Meaningful Art–Science Interactions An Inter and Transdisciplinary Palette

<p>What happens when scientists and artists collaborate? How can art and science enrich each other, and what challenges arise? This book addresses these questions around a central focus: <em>what makes art-science interactions meaningful?</em></p> <p>Drawing on a series of cases, this book combines perspectives from psychology, philosophy, art history, artistic practice, anthropology, exhibition design, and communication sciences. It explores how art-science collaborations unfold across diverse contexts, from laboratories to public spaces, artists’ studios, museums, as well as (re)imagined realities. Combining lived experience with theoretical and empirical reflection, the chapters discuss the conditions under which collaborations move beyond superficial or instrumental engagement and become meaningful.</p> <p>The insights in this book emerge from the <em>PALETTES </em>project at KU Leuven. The project’s inter- and transdisciplinary research environment functioned as a site of collaboration and reflection, enabling close observation and critical examination of art-science interactions in practice.</p> <p>The book supports epistemic diversity, whereby both art and science are acknowledged as valuable, yet distinct ways of knowing and engaging with the world. It also offers guidance for initiating, sustaining, and reimagining meaningful interactions within and beyond academia.</p>