Film by Jake LiBassi, Sara Radin, and Maggie Schneider When I think of science in art, I imagine visual art: two dimensional and three dimensional shapes that have mathematical inspirations like the golden ratio or the logarithmic spiral. When I think about it some more, I realize that film, photography, music, and even performing arts can have scientific connections. The size and thickness of a lens of a camera is a very precise technology. Music has a powerful influence on our mind. A sequence in choreography is, by definition, an algorithm. When I think of art in science, biological diagrams like the double helix of DNA and the anatomy of a cell first come to mind, as well as, again, the shapes. In reality, all science can have artistic perspective. Images of space, the color of a solution, the prism refraction of a sun ray, and the trails of a pendulum in sand are just a few examples. Art and science are considered to be two vastly different realms, but in reality, they overlap almost completely. Erik Demaine is an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He believes that art and science are directly related fields, that one can not exist without the other. His father, Martin Demaine, is an artist and a major influence in Eriks life. While Erik tends to lean more towards the mathematics and computer science perspective, Martin keeps him balanced with his visual and artistic perspective. This collaboration between science and art exists in our world more than we think. Its not a far stretch to say that everything in our daily lives, and in life for that matter, relates to art, science, or the both of them. This is because of how vast and immeasurable the two areas are. I believe that everything has a way of connecting, and therefore agree with Erik Demaines statement that the two can not exist without the other, and that nothing can exist without them. By Sara Radin
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