Beginnings In conjunction with the 2001: A Spacetime Odyssey conference, the MCTP and the School of Art and Design have commissioned a set of creative works related to the scope of activities of the new center. These works are collaboratively developed by members of both the Physics Department and the School of Art and Design, and signify the often deep interrelations between science and the arts. For scientists contemplating and visualizing the beginnings and ends of the universe, the composition of matter, and the shape of extra dimensions, among other things, it is only natural to see art as an extension of such ideas. This opportunity has led to a wonderful fusion of both artistry and rigor, as may be evidenced by the resulting works. For this exhibit, each collaboration interpreted the notion of spacetime art differently. Nevertheless, a key component of the project is to fuse together scientific and artistic concepts into more than simply a disjoint set of ideas. Thus the ideas of physics and mathematics are often incorporated into the very nature of the resulting art works. Perhaps insights into scientific thought and artistic expression will increasingly flow in both ways, with physicists helping artists with new media and new avenues of expression, and artists helping physicists with ways to see or to communicate their scientific work. The Spacetime Art

		Title		Collaborators
		In and Out		Jens Zorn
		Untitled		Larry Cressman
		Creation/Annihilation		Robin Wilt, Ellen Wilt and Jeffrey Rausch
		Tiamat v. Marduk		Leslie Raymond, Jason Jay Stevens and Tim Chupp
		Two Possibilities		Leslie Raymond, Jason Jay Stevens and Tim Chupp
		SLAC Images		Lauren Haber
		Halloween Event		Sherri Smith and Dante Amidei
		Working Drawing for the Weaving Halloween Event		Sherri Smith
		Strange Particles		Sherri Smith and Gordon Kane
		Translation May Be Relative but Rotation is Absolute		Jens Zorn
		Untitled		Michael Rodemer and Tim McKay
		Strange Particles		Sherri Smith and Gordon Kane
		Private Cosmologies		Dennis Miller and Gus Evrard
		Particle Paradise or Lilith Looking for a Particle of Another Charge		Patricia Olynyk and Dante Amidei
		What's the Matter?		Jan-Henrik Andersen and Phil Bucksbaum
Final Thoughts While, the art works were only on display during the week of the conference (Monday, May 21 through Friday, May 25), this brief exhibit is just the beginning of a larger project. Most of the participants hope to continue into the future, and plans are underway to show the pieces again in a more public setting. The MCTP and the conference organizers would like to thank the following people for developing this collaboration and nurturing it to fruition: Bryan Rogers, Dean, School of Art and Design Sherri Smith, Professor of Art Gordon Kane, Professor of Physics Lois Kane