Science is about figuring out how to achieve our goals.
Art, in the broadest sense, is in part about grasping what goals we ought
to have (grasping in both senses, seeing and choosing).
In this sense of art, philsophy is an artform. (Unlike biology or applied
physics, pure, theoretical physics is philosophy. So it too is an art
form.)
As to what ultimate goals we ought to have, as to what we ought to use
the methods of science to achieve, the methods of science are necessarily
silent.
Using computer science to achieve artistic goals with virtual reality
devices, as Bill wants to do, seems a perfectly straightforward use of
science. But the only reason I would go to a conference on the use of
computer-science to create VR Art is to see the art. Having no desire to
do it myself, I have no interest in learning about the details of how it
is done, as I have no interest in learning how a particular painter mixes
her paint to acheive a given affect.
On the other hand, I am suspicious of claims that make it seem like
something of an entirely different sort is the point of the conference -
the discovery of a new mode of communication that results from scientists
and artist working together. I have no evidence yet that this claim is
anything more than art-hype.
- George
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