Event Blog 2: Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER)
The LASER meeting
on Thursday night was educational and mind opening. Among the number of things
that I walked away with, I was particular drawn by Ariel‘s talk on light
pollution, and amazed by the ‘s introduction on modern optics art. As a big fan
of glitters and sparkles, I came to an understanding of the history and
development of the art of light, and became more familiar with the optic atmosphere
that our visual world is composed of.
John Hood and Ariel Levi Simon’s topics tied closely
to the chapter Math+Art as it
reflected the possible aspects where science is used to create special holographic
effects and certain algorithms is used to calculate the angle of light reflection
for the satellite. The pursuit for presenting image on a 3D scale closely
resembles Brunelleschi’s early pursue for the linear perspective. The second
speaker’s art design well-reflected the concepts from the Biotech+Art chapter as she painted pictures with Chromatography and
built sculptures that simulated the process of protein denaturalization.
While the Duchamp
optic disc and the organic filled plastic bags were certainly cool works to
look at, their ingenious integration of science added a different spin to the
conforming art form, and became what truly inspired me. As a diver and huge fan
of underwater shooting, I have used to struggle with capturing saturated shots
below -30 meters. After enough research on the internet, I came to an understanding
that the red color is lost at such depth and the overwhelming blue is what
caused the blurry shots. With this knowledge, I purchased a red filter for my lens
and expect to use it at my next underwater art expedition.
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