We use the empathy of Art to deliver messages where other communication vehicles (like Science and regular news) fail to reach. Art brings together people in this increasingly divisive world. While Science requires people to climb an expensive education ladder, Art is a great social equalizer.

 

We are interested in the educational experience of blurring the borders between Science and Art. As educators, we are attracted by the mental exercise that our images trigger in inquisitive minds ("What is this?"). We like to seize that moment and use art as a bait to introduce scientific concepts to minds in such receptive states. 

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In our exhibits, our images are displayed next to a text that explains the Science behind the Art. The images are thus used as a "bait" to lure the visitors into learning scientific or engineering concepts.  The exhibits are collectively called BAIT for "Bringing Art Into Technology".  Below are the pictures from our 2010-2011 exhibit in the UW Allen Library Research Commons.