Findings on Ice Cover

PARS, Hester Aardse and Astrid van Baalen (eds.)

Findings on Ice

PARS was founded from the conviction that art and science are both essentially creative processes. Artists begin with an idea that is ultimately expressed in the form of music, images, or words. Scientists begin with a hypothesis, sketch an idea, and then test and describe it. Every year PARS invites artists and scientists to make a contribution to creative thinking. The book on the topic “Ice” demonstrates a variety of different perspectives and ideas by artists and scientists, and functions as a visual and textual introduction.

PARS was founded from the conviction that art and science are both essentially creative processes. Artists begin with an idea that is ultimately expressed in the form of music, images, or words. Scientists begin with a hypothesis, sketch an idea, and then test and describe it. Every year PARS invites artists and scientists to make a contribution to creative thinking. The book on the topic “Ice” demonstrates a variety of different perspectives and ideas by artists and scientists, and functions as a visual and textual introduction.

This volume is part of the Atlas of Creative Thinking

Edited by PARS, Hester Aardse and Astrid van Baalen

Design: studio Joost Grootens

20 x 27 cm, 7 ¾ x 10 ¾ in

190 pages, 126 illustrations

paperback

2007, 978-3-03778-125-8, English
Science
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Hester Aardse

Hester Aardse is an art historian specialised in the redevelopment of industrial sites and urban planning. Together with Astrid Alben (née van Baalen), she founded the arts and science initiative PARS at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten from 2006-2008. PARS invites artists and scientists to share their most beautiful and mind-boggling thoughts and research around particular topics. These got published in the "Findings on.." publication series and were shared at events that are a mixture of art, theatre and scientific experiments.

Astrid Alben

Astrid Alben (neé van Baalen) is a poet and editor. Together with Hester Aardse, she founded the arts and science initiative PARS at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten from 2006-2008. PARS invites artists and scientists to share their most beautiful and mind-boggling thoughts and research around particular topics. These got published in the "Findings on.." publication series and were shared at events that are a mixture of art, theatre and scientific experiments. Astrid Alben's publications include Ai! Ai! Pianissimo (2011), Plainspeak (2019), Klein dood konijn (2021), Dead Little Rabbit (forthcoming 2022) and the Atlas of Creative Thinking (Findings on Ice, Findings on Elasticity, Findings on Light).

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