Register to attend the culmination event of Peng’s work here>> Peng Wu is an interdisciplinary artist and graphic designer working in public art and social practice to create impacting visual narrative for social change. Dr. Michael Howell is an associate professor and leading expert in the relationship between sleep and the brain in the Department of Neurology. Together they are examining how to enhance and improve sleep therapy by combining an artistic and scientific perspective on sleep disorders. The artist and sleep…

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Artists by nature are exploring the human condition and experience. Researchers conduct studies to improve human health. They seem unrelated at first glance. However, the parallel between scientific curiosity and artistic inquiry is meaningful. In the fall of 2018, artists and researchers embarked on a year-long residence program through a partnership between Boris Oicherman, Target Studio Curator for Creative Collaboration, and Dr. Timothy Schacker, the Vice Dean for Research at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Researchers often work so intensely in…

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  Scientists, architects, educators, psychologists, artists—seemingly disparate, these people gathered in May 1970 in the studio of the artist Robert Irwin to learn together: what does it take to build habitable environments in space. This was the First National Symposium on Habitability of Environments, designed by artist Robert Irwin and the space program psychologist Ed Wortz. They believed that art, as a discipline dedicated to subjective experiences, is in the unique position to offer insights on the perspective of the…

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