Sci-Art (or SciArt/Sci Art), is just as simple as its name: The combination of Science and Art. Sci-Art has been around as long as the concepts of Science and Art themselves. It’s used to create detailed anatomy diagrams, make complex graphs of theoretical sciences, and everything in between. Though the term can be used broadly to describe the creation of anything to accompany scientific ideas and findings, today it’s commonly used to describe Art with heavy themes of Science.

For those of us at OSU, think about the PRAx center and the ‘Data Crystal‘ by Refik Anadol. This piece of Art in the lobby of the PRAx combines 3D visual arts with technology. It utilizes a 3D form with shifting colors to represent the recorded sounds of the forests owned by OSU, along with this, it utilizes AI to abstract these sounds to create new things entirely. This is what Sci-Art is. The unification between Science, data, and ideas with Art, creation, and meaning. If you want to explore the topics yourself on a larger scale, check out the #SciArt on BlueSky and the SciArt Initiative page on Instagram.