MetaFilter posts tagged with math and art

I am a strange loop.

loquacious — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:30:41 -0800

Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid has been recorded as a series of video lectures for MIT's Open Courseware project.

Dolphins caught on film making art and doing science.

Toekneesan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:51:07 -0800

Dolphins at SeaWorld Orlando make and play with bubble rings. Others learn by watching. (SLYP) via Checkout the related videos on the right to see other examples of this behavior.

golden ratio in the amen break

p3t3 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:09:14 -0800

The Amen Break and the Golden Ratio by mathematics educator and author, Michael S. Schneider. Schneider, having already researched and written about the golden ratio extensively, noticed it right away when hearing the the amen break for the first time (amen break previously on the blue). While some composers have been known to intentionally incorporate fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio into their works, perhaps this is just another one of the many instances of the ratio showing up in nature.

Wheel me out

klangklangston — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:47:51 -0800

MATSYS Based on the idea that architecture can be understood as a material body with its own intrinsic and extrinsic forces relating to form, growth, and behavior, the studio investigates methodologies of performative integration through geometric and material differentiation.

B_Complex, N_Table, Endless Ocean, Endless Sky (more), P_Wall. more.

by the numbers

madamjujujive — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:59:43 -0800

Pi to 1,000 places on piano is just one of the many catchy tunes on math sonifications. And check out more interesting things on on artist Tom Dukich's site.

Impossible Crystals

parudox — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:54:55 -0800

"This is a story of how the impossible became possible. How, for centuries, scientists were absolutely sure that solids (as well as decorative patterns like tiling and quilts) could only have certain symmetries - such as square, hexagonal and triangular - and that most symmetries, including five-fold symmetry in the plane and icosahedral symmetry in three dimensions (the symmetry of a soccer ball), were strictly forbidden. Then, about twenty years ago, a new kind of pattern, known as a "quasicrystal," was envisaged that shatters the symmetry restrictions and allows for an infinite number of new patterns and structures that had never been seen before, suggesting a whole new class of materials...."

Physicist Paul J. Steinhardt delivers a fascinating lecture (WMV) on tilings and quasicrystals. However, it turns out science was beaten to the punch: a recent paper (PDF) suggests Islamic architecture developed similar tilings centuries earlier.

Ben Laposky, the Father of Computer Art?

Chinese Jet Pilot — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:49:51 -0800

Pioneering electronic artist Ben Laposky began creating his “Oscillons” – abstract artworks created by photographing Lissajous figures off a cathode-ray oscilloscope – in the early 1950’s. Some consider him the father of computer art, and the beauty and clarity of his work is astonishing.

Mandelbrot on Fractals as A Theory of Roughness.

MetaMonkey — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:32:37 -0800

A talk with Benoît Mandelbrot, entitled Fractals in Science, Engineering and Finance (Roughness and Beauty) [video, 80mins, realplayer] about fractals as A Theory of Roughness.

Mathematical imagery by Jos Leys.

Wolfdog — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:50:44 -0800

Sphere and circle arrangements, the Droste effect, and more: mathematical imagery by Jos Leys. The Droste effect article is informative, too.

Klik Kandy

Mr Bluesky — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:53:50 -0800

Klik Kandy

What kind of a sculpture would Metafilter represent?

Gyan — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 03:32:24 -0800

Bathsheba Grossman: a geometric sculptor

The World Is Numbers

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 03:06:01 -0800

Explorations of computation: the world is numbers, and the divine a mathematician. Maybe. [Flash, Javascript]

Mathematicians go to the garden gate but they never venture through to appreciate the delights within. -- M.C.Escher

anastasiav — Thu, 11 Mar 2004 04:55:32 -0800

Tessellations :: the intersection between symmetry, mathematics, and art.

MathPorn

srboisvert — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:15:06 -0800

Algorithmic Obscenity [maybe nsfw?] Who knew math could be this much fun? [via BoingBoing]

Dartmouth pattern course

edlundart — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:03:11 -0800

Mathematics and art are thoroughly explored as two intertwined fields, in this online version of a Dartmouth course focusing on patterns [more inside].

lbergstr — Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:00:54 -0800

The golden section (math, graphics) is an important relation used by artists and mathematicians, among others. I'm curious if any of you have good examples of recent use.

vacapinta — Thu, 06 Dec 2001 15:09:18 -0800

The Paso Doble is an eerie little puzzle game, something like a De Chirico painting come to life.
Oh yeah, a new Mersenne prime was discovered today by a 20-yr old.
Both links courtesy of mathpuzzle.com
(will i ever beat joseph devincentis?!)