Art and science might seem two separate entities to a perceiver. But for an artist, these two spectacular discoveries by mankind can take over one’s senses. And when these come together, masterpieces are created. ENERGY, a new exhibition at Art Center College of Design’s Williamson Gallery, in Pasadena, California endorses the view. The exhibition, which is an intersection of art and science with some of the works of art that harnesses natural forces, contemporary art, science, history as well as poetry, is on display.
According to Stephen Nowlin, director of the school's Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery and ENERGY’s curator, art and science are correlated. "The ancient duality of intuition versus reason and emotion versus intellect is a constant theme analyzed in human endeavor,” he was quoted as saying by Los Angeles Times.
Among many displays at the ENERGY exhibition, which is on through January 9, 2011, includes a video art installation by L.A. artist Rebeca Méndez. Titled “At Any Given Moment”, the video portrays the confluence of man-made and natural energy forces. Accompanied with visual projections, sounds and natural bodies like grass and waterfall, the artist has managed to capture the energy forces well.
In one of the clippings, a field of lava rocks is set in the foreground against video projection of the Dettifoss falls, the largest waterfall in Europe. This showcases the powerful force of the rushing water, the artist said. Another clipping of ‘At Any Given Moment’ by Méndez showing grass with burnt wood in the fields of Northern California, “examines how organic wind energy (set in background as muted purple), creates waves in grasses (in foreground as red and green)”, she said.
The Art Center College of Design has been organizing a series of exhibitions exploring the intersections of art and science every year since 2007. ENERGY is fourth in the series. The previous three exhibitions were named OBSERVE, The Dermisphere and TOOLS.
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ENERGY's exhibits show unusual art forms and compels one to ponder that beauty exists everywhere. It depends on the eyes of beholders if they can see it even in various energy sources.
