"The  ballet of Physics"
S. Patapis							
Associate Professor of Physics, University of Athens

10:10-10:40
"The fourth dimension in Art and Physics"
Panagiotis Skoutzos
Physicist, Professor ATEI of Piraeus, Athens, Greece

10:40 -11:15
Διάλειμμα 
για καφέ - Coffee break

11:15-11:50
"The mystery of the mind"
Dr. George Zarkadakis				
Author, Artificial Intelligence expert, Director of "Focus" Magazine

11:50-12:25
"The role of chaos in Biology and Music"
Yiannis Nicolis					
Professor of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of
Patras, Greece

12:25-13:00
"Fractals in Science and Art"
Dr. Elizabeth Ball
Biologist, University of York, UK

13:00-13:15
«Ethereal Nanotransarchitecture of Aer sculpture»
Dr Ioannis Michaloudis
Visual Artist

13:15 -14:45
Lunch break


14:45-15:20
"The role of symmetry"
Constantinos Vagionakis
Professor of Physics, University of Ioannina


15:20-15:55
"The chemistry of artist's palette"
N. Katsaros
Director of Research, NCSR "Demokritos"

Part 5: Technology in Art

14:45-15:20
«Fine Arts As  Configuration Mechanism»
Xenofon Bitsikas
Artist, Lecturer -School of Fine Arts & Arts Sciences, University of
Ioannina, Greece

15:20 - 15:50
  "The art and science of virtual environments: interactive
narratives, navigational systems, and display technologies"
Agueda Simo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

15:50  -16:05
"Virtuality in modern art"
Apostolos Artinos
Writer

16:05  - 16:20
  "The use of the natural human form and its existence through digital
formats and mass exposure methods, for its presentation within the
public domain"
Eileen Botsford
Public Artist, Ebnefsi Design


16:20-17:15
Coffee break


Part 6: Architecture: The original meeting of science and art

17:15 - 17:50
"Architecture - The meeting point of Art and Science"
Alexander N. Tombazis
Architect

17:50-18:25
  "Lost in translation: Invalidation of Optical Agreements in
Architectural Representations"
Ilias Constantopoulos
Architect, Associate Professor, University of Patras



Sunday, June 19 2005



Ιnvited Speakers	(Amphitheatre)


9.00 - 9.40
«Τhe educational side of environmental art»
Sam Bower
Artist, Professor, Director  and founder of the environmental art on
line-museum "greenmuseum.com". 			

9.40 - 10.20
«Space and the Arts»
Dr David Raitt
Astrophysicist, Senior Technology Transfer Officer
  European Space Agency, ESTEC,  ESA

10.20 - 11.00
«Art - Science -Technologie dans la formation des ingenieurs -
quelques exemples "d'ingenierie de la culture"»
Patric Callet
Physicist, Professor,  Ecole Centrale Paris  des Arts et
Manufactures.
Lab. Mathématiques Appliquées aux Systèmes.

11.00 - 11.30
Coffee break

11.30 - 12.00
« The secret presence of "art" in formal and informal forms of
science education »
Crystalllia Halkia
Associate Professor, Department of Pedagogical Studies, University of
Athens			

12.00 - 12.30
  «Scientific Illustration»
Constadinos Skordoulis
Professor, Department of Pedagogical Studies, University of Athens

12.30 - 13.00
«Theatrical  activities and teaching Sciences.  A presentation of a
dialectical relationship»
Dionysis Vavougios
Assistant Professor, Human Sciences Department, University of
Thessalia

13.00 - 13.30
«From Newton's apple to the apples of Cezanne»
Projection of a film showing the most important milestones in the
evolution of Science and Art from the Age of Stone till the Universal
Theory
Galina Altouhova - Chemist, High school Teacher
Margarita Vasilakou - Painter, Teacher of Arts


13.30 - 15.00
Lunch break

15.00 - 15.30
«Science - Art - Music. Thoughts of a Scientist
Vasileios Makios
Professor, Polytechnic  School, University of Patras

15.30 - 16.00
  «Mathematics, Philosophy, Poetry, Music
Haralambos Spyridis
Professor, Music Studies, University of Athens

16.00 - 16.30
«Η 
θεραπευτική 
αξία της 
μουσικής 
αποτελεί 
σημαντική 
προσφορά  στην
εκπαίδευση	»
Tony Evaggelopoulou
Psycologist, Director of Tomatis Centre Athens

16.30 - 17.00
«Music and Technology in the Education»
Panagiotis Velianitis
Professor of Music, Centre of Contemporary Music Research


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