Secrets of Creation: The Mystery Of The Prime Numbers (Urbanomic / Redactions)

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Synopsis
An artist and a mathematician debate, find common ground, and jointly create an assemblage that is neither (or both) an artwork and a mathematical model.A week-long residency project brought together artist Conrad Shawcross and mathematician Matthew Watkins to reflect on the ways in which artists use (or misuse) scientific and mathematical concepts. Secrets of Creation documents this fascinating meeting of worlds, presenting both the week's discussions and debates, and the project upon which Shawcross and Watkins subsequently embarked.Navigating a route that tacked between formalism and natural language, experts and laymen, quantity and quality, poetics and mechanics, Shawcross and Watkins gradually forged a shared discourse in which the concerns of the artist and those of the mathematician could find a common ground. The project ended with their joint creation of an assemblage that was neither (or both) an artwork and a mathematical model.
Copyright:
2015

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
362 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781913029890
Related ISBNs:
9780957529519
Publisher:
MIT Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Conrad Shawcross, Robin Mackay, Matthew Watkins
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
Grade Levels:
Kindergarten, First grade, Second grade
Reading Age:
5–17
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Robin Mackay

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