Can there be a relationship between art and science? Do they have anything in common and if so, what? Have they got anything to contribute to each other? What do artists have to say about science? What do scientists have to say about art?

What happens when art and science come together?

I often disagree with what is passed off as Art/Science. Certainly it will be a combination of art and science with the goal of telling us something about a world beyond our perceptions. Has this not always been the goal of artists and scientists such as Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Galileo and Einstein? The bringing together of art and science will have to be accomplished by artists with more than a passing knowledge of science – and vice versa. In the end, I think it will combine incredible advances in computer technology with science, and artistic concepts such as beauty – so that artists might be able to manipulate visual images as if they were … equations! Surely all this touches on fundamental issues in art, science, technology and education in the 21st century.