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Beyond the Classroom: Communicating Science . Marcia J. Rudy April 29, 2009. Communicating Science Through Art . Scientists/artists/mathematicians have been inspired by science : patterns, symmetries, fractals, the chaotic wildness of nature, the universe, living things and science phenomena
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Beyond the Classroom: Communicating Science Marcia J. Rudy April 29, 2009
Communicating Science Through Art Scientists/artists/mathematicians have been inspired by science: patterns, symmetries, fractals, the chaotic wildness of nature, the universe, living things and science phenomena DaVinci’s drawings, Bohr’s atom, Galileo’s phases of the moon, Newton’s rainbow, Darwin’s plants & animals, Audubon’s birds, Bentley’s snow crystals S
Science and Art Today Illustrations, paintings, drawings, sculpture and photographs of objects from the natural and built world, multi-media, science/art craft projects
Museum Experiences Exhibits Passive viewing of exhibits Interacting with exhibits Programs, Classes
Science/Art Exhibits at Museums Exhibits combine conceptual, visual and tactile experiences
Gerald Marks, Artist-in-Residence, Exploratorium – Professor Pulfrich’s Universe
Ned Kahn, artist who replicates the forms and forces of nature – Temple of the Whirlwind
Ned Kahn, artist; Braided Stream, Connections exhibit New York Hall of Science
Kyle Dries, artist Ropes and Pulleys, network of energy exchange, Connections exhibition, NYHoS
Science Visualizations New tools of technology: microscopes, telescopes, cameras, electronic digital techniques Viewing the micro and macro – molecular and nanotechnology world
Artists and Scientists Collaborations Enhance Science Communication Visual Imagery helps to teach science, ask questions, communicate what’s going on in the image – experience science process
Felice Frankel, chemist, photographer, Envisioning ScienceFerrofluid
Felice Frankel, chemist/ photographer Nanotubes (No Small Matter-nanoscience)
Dee Breger photomicrographerVelcro (based on thistle burrs) hook&loop
Eric Heller, physicist, chemist Barbershop – sound of quartet
Science Imaging: Competitions of Scientific Achievements Corporations and Organizations - Nikon, Olympus, NSF/Science Universities - Princeton University, University of Colorado, Rochester Institute of Technology
Charles Kazilek, Japanese paper fibersNikon Small World 2008
Nikon Small World 2008 Albert Tousson, lily of the valley, 1300xNikon Small World 2008
Donald Anthony, citric acid, 2004 Images from Science 2008 – RIT
Ted Kinsman, x-ray of two lizardsImages from Science, RIT 2008
Prof. SK Hart, Materials Research Soc.Silicon oxide nanowires
Digital art exhibits and projects Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) Collaborations Scientists/Artists Scientist Artists Scientists/Artists/Technologists
Mark Fischer, artist, acousticianaguasonic, mandala from birds
Brad Smith, artist, director biomedical visualization; Antecedent, a bio totem from human embryo MRI data
Katherine Kollins, neuroscientist, artist, photographer; Biomimicry, Digital’08 ASCI
Anna Hill, artist, Space Synapse systems, an interactive sculpture for an orbiting spacecraft -sensors used in space suits with real time images
Agnes Denes, ecological/environmental artist; Tree Mountain – A Living Time Capsule 1992-96, double helix, 11,000 trees, Finland
Jonathan Feldschuh, physicist, Large Hadron Collider #6, 2008 – painting
Ted Siler, artist/author/educatorfractal reactor: Geometry for Plasma Fusion
Nobel laureate Rod MacKinnon commissioned artwork to explain how a class of proteins helps to generate nerve impulses Julian Voss-Andreae, sculptor, 12 KcsA, potassium channel ion sculpture
Eva Lee, artistDiscrete Terrain: Windows on Five Emotions – view inner world of 5 emotions (EEG of 12 people)
Sam Bowser, polar biologist and Claire Beynon, artist; foraminifera
Science and Art intersect and communicate science process and inquiry Museums – natural history, science/technology, art and children’s museums (Chemistry and Physics of Light and Color, Conservation) Science and the Arts – series for the public (CUNY) Science and Art Symposia – New York Academy of Sciences, Art & Science Collaborations, Inc., National Academy of Sciences