scienceloveletters – Science Love Letters The day after 9-11 I sat in a philosophy class, existentialism. I liked the way bracelets slid up and down the teacher’s wrists as he raised and lowered his hands. They clinked against each other, tiny bell sounds above the sleeves of a conventional suit. “Fanaticism is the need to know and have all the answers.” Death to me meant nothing until Byrd was born, with his six pound body came the terrible slamming against a wall that leaves you crumpled and spent. Three weeks after Byrd was born my Grandma died. When you die you are gone. – GM What about your soul? What soul? What about god? There is no god in Judaism. – GM The philosophy professor with bracelets gave us a choice – to have everything safe and determined or to allow for discovery and freedom. Without an ending there is no plot. This summer, I made huge paintings of the St. The St. Materials: gouache
8 Insights About The Coming Era Of Interactive Design It’s all moving so quickly. Just yesterday, we were amazed by the miracle of making calls from our cars. Now we’re furious when our 4G cuts out while streaming an HD video on a four-inch touch screen, just because we’re 50 feet underground riding the subway. Connecting is a short documentary by Bassett & Partners and Microsoft that explores how our lives (and our gadgets) have and will change in a more connected world. As you watch, you’ll see a general consensus on a few really important points. Our phones demand too much attention, detracting from our real experiences. When you mix all of these ideas into a blender, you definitely spot some dichotomies--how can we pull our attention from our phones when the Internet is a superorganism of all mankind’s thought? But that doesn’t make any of the ideas wrong. [Hat tip: The Creators Project]
Harvard unveils massive Bauhaus collection online Design nerds better sit down for this: Harvard Art Museums just unveiled a 32,000-work-strong online collection of objects related to Bauhaus, no doubt last century’s most influential school of art and design (and host to the best costume parties.) Originally based in three German cities, Bauhaus closed its doors under Nazis pressure in the ‘30s, after which founder Walter Gropius immigrated to Boston and served as chairman of Harvard’s architecture school until retirement. The release of this collection marks the beginning of a broader celebration in 2019, marking the 100th anniversary of the school’s founding. The repository, filled with works by Bauhaus teachers and students, as well as those inspired by Bauhaus pedagogy, is deliciously searchable. You can go straight to items pertinent to Gropius and prominent Bauhaus protégés like Marcel Breuer or Josef and Anni Albers, or narrow things down by topic, medium, date, and more.
Cinemagraphs I really enjoy the Cinemagraphs by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg. At a first glance you might not even be aware of that something in the picture is moving, while everything else stands still. Though their pictures aim to capture the most delicate parts of life, fleeting moments of time, the beat of a city or the breath of a human. In their Cinemagraphs they come alive and live forever whereas a photo is frozen and a video is a linear description of time and can only be engaged through the act of pressing play. A picture says a thousand words but the Cinemagraph take you there. All images © Jamie Beck & Kevin Burg
Musée Atger - Université de Montpellier Avec ses mille dessins et quelque cinq mille estampes, le Musée Atger, niché au cœur des bâtiments historiques de la Faculté de médecine, est le plus ancien musée de Montpellier. Sa présence inattendue en ces lieux résulte de la générosité et du choix délibéré du collectionneur montpelliérain Xavier Atger (1758-1833), amateur éclairé et passionné d’œuvres d’art. La vitalité intellectuelle de l’Ecole de médecine où s’est constitué une bibliothèque exceptionnelle au début du 19e siècle, explique ce choix : la bibliothèque universitaire Historique de Médecine assume d’ailleurs depuis l’origine la gestion et la conservation du musée. Mais Atger veut aussi, dans une vision humaniste de la médecine partagée par les professeurs de l’école, permettre aux étudiants de s’ouvrir à l’art et en particulier d’étudier le dessin, technique essentielle dans leur formation et surtout moyen inégalé d’exercer leur esprit d’observation.
Performing and Visual Arts News and Commentary - HuffPost Arts Journal of ART in SOCIETY - Home Zefrey Throwell's 'Sucked Up In The Devil's Bed' At Leopold-Hoesch Museum (PHOTOS) Human ashes and illegal powdered substances are not typically the go-to ingredients for works of art. At least not works that make it into reputable galleries. But in a new art exhibit at the Leopold-Hoesch Museum in Cologne, Germany, US-based artist Zefrey Throwell is exhibiting works that use cremated remains and methamphetamine as the primary media. Titled 'Sucked up in the Devil's Bed," the exhibit is dedicated to the artist's father's debilitating relationship with quite possibly the most horrific of drugs— meth. Zefrey Throwell, "Douglas Throwell #2, 56 Years Old ," 2012, 127cm x 96.5cm, human ash, methamphetamine, acrylic on paper. Throwell's father, a life-long drug addict, died tragically of a meth overdose six years ago at the age of 59. Throwell decided to create portraits of his dad over the years. Throwell also told Speigel Online that his exhibit is also part of a movement toward recognizing meth's growing influence in places outside of the United States. Loading Slideshow
ArtAtomic: Art, Code and Science of Kristin Henry What possessed me to try #inktober last year? I can’t draw! At least, that’s what I thought. In my ‘day job’, my work revolves around code and data. When I do create art, it’s usually with code. And yet, I decided to give #inktober a try, to draw with ink every day in October and share my drawings on social media with the hashtag #inktober. My first drawing was truly terrible. My second drawing was a little less terrible. In the early days, I was drawing grids with a pencil and using these grids to guide my drawing in ink. During #inktober, sharing my drawings with all those artists, drawing and posting, helped me keep going. I started playing with simple repeating patterns, more like something I might code … sort of “Generative”. By the end of October, I realized I didn’t want to stop. It took me a while, but I eventually realized I was indeed “generative drawing”, and my thinking shifted to focus on patterns. As I continued drawing daily, my patterns became more organic.
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