Blog 1- Intersections of Art and Science
Artists and scientists have been collaborating for ages, probably without even being aware of it.
Critical thinking, measuring, mediums, and understanding the universe, are only some of the
many similarities that both scientists and artists implement into their work. Artists help scientists
visualize an experiment while scientists help artists try different techniques within the realm of
creating. Personally, I feel that the most successful interactions between art and science can be
seen by artists, Tim Hawkinson, Tomas Saraceno, Leonardo da Vinci, and Jiann Hughes.
Critical thinking, measuring, mediums, and understanding the universe, are only some of the
many similarities that both scientists and artists implement into their work. Artists help scientists
visualize an experiment while scientists help artists try different techniques within the realm of
creating. Personally, I feel that the most successful interactions between art and science can be
seen by artists, Tim Hawkinson, Tomas Saraceno, Leonardo da Vinci, and Jiann Hughes.
Tim Hawkinson’s “Uberorgan” which was made with magnetic infused paint and balloons
functioning similar to that of a bagpipe. An amount of pressurized air blows air through a reed to
produce a sound. Composed of several different bags of air, each bag produces its own sound.
Hawkinson created a keyboard that was made with magnetic paint to block different areas of
light so the machine would then produce the sound from the correct air balloon. I was very
amazed at this technique of combining science, the creation of the machine and bags, and art,
the installation itself, to have a finished product so gigantic and interesting.
Tomas Saraceno’s “Hybrid Webs” are ultimately rooms that were made with different silk and
different web types. Living spiders were then placed on these web types “challenging gravity
and fostering the emergence of new kinds of vibrational environments”
(Studiotomassaraceno.org). The combination of both fake and real webs brings a literal
interpretation of interactions between nature and art. Similar to Hawkinson’s “Uberorgan”,
Saraceno created a space for viewers to walk through and fully emerge themselves in this style
of art and science coming together.
different web types. Living spiders were then placed on these web types “challenging gravity
and fostering the emergence of new kinds of vibrational environments”
(Studiotomassaraceno.org). The combination of both fake and real webs brings a literal
interpretation of interactions between nature and art. Similar to Hawkinson’s “Uberorgan”,
Saraceno created a space for viewers to walk through and fully emerge themselves in this style
of art and science coming together.
When doing research out of class about the intersection of art and science I came across an
artist named Jiann Hughes. Hughes worked with researchers and addressed the question, Can
Metal-Organic Frameworks, or MFOs, could be grown in food? Using “food preparation
practices of fermentation, baking, brewing, and preserving” Jianne discovered that MFOs could
be successfully grown in mushrooms. Because of her work with scientists and researchers, she
is now a “dynamic innovator in the mushroom sector of the agri-food industry, working with a
network of growers to deliver top-grade mushrooms, vegan and vegetarian product lines and
superlative service to our customers and business partners across the UK and Ireland”
(hughesmushrooms.com).
artist named Jiann Hughes. Hughes worked with researchers and addressed the question, Can
Metal-Organic Frameworks, or MFOs, could be grown in food? Using “food preparation
practices of fermentation, baking, brewing, and preserving” Jianne discovered that MFOs could
be successfully grown in mushrooms. Because of her work with scientists and researchers, she
is now a “dynamic innovator in the mushroom sector of the agri-food industry, working with a
network of growers to deliver top-grade mushrooms, vegan and vegetarian product lines and
superlative service to our customers and business partners across the UK and Ireland”
(hughesmushrooms.com).
I see Leonardo da Vinci as the perfect historical example to show the combination of science
and art because not only was he an incredibly famous and talented artist but he also based most
of his art on science. Studying also a published engineer and scientist, he filled over 7,000
pages of notebook entries with his observations. Da Vinci investigated everything from
engineering theater set pieces to detailed drawings of the human heart. Everything he did,
he translated it through his art. In class, we even mentioned that this divide between the two
subjects, science, and art, is rather new.
and art because not only was he an incredibly famous and talented artist but he also based most
of his art on science. Studying also a published engineer and scientist, he filled over 7,000
pages of notebook entries with his observations. Da Vinci investigated everything from
engineering theater set pieces to detailed drawings of the human heart. Everything he did,
he translated it through his art. In class, we even mentioned that this divide between the two
subjects, science, and art, is rather new.
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