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Attempts at how to categorize SciArt
Posted by Vince LiCata on May 19, 2013 I was discussing SciArt on several occasions with different people recently and was fishing for a way to classify different SciArt in order to make a particular point – the point being that the type of SciArt I find most interesting and valuable is in the minority. Basically, it seems there are 3 (or maybe…
Science Consulting for the Movies
Posted by Vince LiCata on April 9, 2012 I recently read David Kirby’s new book on science film consulting. This book is an absolute must-read for anyone even remotely or subconsciously interested in being a science consultant for the next Iron Man or Transformers, or smaller budget real-life dramas with real-life science in them. His book is both easy and interesting to read…
SciArt on the Bayou
Posted by Vince LiCata on March 24, 2011 The chair of the Theatre Dept. here at LSU and I have begun co-producing a new “SciArt Conversation Series” here at LSU — where we get scientists and artists on stage together at the same time for informal presentations of their work. We are trying to pick combinations that have some sort of real or…
Crickets chirping and Collider Whales
Posted by David Ng on November 2, 2010 Sorry it’s been a bit quiet here lately. Things have been busy at the museum, and I’ve also been writing in other places. In particular, These days I’m a guest blogger at Boing Boing, and on top of that, I’m also having fun starting a children’s novel. This novel has a mouthful of a title,…
Do you like “The Big Bang Theory”? – Part 2: the television show.
Posted by Vince LiCata on August 15, 2010 Part 1 of “Do You Like the Big Bang Theory?”, addressed whether one emotionally “likes” the scientific theories one works on – and how or if that should impact one’s work. Here I’d like to talk about the television show. “The Big Bang Theory” has been highly touted and praised as being the best science-in-fiction…
The art of Josh Keyes: Calm but strangely disturbing imagery of wildlife and their “natural” surroundings.
Posted by David Ng on August 4, 2010 (Lifted, 2009, 40″x30″, acrylic on panel) You can see more at this link. Let me know if you find yourself both quietly mesmorized and disturbed as you take in his images. From his “about” page: Biography Josh Keyes was born in Tacoma, Washington. He received a BFA in 1992 from the School of the Art…
Dance Your Ph.D.: One Month till the Duedate!
Posted by Vince LiCata on July 31, 2010 There is one month to go to submit to the 2010 “Dance Your Ph.D” Contest! Entries are due by September 1st. My lab previously won in the Professor category, so I get to be one of the judges for the 2010 contest. This is our dance from the 2009 contest: And what we won was:…
Who knew the circulatory system could be cute?
Posted by David Ng on July 30, 2010 Great illustration for children, even though it may not be anatomically correct. By Peter Slight – Larger version can be found here. Seeing piece like this makes me think a wonderful art project would be to create a whole new design driven anatomy book – one that may even be as comprehensive as Gray’s Anatomy…
Good science (education) – It takes an (online) village.
Posted by David Ng on July 28, 2010 @dnghub Twitter Feed This video of a talk I gave at Northern Voice got completed whilst I was away. Anyway, if I remember (I’m one of those people who can’t stand seeing themselves on video or hearing themselves on audio!), it’s a pretty decent overview of what the Phylo project is all about, as well…
… Except destroy everything in its path.
Posted by David Ng on June 10, 2010 Speaking of robots: you might be interested in the types of “deep thoughts” they have.