I'm in Stockton this summer, for the 17th year in a row, accompanied with a couple of summer class (this one and COMP25) A strange combination of classes on the outside, but Day 2 into classes, there may be hope after all. Today we started working on binary numbers and the hex goes into 8, 4, 2, and 1 how many times.....blah blah blah. I was thinking about the film The Matrix. Underneath all the programming vocabulary and logistics are rhythm, variety and abstraction.
Systems have a visual rhythmic pattern, which is the same principle used in art practice.
Artist's work like John Cage’s 4’33 and Jasper Johns’ Numbers in Color have reference to mathematical elements and art.
Johns, Numbers in Color (1958-9)---
Overall, Art can cross into different disciplines. Besides math, I even find myself looking at biology such as plant anatomy to incorporate into art projects.
Biology could be used to create art or art can be created to catalyst a discussion about biology. Either way, there is that ongoing dialogue. Odilon Redon is an artist who created bodies of work consisting of tradition art combined with surreal biological imagery (e.g. Eye-Balloon 1878). I think working interdisciplinary has allowed room for experimentation, a broader audience to communicate with, and more sources of inspiration. Working between different areas also allow me to work in fields I wish I could major in along with my current major.
All I can say is that binary numbers got a whole lot more interesting today. Maybe I'll make a few postcards referencing this.
By the way, Pacific just put out an article about interdisciplinary in art and biology. It was another reading that made me think about math, biology, and art. Here is the link: http://web.pacific.edu/General-Information/News/Pacific-News/April-2011/Predental-Ceramics.html
Jessica Fong
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