As a science student in high school, I never really thought
that science and art could be one. Typical scientific temperament. Going to
design college meant that I could escape science for possibly the next four years. Oh
but was I mistaken.
Today, 24/7/13, I was rudely awakened. Well not exactly, considering I was kind of missing science. In general, not as a subject. Using science to design something, now that made it all the more interesting.
Today, 24/7/13, I was rudely awakened. Well not exactly, considering I was kind of missing science. In general, not as a subject. Using science to design something, now that made it all the more interesting.
Our project, called Mixed Realities, is all about putting
science and art together to make something. Mostly games. So today after a
somewhat boring and interesting talk on how artists have an innate ability to
explain science but without proof (which is why they are condemned by
scientists), we broke down the basic components of games in general, and made
up our own, as a group.
Ours was quite violent and required a lot of trust between the players. I’ll explain.
There is a referee and n no of players. The objective of the game is to be the last man standing. The rules are as follows:
1. The referee says an object and what body parts the players are supposed to touch it with.
2. Once everyone is touching the object, the players are given 30 seconds to eliminate any of the others, by any means, psychological or physical. Anyone who lets go of the object is eliminated.
3. The referee, at the end of 30 seconds, announces another object and the body parts.
4. The game goes on till one person is left.
All the groups had a demo and then invited the others to play.
As much as it wasn’t exactly science based, it was quite difficult thinking of an original game.
And there were improvements required.
Our criteria had been to use body parts, to have a theme/ story, and to optionally have a moral.
Getting back to the topic, in the last week, I have ‘discovered’ that science is everywhere in the realm of art. Or if not science, math is. Whether you know or not, you’re using science. Or let me put it this way, science is governed by art. You may or may not accept it, but artists long ago found what science is proving today. And they were condemned by scientists then just because they didn’t have experimental proof.
So if you are trying to get out of science by taking art and design, don’t bother. It will follow you around no matter what you take. Just know that the amount of science is considerably small. You’re just applying it to something fun. And you don’t have to formally study it or give an exam on it.
Though if you are a science student, commerce and arts students ask what you’re doing there, which is quite annoying.
Ours was quite violent and required a lot of trust between the players. I’ll explain.
There is a referee and n no of players. The objective of the game is to be the last man standing. The rules are as follows:
1. The referee says an object and what body parts the players are supposed to touch it with.
2. Once everyone is touching the object, the players are given 30 seconds to eliminate any of the others, by any means, psychological or physical. Anyone who lets go of the object is eliminated.
3. The referee, at the end of 30 seconds, announces another object and the body parts.
4. The game goes on till one person is left.
All the groups had a demo and then invited the others to play.
As much as it wasn’t exactly science based, it was quite difficult thinking of an original game.
And there were improvements required.
Our criteria had been to use body parts, to have a theme/ story, and to optionally have a moral.
Getting back to the topic, in the last week, I have ‘discovered’ that science is everywhere in the realm of art. Or if not science, math is. Whether you know or not, you’re using science. Or let me put it this way, science is governed by art. You may or may not accept it, but artists long ago found what science is proving today. And they were condemned by scientists then just because they didn’t have experimental proof.
So if you are trying to get out of science by taking art and design, don’t bother. It will follow you around no matter what you take. Just know that the amount of science is considerably small. You’re just applying it to something fun. And you don’t have to formally study it or give an exam on it.
Though if you are a science student, commerce and arts students ask what you’re doing there, which is quite annoying.
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