Lesson: Physics of Mobiles
An interesting lesson idea. Students build mobiles and calculate the transitional and rotational equilibrium. http://honorsphysics.homestead.com/artandphysics.html
Read MoreHistory of Computers and Art
Bell Labs in the early 1960s was where art and computer science were colliding enthusiastically. A. Michael Noll was pursuing 2D and 3D graphics; he and Edward E. Zajac, Frank Sinden, and Kenneth C. Knowlton were pioneering computer animation; Max V. Mathews and John R. Pierce were using early computers to create music. In 1965 Noll along with two other pioneers within the field of early...
Read MoreTheater & Math
Victoria Gould has pursued a strange set of parallel paths through intellectual space: she has been a successful actor and a mathematician, working first as a researcher and now as a teacher and communicator of math. Recently she helped develop a theater production called ‘A disappearing number‘, on the collaboration between a famous English mathematician and an unknown Indian...
Read MoreCulture + Youth + Tech
Hive Learning Network NYC is an amazing network of organizations brought together by Mozilla and The MacArthur Foundation to explore collaborations leveraging art, technology, and culture to support innovation in education. “Hive NYC is comprised of thirty-nine non-profit organizations—museums, libraries, media and other youth-facing organizations—that create opportunities for youth to...
Read MoreArts, Media, and Engineering
The School of Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University looks like a fascinating place. The intersection between art, science, and innovation seems to be built into the DNA of the research and teaching agenda. They use the word “trans-disciplinary” to describe their collaborative process. And they connect the power of that intersection to solving “large-scale...
Read MoreLooking Back at the Future – The History of Computer Art
Computers and art have been associated for a very long time. A. Michael Noll created his work by programming an IBM 7090 computer at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ in 1962. Noll’s interest in abstract art informed his experiments, and many early works referred to 20th century masters like Mondrian and Picasso. Noll went on to create stereographic 3D computer animated movies of...
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