The course aims to offer the student the theoretical tools necessary to understand the specificity of the relationship between art and science, favouring his orientation and knowledge of the productive directions in the artistic field and of the main philosophical and theoretical reflections concerning them. Using the theoretical tools acquired, at the end of the course the student will be able to refine his critical vision about the relationship between art and science in terms of its usability both on the theoretical and on the planning and operational level.

Participation in the course does not require prerequisites. The modular structure of the course aims to encourage the introduction of the themes and the main issues in order to proceed gradually through the identification of the appropriate theoretical tools in order to understand the issues addressed according to the examination of the case studies.

1. Invention (10 hours). The introductory part of the course will set the main aspects concerning the relationship between art and science, paying attention first and foremost to the identity between art and technology. This first theoretical issue will be decisive to consider the theme of art as an invention and as a profession, which will be tackled paying attention to the themes of ideation, design and creativity. 2. Production (10 hours). Established the main aspects concerning the inventive question and the design, we will move on to the topic of production. This will be tackled by paying attention to practical issues, to the relationship between idea and action, to the nexus between decision and work in progress. Central themes for this part of the course will be those of praxis, object and artifice. 3. Technology (10 hours). Crucial in the relationship between art and science, the reflection on technology will allow us to look at the relationship between design and praxis in the prospect of the achievement of human praxes and their operational potential. These theoretical aspects will be addressed considering in particular the themes such as the system, the repetition, the devices. 4. Form (10 hours). This part of the course will focus on the role of form in relation to technology, artistic productions and its transformations. The themes of deepening will be those of openness, reductionism and possibility. 5. Expression (10 hours). The role of form in the light of the relationship between ideation and operational praxes entails a necessary reflection on the expressive possibilities in relation to its transformations. The topics addressed in this part of the course will be those of representation, symbol and meaning. 6. Interaction (10 hours). In a close relationship to the renewal of the expressive and technological possibilities as well as to the design and production ones, the aspects related to the ways of interaction that the new forms made possible, are increasingly determining. Key topics of this conclusive part of the course will be those of virtual, relationship, immersion.

The texts discussed and the bibliographies will have to be integrated into the lessons. However, some bibliographical references can be given preliminarily. R. Barilli, Informale, oggetto, comportamento, Vol. 2, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2016. U. Eco, Opera aperta Forma e indeterminazione nelle poetiche contemporanee, Bompiani, Milano, 2006. E. Migliorini, Conceptual Art, nuova edizione a c. di D. Dal Sasso, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, 2014. G. Dorfles, Dal significato alle scelte, nuova edizione a. c. di M. Carboni, Castelvecchi, Roma, 2010. G. Dorfles, Discorso tecnico delle arti, Marinotti, Milano, 2004. S. Langer, Problemi dell’arte, Aesthetica, Palermo, 2013. S. Velotti, La filosofia e le arti Sentire, immaginare, pensare, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2012. A. Vettese, Si fa con tutto. Il linguaggio dell’arte contemporanea, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2015.

Exam: Written test;

The students’ work evaluations will be based on written exercises, and on the final examination that, starting from the individual work, will also have to account for the study of the texts examined during the lessons. Students will also be asked to elaborate reflections on philosophical arguments on the main issues presented and discussed during the course.

In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.