Symmetry — Collision of Arts and Sciences for a New Dimension

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Creative Arts Educ Ther (2021) 7(1):46–58 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2021/7/3

Symmetry — Collision of Arts and Sciences for a New Dimension

对称 — 艺术与科学碰撞的新维度

Abstract

A dialogue concerning the arts and sciences was prompted among the panelists of an international webinar in November 2020, which featured Symmetry — a dance-opera film shot inside CERN, the largest experimental particle physics facility in the world. With the cathedral-like majesty of the Large Hadron Collider as his theater, a modern physicist searches for the smallest primordial particle and discovers a love without end. The panelists, which included the film’s writer and director, Ruben Van Leer, as well as other art directors, a dance choreographer, biomedical scientist, and art educator, shared their reflections from different perspectives on how the collision of arts and sciences can help us explore and expand a new dimension for a better understanding of human beings and nature, and the relationship between the two. The article ends with “A Systems View” of the living systems and art of Fritjof Capra, which reinforces the perspective of human-nature integration.

Keywords: Symmetry, dance-opera, arts and sciences, human beings and nature, Systems View

摘要

2020年11月的一次国际在线研讨会引发了客座嘉宾针对艺术与科学之间的 对话。该研讨会的主题是"对称"一部在欧洲核子研究中心（CERN）—世界上最大的实验性粒子物理学设施内拍摄的舞蹈歌剧电影。以大型强子对撞机的大教堂般的威严为舞台，一位现代物理学家寻找最小的原始粒子，并发现了一段没有尽头的爱情。包括电影制作人及导演 Ruben Van Leer 在内的艺术总监、舞蹈编导、生物医学家、艺术教育者等嘉宾成员从不同的角度分享了他们的思考，探讨了艺术与科学的碰撞如何帮助我们探索和拓展一个新的维度，更好地理解人类与自然，以及他们之间的关系。文章最后以著 名物理学家Fritjof Capra 教授关于生命系统的“系统观”结束，强调了天人合一的观点。