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Maths and Creativity
By a
mathematically
challenged
creativist.
Fibonacci, the Performance
Maths, Music and Dance
(xcurric phase 1)
Contributors.
Louise Walker. MMU
John Maycraft. Composer.
Ludus Dance Co.
Peter Kidd. Mathematician
(partly responsible for the congestion charges in Manchester)
Fibonacci Sequence
All knitters are mathematicians.
Knitters count the stitches
(arithmetic), figure out the
number of stitches needed
(algebra) and create shapes
(topology, geometry, and
trigonometry). Knitting was one
of the first applications of
computer programming. Knitted
fabrics were commercially
produced using punch cards long
before anyone ever heard of IBM
or Microsoft.
Fibonacci socks
Fibonacci poetry
as
a
junior
curator
I applied
Fibonacci to
sequencing arrangements of art
TESTING MY NERVES
By
Gregory K.
Shake.
Quake.
Dry mouth.
Sweaty hands.
Can’t relax, can’t rest -It must be time for my math test.
Yep, that's another Fib (this one fitting in for both National Poetry Month
and Math Awareness Month).
Fibonacci abstract painting
Other mathematical
entanglements.
Polynomial Riff scarf
Fractal digital photography
Fractal psychodelia
Fractal quilt
Sculpture
Rachel Whiteread.
Rachel
Whiteread.
Installation at
the Tate,
London.
Whiteread. House.
Casting of a house showing space reversal.
Whiteread . Village.
Architecture
Frank Gehry
The Dancing Couple . Prague
Or ‘The Fred and Ginger’ building.
The Guggenheim Museum. Bilbao Spain.
Stata Centre Massachusetts. Gehry.
The Practical Bit!!
You are going to create a model for
Gehrytown, a new development off the
M6.
•Each person will create one building.
•The building has to be constructed
using mathematical shapes.
•The building will need windows.
•You might need to work together!!
Don’t forget scale!
Check out Claes Oldenburg.
Creative maths and running.
• Recently heard at a track session.
• “How many laps have we got to do now?”
• 1st person “we’ve done 6 so we have 6
more to do”
• 2nd. “After the next 3, we’ve done 75%”
• 3rd.” 50% so we’re on the final half”
• 4th.” Don’t know, but I have a drink every 2
laps, and I still have ½ a bottle left”