As part of this seminar there is a “Resources Librarian” Achievement, which the students “provide the instructors with more than three resources to use on the course site.” The below resources have been collected and provided by students in previous seminars as part of their “Resources Librarian” Achievement, or were forwarded to us as general interest!
Over time we will try and make sure these links are up to date, but since these are external links we do not take responsibility for the availability of the links, as well as do not take responsibility for the content (though we have vetted these resources and have found them to be of note within our seminar theme of art meeting science). Nor are we taking any responsibility for the possible ads you may have to sit through for some of the videos!
-Julie and Robert
Jump to:
- Science and Art Intersection!
- Art and Research
- Art: Complexities of Symbolism and Semiotics
- Exhibition Dynamics
- Art: Power of Aesthetics and Cultural Meanings
- Science: Patterns and Beauty
- Data Visualizations
- Art and Education
Science and Art Intersecting!
CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music – Nigel Stanford
These Levitating Bonsai Will Brighten Your Home With Science – A workshop in Japan created tiny Bonsai plants that float with the help of magnets, By Marissa Fessenden, smithsonian.com,
“Here is a link to product that employs the ancient art of Bonsai and uses the science of magnetism to create something that could only be brought about by the union of these two disciplines. It is a tangible and very interesting application of some of the ideas that we have discussed.” – Jacob Armas
Art and Research
“‘a model of my research cycles’ drawn by Ayako Tani for a conference Creating Friction held at Newcastle University, 2010.” From the posting: “Artist in academia”
Art: Complexities of Symbolism and Semiotics
Las Meninas: How To Compose Group Scenes (a run through the symbolism and visual narrative of Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas (1656))
Exhibition Dynamics
The Replicator and Painting the Diorama (About replication of objects, environments, etc. (using scenic and prop artists basically) at the Field Museum. Food for thought about conveying “things” and ideas as accurately/authentically as possible with *only* a replica.)
Art: Power of Aesthetics and Cultural Meanings
Losing His Sight, This Photographer Chases the Light (Interesting intersections of art, photography, light science, and thought provoking in terms of considering our cultural expectations about so-called “disabilities” and what “visual” really means to us as a culture and individuals.)
Science: Patterns and Beauty
The following “resources explain how the planetary rotation patterns adhere to the fibonacci sequence and the phi ratio that are so ubiquitous in our universe. In a more general sense, these resources allow us to visualize patterns that otherwise might be invisible.
The first source (https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/a-remarkable-discovery-all-solar-system-periods-fit-the-fibonacci-series-and-the-golden-ratio-why-phi/) discusses how the planets in our solar system adhere to this pattern, and it explains the scientific inquiry utilized to explore this pattern.
ScienceAlert, a wonderful collection of science visualizations and research found on various social media and web pages:
- Main site: http://www.sciencealert.com/
- Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceAlert/timeline?ref=page_internal
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sciencealert/
Featuring such fantastic images as below!
X-ray of Heliotrygon gomesi, preadult male. (Click on image for larger version)
Credit: Ken Jones, from http://www.livescience.com/13212-pancake-stingray-discovery.html
Data Visualizations
The 21 Heroes of Data Visualization (). From Data Visualization: Stories for the Information Age, by Maria Popova, August 12, 2009.
“This webpage has a slideshow of some particularly impactful and interesting examples of data visualizations…I think #13 and #16 are especially fascinating (visualizing sound, which we cannot otherwise see)!” – Morgan Janes
Visualizing String Theory
The below images are from this site: http://www.particlecentral.com/strings_page.html
Art and Education
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
Robinson argues for an end to our outmoded industrial educational system and proposes a highly personalized, organic approach that draws on today’s unprecedented technological and professional resources to engage all students, develop their love of learning, and enable them to face the real challenges of the twenty-first century. Filled with anecdotes, observations and recommendations from