“Art of INI” mini-series #1: What can maths offer art and art offer maths?
Duration: 46 mins 31 secs
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| Description: | In this first of an "Art of INI" miniseries, host Dan Aspel is joined by INI staff Barry Phipps (Curator of Art and Science) and David Abrahams (Director) to discuss whether the worlds of mathematics and art share common ground. |
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| Created: | 2020-11-30 12:28 | ||||||
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| Collection: | Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast | ||||||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||||
| Copyright: | Dan Aspel | ||||||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||||||
| Keywords: | isaac newton institute; artwork; inspiration; philosophy; | ||||||
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| Abstract: | In this first of an "Art of INI" miniseries, host Dan Aspel is joined by INI staff Barry Phipps (Curator of Art and Science) and David Abrahams (Director) to discuss whether the worlds of mathematics and art share common ground. The Isaac Newton Institute hosts many sculptures, drawings, paintings, carvings and other artworks, as well as more than 2,500 visiting mathematicians per year. But where do these two worlds collide? Are mathematics and art aspiring to the same goals? What interactions exist between the two? Can one inspire the other?
00:00 - Welcome 00:43 - Introductions 01:10 - INI and art: what’s the connection? 11:09 - The unconscious influence of art on mathematicians 13:34 - The similarities between art and maths 17:10 - Can maths ever have a “blank canvas”? 20:20 - Applying the thinking of one field to another 23:58 - Schools of maths, schools of art (“a hornet’s nest”) 27:32 - “Visualising” work 30:45 - The “Growth, form an self-organisation” programme 35:00 - Present artworks at INI 41:12 - … future artworks at INI |
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