While visiting my hometown of Livermore, California this month, I was fortunate to see a very well done exhibit in the lobby of the Bankhead Theater entitled “Sketches in Code: Randomness and Patterns in Science and Art” which featured several interactive exhibits as well as numerous examples of 2D and 3D art, many of which will be familiar to those of us who have studied these realms for decades. Here is the detail from the Livermore Arts website:
Science, math, computers and art meet nature Explore how the intersection of mathematics, science, art and computers can be used to visualize and create artistic pieces which also describe and explain nature. As you tour this exhibit, we hope you see that, while art has often been described as an opposing discipline to mathematics, science and computers, in many ways they are very similar. In the end, all are creative processes that involve a journey of discovery. This exhibit is co-sponsored by Livermore Arts and Quest Science Center Bankhead Theater Gallery Feb 12–May 2 Open Fridays 2-6pm; Sat and Sun 1-5pm Limited entry, masks required. Family-friendly interactive exhibits with Covid protocols in place. Join us for this (exhibit) of science-meets-art.
If you’re reading this before May 2, 2021, you may still have time to see the exhibit in person if you’re in the San Francisco Bay area; recommended for the entire spectrum of those completely unfamiliar with the subject to those well-versed. Here are some cell phone photos of the exhibit items (most self-explanatory):
The first two photos are of a particularly nice 3D printed Sierpinski Tetrahedron (fractal tetrahedron) at the top of this article, with the second photo being a fun interior view with a pentagram-like interior contour:
If you’d like to make a Sierpinski Tetrahedron – a great geometry classroom or home school project! – here’s a fun sped-up how to video: (which also demos the same idea for a Menger Sponge.
