Shanken pg 182-193

On page 182, I think what Shanken says is pretty accurate when he says that "scientists increasingly have come to realize the value of artists not just as producers of attractive visualizations of data but as creative partners, whose insights and methods can fundamentally alter and expand their intellectual vision, spurring innovation and invention in the laboratory." I see artists, and this can come from practically any medium, as innovators because being recognized by scientists is a big step for the art making community to inspire artists to continue doing what they are doing, which is making art. This is something that I also interests me as an artist because as I view my classmates work, this makes me think that someday one of us DTC students will invent something innovative for the art world. On page 186, Shanken mentions artists who I have researched who's names are Steina and Woody Vasulka and there innovative institution called The Kitchen. Shanken describes it as ". . . the first American institutions to embrace the emergent fields of video and performance art, while also presenting new visionary work within the fields of dance, music, literature, and film (186). This institution helped launch the careers of artists and I think something like this is something that would greatly benefit all artists trying to make an name for themselves.