Vision
MUSE [X] Science is a creative science platform where artists, musicians, designers, engineers, and scientists collaborate to imagine and prototype the future.
MUSE [X] Signature Schools & Studios
MUSE [X] SCIENCE
Where Science Meets Creativity
A creative science platform where artists, musicians, designers, engineers, and scientists come together to explore, experiment, imagine, and prototype the future.
MUSE [X] Science introduces science not as a traditional academic subject, but as a creative process. Through interdisciplinary projects and real-world collaboration, learners develop the ability to think like scientists while creating like artists.
Why MUSE [X] Science
A creative science platform
The future will not be built by artists, scientists, or engineers working in isolation.
Tomorrow’s innovators will need to move fluidly across disciplines, combining creativity, scientific thinking, technology, and storytelling to address complex global challenges.
MUSE [X] Science is a new interdisciplinary platform within MUSE [X] Academy. It introduces science not as a traditional academic subject, but as a creative process for exploration, experimentation, and innovation.
Rather than teaching students simply to become scientists, MUSE [X] Science empowers them to think like scientists while creating like artists. Students learn through projects, residencies, performances, exhibitions, and collaborations with researchers, artists, and industry partners.
“Science is not only a body of knowledge — it is a creative process for exploring the unknown. Art is not only expression — it is a powerful way to ask scientific questions.”
Our Vision
Imagine and prototype the future
Mission
Our mission is to cultivate a new generation of creative innovators by integrating science, technology, music, art, and design through interdisciplinary learning and real-world collaboration.
Educational Philosophy
Discover · Create · Share
Every learning experience is built around three simple principles.
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Discover
Explore hidden worlds through observation, curiosity, and experimentation.
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Create
Transform ideas into prototypes, performances, installations, and new experiences.
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Share
Communicate discoveries through storytelling, exhibitions, music, and public engagement.
The Ecosystem
How the platform fits together
MUSE [X] Science operates as an open, collaborative ecosystem — anchored by creative science courses and extending into residencies, exhibitions, experimental projects, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
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MUSE [X] BioArt Residency
Artists, musicians, designers, and scientists collaborate on projects that merge biology, technology, and creativity.
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Future Lab Projects
Cross-disciplinary studios where students address real-world challenges across health, food, music, cities, and nature.
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Science × Music Collaborations
Music becomes a medium for scientific exploration through approaches that may include sonification, computational and AI-assisted music, live data, and scientific visualisation.
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Public Exhibitions & Festivals
Science extends beyond the classroom through exhibitions, performances, public programmes, and community science festivals.
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International Artist Exchange
Through collaborations with artists, researchers, laboratories, universities, and creative organisations, learners may connect with interdisciplinary communities worldwide.
Leadership
Who leads the platform
Head of MUSE [X] Science
Asst. Prof. Dr. Somponnat Sampattavanich
Vision, scientific direction, partnerships, curriculum, research integration, and international collaboration.
BioArt Residency Master
Henry Tan
FREAK Lab
Artist residencies, BioArt education, creative laboratory practice, exhibitions, and community engagement.
Venture & Market Strategist
Dr. Kent Goeking
Opportunity discovery, market assessment, venture strategy, business-model development, strategic positioning, and industry partnerships.
Resident Artists & Scientists
Dr. Pongsakorn Wechakarn
Weeratouch Pongruengkiat
Watsawat Somno
Project mentorship, workshops, and collaborative studios.
Industry & Research Partners
Real-world challenges, technologies, sponsorships, mentorship, internships, and collaborative opportunities.
This describes the role intended for a developing collaboration network and does not identify confirmed partners.
About the Head of MUSE [X] Science
Asst. Prof. Dr. Somponnat Sampattavanich
Dr. Somponnat Sampattavanich is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, and Director of the Siriraj Center of Research Excellence for Cancer Precision Medicine and Systems Pharmacology, or SiCORE-PMSP.
He also serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Japan, for the 2026–2028 period.
His research brings together cancer biology, spatial biology, artificial intelligence, and patient-derived organoids to better understand disease and advance more personalised healthcare.
Beyond the laboratory, he believes that science is fundamentally a creative process — one that begins with curiosity, embraces experimentation, and transforms ideas into meaningful solutions for society.
Throughout his career, Dr. Somponnat has built interdisciplinary research and educational programmes connecting science, technology, medicine, and creativity.
He founded Thailand’s first graduate programmes in Systems Pharmacology and established international collaborations with universities and research institutes across Asia, Europe, Australia, and the United States.
He is also the founder of the Asia Pacific Spatial Biology & Single-Cell Innovation Symposium, which brings together researchers and innovators from more than 15 countries to explore the future of biomedical science and technology.
As Head of MUSE [X] Science, his vision is to inspire learners from music, art, design, and science to see these disciplines not as separate worlds, but as complementary ways of understanding and shaping the future.
He aims to cultivate a community where curiosity sparks discovery, creativity drives innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration empowers people to imagine, prototype, and create meaningful impact.
About the BioArt Residency Master
Henry Tan
Verified portrait forthcoming
Henry Tan is a Thai artist based in Bangkok. He was co-founder and Director of Tentacles Art Space in Bangkok from 2014 to 2020.
He is Artistic Director of FREAK Lab in Thailand and a member of metaPhorest in Japan. From 2024 to 2025, he was Artist in Residence at the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology at NYU Abu Dhabi.
His work explores life, simulation, and the ways living systems adapt to changing environments — from climate and geopolitics to health.
His interdisciplinary practice draws upon synthetic biology, mixed reality, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cosmology, animism, and emerging biological technologies.
With support from The Fathomers in Los Angeles, Henry and collaborators developed “Pillars of Creation,” a project connecting stem-cell technology, cosmology, animism, and health through collaboration across Thailand, Japan, and the United States.
This body of work continues through “Temple of Singularity,” which considers relationships between the scale of the universe and the complexity of the human body. The project creates space for scientific exploration, ethical discussion, wonder, learning, reflection, and hope.
As BioArt Residency Master at MUSE [X], Henry will guide learners and resident participants in bridging artistic practice with scientific inquiry through an interdisciplinary approach integrating art, design, biology, and science.
Strategic Partnerships
An open collaborative platform
MUSE [X] Science is designed as an open collaborative platform.
Initial and prospective collaborators may include FREAK Lab for BioArt and creative biology, and the Siriraj Laboratory for Systems Pharmacology for biomedical science and imaging, alongside universities, research institutes, creative studios, industry partners, and international artists-in-residence.
Through such collaborations, learners may gain access to authentic projects, specialist mentors, creative laboratories, emerging technologies, and interdisciplinary communities.
This collaboration network is in development. Organisations named here are prospective collaborators and are not presented as confirmed official partners, sponsors, or endorsers.
Selected Works
Science as experience
Artwork image forthcoming — performance at Tai Kwun Museum, Hong Kong
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How to Explain Sleep to Robot Cock?
60-minute performance
Tai Kwun Museum, Hong Kong
Henry Tan and Weeratouch Pongruengkiat
Artwork image forthcoming — The Lantern installation, Montreal, Canada
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The Lantern
2023 · InSomnolence exhibition by The Sociability of Sleeps
Montreal, Canada
4 × 8 metres · Light, sound, charms, and felt
Natalie Fizer, Richard Sommer, Henry Tan, and Ding Yun Huang
Artwork image forthcoming — Dancing Brain performance using ballet and a brain–computer interface
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Dancing Brain
2022 · 45-minute performance
Ballet dance and brain–computer interface
Henry Tan, Sirithorn Srichalakom, and Tanis Phongphisantham
Why This Matters
More than a music school
MUSE [X] Science positions MUSE [X] Academy as more than a music school. It becomes a place where creativity, science, technology, and culture converge to prepare the next generation of innovators.
Rather than asking learners to choose between art and science, MUSE [X] Science encourages them to move confidently between both — discovering new ideas, creating meaningful experiences, and sharing them with the world.
“MUSE [X] Science is where curiosity becomes creativity, creativity becomes innovation, and innovation becomes impact.”
MUSE [X] Science
Discover. Create. Share.
Enter a platform where scientific thinking meets artistic imagination, and where ideas can become experiments, performances, prototypes, exhibitions, and meaningful experiences.