Sensing Nanotechnologies through the Arts: Seeing and Making on the Surface of Things

Silvia Casini

doi:10.1162/LEON_a_00699

Sensing Nanotechnologies through the Arts: Seeing and Making on the Surface of Things

Silvia Casini

Film & Visual Culture

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The author assesses the role played by the surface in selected nanoscience and nanotechnology (N&N) practices by examining the interaction between surfaces and their viewers. In N&N, issues of scale and perception challenge those involved in science-art projects, forcing them to engage with nano-objects and surfaces by using either highly specialized instruments or metaphors. The most interesting examples of nano-based artworks give the audience the opportunity to interact with N&N through haptic sensing. © 2014 ISAST.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	36-42
Number of pages	7
Journal	Leonardo
Volume	47
Issue number	1
Early online date	20 Dec 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00699
Publication status	Published - Feb 2014

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