Oh wow! Art Sci Now

There are moments in one’s creative life when something quietly clicks into place.

For me, that moment arrived a few weeks ago when I joined Art Sci Now as a collaborator.

I’ve long worked at the intersection of disciplines: writing, visual art, embodied practice, and research into synesthesia and perception. But finding a community that not only welcomes that hybridity, but actively builds from it, is something else entirely.

Art Sci Now is grounded in the idea of a “third culture”, a space where art and science are not parallel tracks, but deeply intertwined ways of understanding our world. That third culture  invites collaboration, experimentation, and public engagement, all while asking bigger questions about how we create, communicate, and care for our environment.

Being brought in as a creative collaborator feels both affirming and energizing. It’s an opportunity to contribute to projects that are playful and rigorous at once, a place where a concept can move from lab to studio to public experience, often in surprising ways.

I’m especially excited to continue my work with the HOX Zodiac series within this context, where storytelling, symbolism, and scientific curiosity meet. I am honored to have exhibited some of my creatrive projects built on HOX Zodiac themes at the Jersey Art Book Fair last weekend.

There’s something deeply satisfying about working in a space where no one asks you to choose between disciplines. Instead, you’re encouraged to bring all of them. I’m grateful to be part of a community that sees interdisciplinary work not as a complication, but as the point.

 

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Carolyn CC Hart
I'm a neurodiversity advocate, an artist, an author, and a licensed massage therapist. My senses are intertwined via synaesthesia, a neurocognitive difference, which informs my writing, my visual art, my costume design, and my long career in manual therapy. I am continuing to learn how my divergent brain creates both opportunities and obstacles, and I support the argument that neurodiverse traits are not necessarily pathologies, but represent part of the spectrum of human somatosensory, intellectual, and cognitive experience. I support Judy Singer's theories of neurodiversity which include the concept that just as conserving biodiversity is necessary for a sustainable, flourishing planet, so respecting neurodiversity is necessary for a sustainable, flourishing human society. I am a founding member of the International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists, where I serve as the IASAS secretary. I've practiced therapeutic massage for more than 30 years, and feel that my sensory sensitivities have helped me thrive in my hands-on career.