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Is this arty science? Or is it the science of art?

June 14, 2007 in Interesting, but otherwise unclassifiable, Science by markk

Cognitive Daily and I present to you the following:

What is it? Quite simple really: it is a scientific paper entitled “Interaction of stellar wind with diffuse nebulae,” by S.B. Pikel’ner, first published in 1968. However, it is also an art exhibition on display at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris.

So what is it? Is it art? Is it science? Is it both or is it neither?

Or is it just wank?

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June 15, 2007 at 8:40 am

themolk

the latter, thanks…

June 15, 2007 at 5:26 pm

Ben

i like the idea of that artpiece.. i love people taking ordinary things like that and putting it on a pedestal and saying ‘here is art’ like duchamp with the urinal was it?

June 15, 2007 at 9:36 pm

markk

I don’t know. I think this type of art is more vacuous than an artist creating something from scratch. No doubt this type of approach was novel at first, but now it’s been done many times and if anything shows a lack of creativity. I ain’t no artist, though.