I came across this wonderful art project (via Kate Crawford) the other day, and it was too good not to share.
Perhaps it’s partly the fact that I romanticise the shit out of learning (which I think is part and parcel of being an eternal student, like me), but there’s something so nostalgic and beautiful about half-erased equations and scribblings from the past, kind of like an accidental academic graffiti.
I love the banal-made-extraordinary in art, too. Blackboards are just blackboards, but there’s something very artistic about them — from the layers of formulas past as background, and the vignette effect of the unused corners of the board, to the way that one person’s handwriting differs from another’s, each one is a uniquely random project.
Reblogged this on Maia Stefana Oprea and commented:
indeed beyond words. makes you wish to go to back to school for a short while
That is very kool. Big fan of this. I like the idea of looking at everyday occurrences, re-imagining themselves as art forms. Don’t know if I would go so far as calling a moving plastic bag beautiful but I can understand the idea
Yep, same. The fact that other people see the ordinary in such extraordinary ways – whether it’s art or science or whatever – is quite fascinating. Agree about the plastic bag ;)
Also I love this emerging theme of joining scientifically sound theory with art. It is quite odd how separate art and science are as it doesn’t have to be that way.
Have you seen the SymbioticA project at UWA? http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/
I’m kind of reaaaally interested in looking into some of their programs.
hands on! Awesome. I like that. Great way to get people engaged in science.
this is so.damn.awesome. i’ve always thought half erased black boards are magical. i hate white boards. and i’m in heaven that law school is full of black board only classrooms. the magic continues :)
Gah mine’s all whiteboards and computers – not a piece of chalk in site! Mind you, as the teacher, that’s probably a good thing… I was never very good at writing in chalk :P