Scientific Views: Professor Joan Leach on Haegue Yang

Hear Professor Joan Leach discuss Haegue Yang’s solo exhibition at the National Gallery, Changing From From to From.

Professor Leach discusses Yang’s work as a way of seeing science in various social encounters. She outlines how Yang references scientific theories of movement and change, inspired by the artist’s interest in chaos theory and the ‘butterfly effect’. The talk explores how art and science can activate ideas, open new questions for enquiry, and find common themes for public discussion.

Professor Joan Leach is the Director of The Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University. As an academic, Professor Leach’s research is centred on how knowledge travels across science and society (social epistemology), science communication, and public engagement with science.

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