Free NY Animation Event! - “Geometry and Art”
From The CUNY Graduate website.
Geometry and Art: From Escher to Animation
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 6:30 PM
Learn about the late and great mathematician Donald Coxeter and the work of contemporary artists who use geometry. With Siobhan Roberts, author of King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, The Man Who Saved Geometry, George Hart, sculptor and author of the online Encyclopedia of Polyhedra, Emmy Award-winning animator Mark Neumann, and Jeff Weeks’ Dodecahedral Universe, a trippy 3D animated fly-through of geometric space.
Arrive early (4:00 pm on) and help mathematician Dan Duddy construct a shadow of the fourth dimension; a giant truncated hyperdodecahedron. Everyone is welcome!
Additional details:
Neighborhood: Gramercy/Flatiron
Venue: CUNY Graduate Center
Travel: Subway: B, D, F, V, N, Q, R, W to 34th St–Herald Sq
Category: Around Town
Address: 365 Fifth Ave
Phone: 212-817-8215
This week’s schedule: May 2 at 6:30pm. Venue hours: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 12pm-6pm.
Prices: Free
Details: Author Siobhan Roberts (King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, The Man Who Saved Geometry) and Emmy-winning animator Mark Neumann discuss geometry’s influence on sculptors, painters and computer animators.
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