Exploring Dark Matter Through Art: A Contest for Everyone Sponsored by LMAC and STEMsocial
The Net, by Vassily Kandinsky 1942
Jvillafruela. Tempera on Wood, at the National Museum of Modern Art. Used under CC 4.0 License Kandinsky was one of the early creators of non-objective art.
Renowned art critic Peter Selz once said of art: "Everything is possible". When we look into the night sky, are we not filled with the same sense of infinite possibility? Surely this is the wonder our ancestors felt when they carved representations of constellations onto cave walls.
Art in the Lascaux Caves in France
Attribution: I, Peter80. Used under CC 3.0 license. It was once believed these carvings were simply of animals. It has since been suggested that the carving above actually represents the constellation Taurus. The carving is estimated to be between 16,000 and 20,000 years old.
This week on Hive everyone is invited to express through art that sense of infinite possibility. The starting point for this project will be a blog written by @lemouth about dark matter. The vehicle for expressing our wonder will be a collage created for the LMAC (Let's Make a Collage) community. This art/science project represents a collaboration between two of my favorite communities, LMAC and STEMsocial.
The image from which we will all derive immediate inspiration is presented today on @shaka's blog in the LMAC community and it is also featured in @lemouth's announcement of the contest.
Art and science come together, seamlessly.
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There will be prizes!!! There will be upvotes from both communities, for collages that show sincere attempts to meet the challenge.
Do You Need to Be an Artist?
No! Making a collage is something anyone can do. You don't have to draw or paint. You should use only elements from LMAC's whitelisted sources, or from your own personal photo/art creations. If you use elements from LMAC's unique Image Library, you will receive extra consideration when it comes to voting.
There will be two juries: one from LMAC and one from STEMsocial. Read the respective announcements from each community to be clear about procedures: @shaka's blog and @lemouth's blog.
Are there pictures of dark matter?
No! Dark matter is invisible. But there is evidence of dark matter's effects. If you read @lemouth's blog you will receive all the clues you need to make a collage about this elusive subject.
Artist's Impression of the Expected Dark Matter Distribution Around the Milky Way
Image credit:ESO/L. Calçada http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1217a/ Used under CC 4.0 license.
Remember, your collage will be based on the template picture featured in @shaka's blog today and on @lemouth's blog on dark matter.
If you have any questions about the contest, I'll try to answer. (Don't ask me about dark matter!) You can also ask the experts at LMAC's Discord channel, or STEMsocial's Discord channel.
Please keep in mind the cardinal principle of making collages for LMAC: all elements in the collage must be free of copyright restrictions. Elements taken from our White List satisfy this requirement. If you use elements from LMAC's unique Image Library, you will receive extra consideration when it comes to voting.
Every week we run a contest in LMAC and we invite all of Hive to participate. With this week's LMAC/STEMsocial collaboration, it is hoped that Hiveans will learn about two of the best communities on the platform.
Have fun. Post all entries under @shaka's blog. The entries will not be eligible for the contest unless they are posted there.
That painting reminds me a bit of the Bauhaus school of art!
I may participae, but I have never made collages before.
You have a great eye. I just looked it up. He had a teaching position at Bauhaus.
Collage is a liberating form. (I find). Because I have no art skills, collage gives me the opportunity to use shapes and forms to realize what I imagine. There is a universe of free images we can mold to what what we imagine. Even if the piece doesn't work out the way we want, there is a learning process. For me, it is an exercise that uses a part of my brain I've never developed. There is no judge (even though it's a contest). We judge ourselves. Did we hit the mark? Did we get close to what we imagined? I love doing it. I hope you take the plunge :)
This looks like fun :) I hope there's time to put something together ❤️
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You have until Monday night. There is time. Just have fun. You can't lose. There is no downside to making a collage.
I hope to see you come up with something. You have a very creative perspective. Looking forward to seeing what you imagine :)
Thanks ❤️ I'll probably research it a little, and see if I can come up with something in Apophysis :) ...
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It made me really happy to see Kadinsky being featured. This brought me memories from several years ago when I was an associated professor in Strasbourg. One of the big rooms used for meetings was dedicated to Kandinsky.
Thanks also for the extra advertisement for the contest. I am looking forward to see all entries. I hope to already have time to check the first of them tonight, although I am still working on university-related duties...
I just took a peek. The entries are pouring in. It is as though dark matter has unleashed some invisible force in the artists. You are in for a lot of curating :))
The Kandinsky picture seemed perfect to me. It screams freedom and vision. I'm glad it means something to you.
This is going to be a fun (busy) four days.
I have noticing all the entries but still have had any chance to have a look at them (this week turns out to be a very bad one in terms of being over-busy at work). Hopefully, I will be able to make use of the week-end time. ^^