This post is about taking art and science together. They should not be thought of as different entities because they have to work together to become more than they are separate.
In this video you can see what Ollie Palmer calls his Ant Ballet. The work uses the ants natural instincts to follow a certain chemical and tries to move them around. The ants follow the pheromone and they create a lovely cascade of ant movements. The experiment is two part; in the first part he moved real ants with a robotic arm through on a platform. The ants were not allowed to be brought to the UK so, in the video I showed, the ants are modeled by computer code and their the pheromone is highlighted in green. This is a great example of art coming from chemistry and computer science.
Doug Hall created the art exhibition piece The Terrible Uncertainty of the Thing Described using a Tesla coil as the centerpiece of the exhibit. The piece has televisions surrounding the chairs flashing images. The chairs are conduits for the Tesla coil’s arc as well. The function of the work is communicating how we are influenced by both the lighting strike and the media. Nature and mass media serve as what forms us.
One of the most modern examples of science and technological advancement is the revolution of 3D printing. This stop motion animation of Bear on Stairs was done through collaboration of two design firms, DBLG and Blue Zoo, and 3D printing. They took the computer model and animated the bear moving. They brought the bear to life by printing off each frame of the image and making it a stop motion picture from there. This type of animation would have taken a long time for a craftsman to produce the bear in so many different forms. The bear is very detailed in his torso movements and articulations.
This work of 3D printed art is an optical illusion. John Edmark spins the art. As the sculpture spins around it begins to move. Through the careful layout and careful arrangement of the lines and folds the prints fool our minds into thinking that there is vertical movement when there is only horizontal spinning. I like how this could have evolved from flipbooks turning sticky notes into little animation sequences. A virtual image is brought to life through 3D printing and a talented designer.
In a very interesting work of art by Hilden and Diaz, Forms in Nature, they turn a normal light into a magical forest. They use the light cast off of the lamp to create the branches of trees that surround the room. I don’t know how something like this would have been possible without modern digital design. The ability to see what something is going to look like before a single bit of material is wasted is an amazing achievement.
This is pixel art created by Mark Bern, it takes colors depth of field and and turns it into a spectacular image. The parts were 3D printed and brought together to paint colors in low resolution. The work reminds me of Impressionism and using quick strokes and blending of colors on the canvas. This is an amazing demonstration of the level of painting that can be achieved with technology and science.
Bibliography:
“Artist Ollie Palmer on Staging an ‘ant Ballet'” BBC News. BBC, 25 May 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Ftechnology-18190618>.
Hall, Doug. “Doug Hall: The Terrible Uncertainty of the Thing Described.” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Walter and McBean Galleries, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/exhibitions/587>.
“BEARS ON STAIRS.” DBLG Studios. DBLG Studios and Blue Zoo, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://dblg.co.uk/work/stairs>.
Ziegler, Chris, and John Edmark. “Watch 3D-printed Objects Turn into Spinning Works of Art.” The Verge. N.p., 18 Jan. 2015. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/18/7749771/watch-3d-printed-objects-turn-into-spinning-works-of-art>.
Hosmer, Katie. “Chandelier Produces a Forest of Wild Tree Shadows.” My Modern Met. N.p., 09 May 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/hilden-and-diaz-forms-in-nature>.
HIPOLITE, WHITNEY. “Mark Bern Takes His 2-Dimensional Pixel Art and Prints It in 3D.” 3DPrintcom. N.p., 11 Apr. 2015. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://3dprint.com/57292/3d-printed-pixel-art/>.
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