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The YoA began on 1 June and will place 1,000 artists in 1,000 residencies, taking them out of the traditional spaces usually associated with art and placing them in unusual and surprising locations. The work will provide a source of visual metaphors as tools for research and the public understanding of science, and has received one of only eleven national awards from SciArt, a consortium dedicated to assisting partnerships in science and art. The project is being managed by Artpoint Trust and the photographs will be displayed in the new Edward Abraham Building. The Museum of the History of Science will provide artist Susan Derges with inspiration for her residency, Natural Magic. Referring to the Renaissance world of figures such as Giambattista della Porta, whose text on natural magic was the most famous of the genre, the project seeks to find an approach to art and science which avoids the antagonisms and oppositions that characterise so much of their recent history. |