Showing posts with label science and art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science and art. Show all posts

Friday, July 01, 2011

Physics and Pollock


KurzweilAI.net, which sends out a weekly email of all things science and technology, posted something yesterday that incorporates both its usual concerns and fine art. Two scientists, "A mathematician at Harvard University and a physicist-art historian [?!] at Boston College," have been studying the way Jackson Pollock created his drip paintings and posit that the artist's use of physics was particularly impressive. Make sure to click on their links to read more.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

New Media


New Scientist has a small gallery up of art created using microbes. What's most interesting is that it isn't really found art, the way you might think. Instead, it includes people like Erno-Erik Raitanen, less a scientist than an artist who makes use of science to create works as conceptual as they are oddly beautiful.