Art and Science
November 9th, 2007 by sauceOver the last few weeks I have been involved in bringing to life our new brand. In the process I have found myself looking beyond the creative execution to what the science is behind it as the representation of art and science. For a lot of what I have found intuition plays the greater role, the emotion of the artist, designer or modern day craftsperson being the driver. But a few have sparked my interest to look further and have found perhaps not the modern day Da Vinci’s, but fascianting all the same.
Bruce Shapiro
Northern California-based artist Bruce Shapiro makes the kind of kinetic sculpture that mesmerizes and dazzles visitors at science museums using computers and simple motors, a practice he terms “The Art of Motion Control.” In episode 94 we visit Bruce at the Maker Fair and at his home to learn more about works like “Pipedream,” effectively a screen that uses bubbles in place of pixels, “Sisyphus, “an intricate zen sand drawing and a kinetic ribbon sculpture modeled on ribbon dancers.
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Tom Gallant
Living and working in Brussels, Belgium, Tom Gallant creates hand-cut floral prints out of archived pornographic magazines. Using a surgical blade, he cuts into the imagery, layering extremely delicate cut-outs on top of one another to assemble a dramatic visual experience that almost blurs your vision. If you look closely you can see hints of hair, lips, neck and genitalia, but it’s the paper’s flesh tones and curvature that stand out.
Soft spoken and a self-proclaimed compulsive collector, he describes his work as a visual language “dealing with a private matter in a very public way.
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