SymbioticA postgraduate degree in Biological Arts MSC (BiolArts) and Grad Dip (BiolArts)

SymbioticA will offer as of 2006 a postgraduate degree in Biological Arts M=
SC (BiolArts) and Grad Dip (BiolArts) designed for art practitioners, scien=
tists, and Humanities scholars who wish to engage with creative bioresearch=
.

The course will focus on recent advances in the Life Sciences, both in theo=
ry and practice. Emphasis is placed on developing critical thought, explori=
ng ethical and cultural issues and experimenting with cross-disciplinary ar=
t and science projects.

SymbioticA: the art and science collaborative research laboratory is based =
in the School of Anatomy and Human Biology at the University of Western Aus=
tralia and the course is run by the Tissue Culture and Art Project artists:=
Ionat Zurr and Oron Catts with some lab components run by Gary Cass from t=
he Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. Based in a Science Faculty=
facilitates access to scientific laboratories, techniques and expertise ra=
rely available to arts and humanities students.

Students who have previously majored in arts will be required to pick up sc=
ience units and science graduates will be required to enrol in art units. S=
tudents would then join together in the SymbioticA units: Aesthetic Crossov=
ers of Art and Science and Art and Life Manipulation.

The course will consist of an equal content/discourse/methodology from the =
two disciplines. The laboratories will focus on learning scientific techniq=
ues in a meaningful way for both the artist and scientist and using these t=
echniques for creative output in order to create a true hybrid unit of Art =
and Science that is multidisciplinary in nature as well as in title.

For more information regarding course requirements and enrolments contact I=
onat Zurr: [email protected]