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Lize Mogel on Counter-Cartography
Artist Lize Mogel discusses counter-cartography, an approach that involves looking beyond a map’s surface to reveal the politics of place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFHyAyMEE7w
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A Gigantic Helium-Filled and Charcoal-Studded Sphere Covers Rooms with Unpredictable Designs
Polish-German artist Karina Smigla-Bobinski gives buoyancy to the act of drawing with ADA, a large inflatable drawing tool. Filled with helium, ADA floats freely, making lines with its charcoal spikes as it moves through a room. More dramatic mark-making starts to occur when humans are added to the mix: the video above shows visitors engaging…
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Photographer uses stop-motion animation to reimagine Earth art
In “Earthworks in Motion,” photographer Paul Johnson adds another layer to the land art movement by using a painstaking stop-motion animation process to document his ephemeral creations. https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/photographer-uses-stop-motion-animation-reimagine-earth-art
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Whirling Watcher
When you view short bursts of moving images, you see some interesting effects. A series of slits moving rapidly past your eye allows you to see images in short bursts. Such rapid but fragmented views of moving objects can make the objects appear to jerk along, change speed, or even move backward. https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/whirling-watcher
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This Entire Animation Was Drawn Frame by Frame on a Gallery Wall
Artist Caleb Wood created this impressive animation that he drew frame by frame on a wall at Prøve Gallery in Duluth, Minnesota. Titled Plumb, he refers to the piece as a “gallery animation installation.” https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/03/this-entire-animation-was-drawn-frame-by-frame-on-a-gallery-wall/
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Stellarium
Stellarium renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It displays stars, constellations, planets, nebulae and others things like ground, landscape, atmosphere, etc. Explore the app in this demo or download the app at : http://stellarium.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J5HSDoHiZI
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What’s in the darkest part of the sky? The Hubble Deep Field
What happens when you point the Hubble Space Telescope at the darkest part of the sky for 10 consecutive days? Find out in this Physics Girl video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOrkvsZMUI
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The most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made | Juna Kollmeier
Humans have been studying the stars for thousands of years, but astrophysicist Juna Kollmeier is on a special mission: creating the most detailed 3-D maps of the universe ever made. Journey across the cosmos as she shares her team’s work on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, imaging millions of stars, black holes and galaxies in…
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Animation basics: The art of timing and spacing – TED-Ed
Expert timing and spacing is what separates a slide show from a truly amazing animation. TED-Ed demonstrates, by manipulating various bouncing balls, how the smallest adjustments from frame to frame can make all the difference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRVhtMxQWRs
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Maker Activity: LED Constellations
Join John Kilbane of the Research and Development department at the American School of Bombay as he demonstrates how to make an LED Constellation using LEDs and Copper Tape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7cccqU5Jo
