Author: Dina Izadi

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By combining art and science, we can create powerful learning experiences that foster curiosity, understanding, and appreciation for the world around us.

In the early 1920s, Niels Bohr was struggling to reimagine the structure of matter. Previous generations of physicists had thought the inner space of an atom looked like a miniature solar system with the atomic nucleus as the sun and the whirring electrons as planets in orbit. This was the classical model.

But Bohr had spent time analyzing the radiation emitted by electrons, and he realized that science needed a new metaphor. The behavior of electrons seemed to defy every conventional explanation. As Bohr said, “When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.” Ordinary words couldn’t capture the data.

How can we change the world by combination art and science?

Supporting methods of science learning that are connected to imagination and artistic process can change the world of science and industry in future. Implementing such methods in interactive learning, can extend and develop innovative practices in science education. 

What is ISAC Talk Community?

Imagination in Science by Art in different Cultures (ISAC) Talk, is an international Community.

It started with the sparks of our own interests in Ariaian Young Innovative Minds Institute (AYIMI) and ADIB Science and Technology Institute (ADIB) jointly, to excite others by fascinating topics hoping that enthusiasm comes through for all who are working in science and art but with different cultures.

To inspiring all to fall in love with science needs to know the art which can be combined with it. To improve this community, it should be accessible to others and creating more documents that’s much better anyone can use. To keep going we should hear the story of students, teachers and faculties then making a clear service across the countries who are interested to join this community. This collaboration may lead us to remove constraints that push our students and teachers to be creative.

ISAC Talk Community Structure

Volunteers from all countries may gather in our different working groups and categories as a way to improve the main aim of ISAC Talk Community while taking or giving experience and sharing knowledge which help others to learn more.
This community is divided in different working groups as follows:

Artistic Working Group 

This working group form and foster new relationships with artists from all over the world and work with the existing Local Committees, to ensure good communication with ISAC Talk Community. The relationships with artists are in the following categories:

• Music Group
• Painting Group
• Sculpture Group
• YouTuber Group
• Video Maker Group
• Animator Group
• Photographer Group

Scientific Working Group 

This working group focus on the use of different tools can make things a lot easier in various phases of scientific work.

• Searching and summarizing key findings from scientific studies and research,
• Tool for searching, summarizing key findings from scientific papers and supporting the scientific writing process
• For Courses and events on the scientific topics

Affiliated Organizations in ISAC Talk Community

Our Partners consist of all communities, unions, societies,… who join in different sections and categories by filling the ISAC Talk MOU.

Volunteers from all countries may gather in our different working groups . ISAC Talk Executive Committee consist of volunteer members of affiliated organizations in their own countries who are willing to hold this event . The main members are as follows (it depends on affiliated members if any other members or changes are needed):

– President

– Vice president

– Secretary

– Treasurer

– IT & Social media manager

Each Executive Committee is responsible to collect the registration fee for providing prize, medals, certificates, and also awards to the selected projects in their own country.

The Grants

Every year, ISAC Talk Community awards grants to the applicants who develop the main aims in supporting interactions between this community and other societies and organizations in other countries. Successful applicants which have been selected by the Executive Committee, can be announced publicly.

International ISAC Talk Festival and Rules

We are going come together to hold various events in ISAC Talk Community which are useful in explaining scientific concepts by art especially when those concepts are complex.

What are the Main Aims

That’s a great question! Art can be incredibly useful in explaining scientific concepts, especially when those concepts are complex. Here are some items that are particularly helpful to answer:

 ” Why is art so effective in explaining science?”

• Engaging and Accessible: Art can capture attention and make complex information more appealing, especially to those who might be intimidated by science.
• Emotional Connection: Art can evoke emotions and create a personal connection with scientific concepts, making them more memorable and meaningful.
• Visual Communication: Art can transcend language barriers and communicate ideas in a universal way.
• Creative Exploration: Art allows for creative exploration of scientific themes, leading to new ways of understanding and interpreting scientific information.

By combining art and science, we can create powerful learning experiences that foster curiosity, understanding, and appreciation for the world around us.

This event is often used as practice for those are planning to do well in Art and Science but in a novelty method. This program is going to investigate:

• How Art in Science improves creative opportunities
• How the potential of Art and Science contribution helps industries
• How this contribution is affected by different cultures
• How STEAM Education makes economic stronger

ISAC Talk Community holds festival in different categories.

Ariaian Young Innovative Minds Institute (AYIMI) and ADIB Science and Technology Institute (ADIB) jointly in Iran, are the main organizers of this event.  All who are interested are invited to join us and compete in identified groups (3-6 members) or individually in various offered categories every year.

Any invited countries are represented by an Affiliation Organization (AO) which has accepted to cooperate with our institutes. The Aos are accepted as the volunteers to be the LOC of International ISAC Talk Festival too. Our partners in each country act as the LOC in this festival and collect the registration fee to award the participants in the event and as the grants which are devoted each year to support more students from different countries. Grants are awarded to those who are going to attend tournaments, conferences or events and their applications have been accepted by vote among all the partners.

Categories

Submission the projects and artwork in different patterns and categories are accepted.

 Categories both in science and art:

• International Article Contest (IAC)

All research articles in any field of science are accepted to be presented in our contest as in conference and the best articles will be given prizes.  

The articles will be published on our journal but as the rules the participants who have been awarded in IAC are free of charges.

• Artwork combined with science

A. Visualizations:

• Illustrations and Diagrams: These can simplify complex processes or structures, like how a cell works or the layers of the Earth. Think of textbook diagrams, but with an artistic flair to make them more engaging.
• Infographics: Combining visuals with data and text can make scientific information more accessible and digestible.
• Photographs and Microscopy Images: Showing the actual visual evidence of scientific phenomena, like a stunning image of a nebula or a detailed picture of a virus, can be incredibly impactful.
• Animations and Videos: These can bring scientific processes to life, like showing how DNA replication works or how a chemical reaction occurs.

B. Artistic Interpretations:

• Sculptures: These can represent abstract concepts in a tangible way, like a sculpture of a molecule or a representation of gravity.
• Paintings: Artists can use color, form, and symbolism to convey scientific ideas or emotions related to scientific discoveries.
• Digital Art: This medium allows for creative exploration of scientific themes, like visualizing data through abstract patterns or creating immersive experiences that simulate scientific environments.

C. Storytelling and Narrative:

• Comics and Graphic Novels: These can make scientific concepts more approachable and engaging, especially for younger audiences, by weaving them into a narrative.
• Performance Art: Dance, theater, and music can be used to express scientific ideas and emotions in a unique and memorable way.

D. Hands-on Activities:

• Interactive Exhibits: These can allow people to experience scientific principles firsthand, like building a model of a volcano or experimenting with light and color.
• Art-based Experiments: Combining art materials with scientific experiments can make learning more fun and engaging, like creating chromatography butterflies or building a solar oven.

E. Metaphors and Analogies:

• Using everyday objects or experiences to explain scientific concepts can make them more relatable and easier to understand. For example, comparing the structure of an atom to a solar system.

• Artwork (free style)

A. Paintings 
B. Sculptures
C. Photography

• Thematic photography

D. Origami

• Designing a novelty patterns and structures just by origami

E. Writing Story

• Science fiction stories, novel, …

F. Making and designing a wonderful sweet, candy and chocolate

• Considering healthy foods and sweets 

G. Making dolls and embroidery

• Designing and building dolls by any waste materials

The majority of the registration fee will be allocated as a grant to various sections of this event to encourage participants.

Our partners are responsible to collect registration fee in their own country.

The evaluation of the members of Jury shall be done consistent to the score sheet guidelines provided by the LOC.

Then each Jury member shows integer marks from 1 to 100. The mean of the highest and the lowest marks is counted as one mark which is then added to the remaining marks. This sum is used to calculate the mean mark for each project.

• Awards

The LOC shall provide awards for the winners. The awards are divided in two sections as:

Section One:

• Three best projects in each category receive Gold Medal
• Next three best projects in each category receive Silver Medal 
• Next three best projects in each category receive Bronze Medal

Section Two:

• The gold medalists receive prize up to 1000 Euro
• The projects who have been awarded in IAC are published free of charges in our journal.
• All the artworks combined with/without science are published in our second Art MUGUET Magazine
• All the participants receive certificate

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Image caption: 3D illustration through origami and cutting the paper (ADIB workshops)