Kysa Johnson, “BLOWUP 31 SUBATOMIC DECAY PATTERNS” (2003), ink on panel
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Visible Radiation
The art of science and the science of art. A blog for anyone who's fascinated by art that relies on scientific ideas, and scientific beauty that can be classified as art in its own right. Run by Alex a student at University College London with a background in accidentally breaking things in physics laboratories.Quantum Blink by Isabel M. Martinez
Martinez on her work:
According to quantum mechanics we have forty conscious moments per second, and our brains connect this sequence of nows to create the illusion of the flow of time. So, what would things look like if that itermittence was made visible? This body of work explores that hiccup, that blink, that ubiquitous fissure in the falling-into-place of things.
In my work I attempt to articulate something in between the freezing of time—that so often characterizes photography—and its relentless passing. I hint towards temporalities that are fluid, speculative, and somewhat loose. I am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite (possibility). If time is a succession of instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between instants of consciousness.
Early Bird Special: “This Is Our Planet,” by Croatian 18-year-old Tomislav Safundžić, was created from imagery captured by NASA at the International Space Station.
Wow.
7th Prize - Mr. Gabriel Luna
Neuroscience Research Insititue - Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Specimen: Retinal wholemount (40x)
Technique: Confocal laser scanning
“ORE - Google Earth“ is a Flickr set by Ling Meng. The designs begin with Google Earth terrain shots, but they become something far more elegant and beautiful.
“Calcite, Pupa Gilbert
The forming end of the tooth of the purple-spined sea urchin Arbacia punctulata, imaged with a scanning electron microscope and false-colored. One would never guess from their intricate and rounded shape, but these are single-crystals of calcite (CaCO3). They fill space, resist fracture and make the tooth hard enough to grind rock.”
‘Perpetual Ocean’ Paints the World’s Currents
It’s official. NASA has cloned Vincent Van Gogh, shot him into space, and forced him to create digital animations so that we can visualize the world’s surface ocean currents. That’s the impression I got from this video, anyway.
Actually, this visualization is a result of NASA’s ECCO2 project to study currents and sea ice.
Watch the swirling currents near the equator and the Atlantic “hurricane alley”, see the southern tip of Africa spawn eddies like bubbles in the wind, watch the ocean carve snake-like paths among the islands of the south Pacific and the combating highways along our planet’s tropical centerline. Whatever you do, watch this in 1080 on the largest damn screen you can find! And when you’re done, go watch the 20 minute version!
I think it’s very neat that the study of ocean currents is termed “bathymetry”.
PS: Would a cloned Van Gogh have both ears? If so, would he still cut one off? Nature vs. nurture, folks!
I normally hate power lines, but I don’t hate these people-shaped ones by Choi + Shine Architects.
About The Land of Giants:
Making only minor alterations to well established steel-framed tower design, we have created a series of towers that are powerful, solemn and variable. These iconic pylon-figures will become monuments in the landscape. Seeing the pylon-figures will become an unforgettable experience, elevating the towers to something more than merely a functional design of necessity.
The pylon-figures can be configured to respond to their environment with appropriate gestures. As the carried electrical lines ascend a hill, the pylon-figures change posture, imitating a climbing person. Over long spans, the pylon-figure stretches to gain increased height, crouches for increased strength or strains under the weight of the wires.
#art #design #nature #architecture
10 months ago on June 26, 2012 at 06:00pm with 1,227 notes
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