Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy:

Treatment television/ video document of our time. Amsterdam, August 1989. Reader compiled by Louwrien Wijers. Spiral bound, 29.5 x 21 cm, approx. 300 pp. Features photocopied transcripts of video interviews with 14 participants of the Art meets Science (..) event: The Dalai Lama, Robert Rauschenberg, Ilya Prigogine, John Cage, Huston Smith, Francisco Varela, Mother Tessa Bielecki, Rupert Sheldrake, Lawrence Weiner, Marina Abramovic, Fritjof Capra, Raimon Panikka.

The reader contains an introduction to the project, a synopsis, and travel scheme for interviewers and camera crew (London, USA, Europe, India). Loosely added is a transcription of a talk held by Lawrence Weiner at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam on 22 Dec. 1988, 24 pp. Rare manuscript. In 1990, artists, scientists, spiritual leaders and economists gathered in Amsterdam to explore the emerging paradigm of a holistic world view and the implication for a global economy. The five-day conference, was inspired by artists Joseph Beuys and Robert Filliou, and conceived by Louwrien Wijers who called it a 'mental sculpture'. It was hosted by the Stedelijk Museum and the University of Amsterdam.