0 comment Saturday, May 10, 2014 | admin
Reuben Margolin creates sculptures that are inspired by waves in the natural world i.e. ripples on the surface of water, the movement of caterpillars, the wings of birds.
The sculptures are finely engineered, and are complex to make. If one component of the machine does not work, the entire movement of the sculpture will come to a halt.
For me, Margolin captures the elegance of the natural world, which comes from a true understanding of science and nature. Margolin draws a series of equations accompanied by sketches of his final piece, it is hard to understand where the art ends and the science starts.
Labels: Birds, Caterpillar, Kinetics, Materials, Movement, Moving, Natural, Nature, Recycled, Reuben Margolin, Sculpture, Video, Waves, Youtube
0 comment Monday, May 5, 2014 | admin
Yesterday, I visited The Musical Brain conference at The Institute Of Neurology with my course (MA Art & Science).
Whilst there, I met a lady called Claire who introduced me to the Sound Thought Project based in Glasgow.
I was particularly struck by this piece of work by the artist Calum Scott.
Calum Scott - Cymatic Sculpture (Sound Thought 2011) from The Arches on Vimeo.
In 2010, I visited the Glasgow International Art Festival, and found a painting in one of The Arches galleries that had been created by placing a board on top of a speaker and letting the sound waves work their magic.It seems to me that Glasgow is the epicentre of sound based art! Very inspiring...
Labels: Acoustic, Art, Calum Scott, Cymatic, Glasgow, Glasgow International Art Festival, Kinetics, Neurology, Nodal Visualization, Physical Computing, Sculpture, Sonic, Sound, The Arches, The Musical Brain, Vimeo