The truly collaborative nature of artists and scientists lies far from pop illustrations of the double helix in fancy journals. At some point, I had a temptation to create a scientific colouring book for kids that could be even published. However, I believe that talented kids will find another way to Science. I’m intended to dedicate my Enhancer in Art project to a more burning question for me.
In “The Nature of Paleolithic Art”, Dale Guthrie proves that most prehistoric cave arts were created by testosterone-fuelled boys, driven by sex and violent ideas. Interestingly, not much has changed, and we still see the same topics depicted on the street walls by modern young people. No taboos or other limiting factors could stop this ugly (or natural?) and uncontrolled energy from developing in punk rock, industrial and noise music in the 20th century (check “England’s Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground” by David Keenan). What should we expect now from the metamodern era?
While Science keeps accumulating knowledge to move the borders further, Art, often based on poorly supported cultural norms, set up more and more experiments to refuse or even destroy them.
Leon Theremin plays theremin (Moscow, 1954)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 860002. 
