What is STAGE?
STAGE – Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration – a unique collaboration between art and science, began as an alliance between the Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
STAGE endeavors to:
- Cultivate appreciation and collaboration between the two cultures of science and art
- Catalyze the development of art that depicts the technological age in which we live
- Promote understanding of the sciences in the public arena
- Foster new and imaginative voices and methods of storytelling
- Accomplish all of the above within an international community
STAGE began as an International Script Competition, and has now expanded into the STAGE Collaboratory.
The Collaboratory:
The STAGE Collaboratory is a collective laboratory for creating and developing multi-media theatre pieces in which science and technology play prominent roles in content and/or form.
An international array of professional artists and distinguished scientists come together in numerous residencies throughout the year to dedicate themselves to the inception and evolution of original theatre work. The Collaboratory’s first theatrical creation, The Art of Questionable Provenance (formerly titled The Brain Project), is well underway, in partnership with the STAGE Lab at the University of Chicago.