2023 Digital Exhibition

The Princeton University Art of Science exhibition explores the symbiosis of two fields that are essential expressions of human creativity.

Powerful modeling and imaging tools now capture our world in novel ways and produce compelling visual artifacts, either by intention or serendipity. When considered through the lens of art, these works push our knowledge of the human experience, enhance and challenge our understanding of the natural world, and expand what we consider art and whom we think of as artists.

The works in this year’s exhibition include still images, videos and animations from 50 individual and group creators—including students, alumni, staff, researchers and faculty from across the Princeton University community. Employing an array of analog, digital and computer-generated methods, they take breathtaking leaps in physical scale, from microns to lightyears.

Most importantly, they demonstrate how science-generated and science-inspired artworks do more than simply communicate methods and discoveries. They remind us of how restless, idiosyncratic and imperfectly human the scientific imagination can be, and reveal both the possibilities and limits of science’s determined reach into the unknown.