PHYS 498 ART :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
Weekly Class Meetings: Monday 3.00-4.50pm, Default Location: IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger LibraryProject time: Tuesdays 5-6pm
Class Format: Generally each class will involve focusing on one or more scientific concept and genre of art and studying how concepts are depicted by these genres. Topics include the cosmos, waves, and quantum physics; theater, visual arts, music, and design. The format of the class will typically involve a presentation by the instructor and any student who so desires, dialog, short student presentations on some days (dispersed throughout the semester), and formulation of projects. Some classes will involve fields trips (Krannert Art Museum, NCSA) and others will have guest presenters from physics, theater, dance, and other disciplines. Some classes will also be dedicated to installing and presenting projects.
Schedule:
- Jan 30: Meet and greet; The Universe – beginnings to modern times; Depicting the cosmos in the visual arts, film, music, theater, and more. Lecture 1
- Feb 6: Project Team Formation; The Quantum World, Bizarre, cold states of matter View lecture slides
- Feb 13: Creative fragment presentation; Fluids, Hydrodynamics, and Water; Creative Fragment 1 Due View lecture slides
- Feb 20: Universal pattern formation - Kaan Yumlu; Devised work, writing exercise - Latrelle Bright (Dept. of Theater); Music and Physics - Andrew Parpart, Napat Saengthongsrikamol - View lecture slides
- Feb 27: Fluids, rivers and flow - Hannah Morsch, Matthew Quirnoz; Dance and discovery - Kirstie Simson (Dept. of Dance); Creative Fragment 2 Due View lecture slides
- Mar 6: Frontier Physics (Dept. of Physics): Ultra cold atoms - Brian DeMarco, Bryce Gadway; Quantum information and optics - Paul Kwiat; Condensed Matter - Taylor Hughes; Blackholes, gravitational wave - Stu Shapiro; CMBR, Balloon Launch - Jeff Filippini View lecture slides
- Mar 13: Preliminary project work; Meeting CITL representative Jamie Nelson, Jim Wentworth - Project Write-up 1 Due View lecture slides
- SPRING BREAK
- Mar 27 Krannert Art Museum (KAM) visit - Behind the Scenes, planning the exhibt with staff - introduction to curation and museum process; Creative Fragment 3 Due
- Ap3: Project Finalization - exhibits pieced together at the IDEA LAB
- Ap 10: KAM Installation
- KAM Exhibit: Flowing from Quantum to Cosmic; Apr 10-12 Install; Apr 21: Deinstall
- Ap 13: KAM Opening Night Reception - hosted by class participants; Music: Quirnoz and Kan; Universe piece: Bright, Simson, Vishveshwara; Exhibit Open House followed by refreshments
- Ap 17: KAM presentation - class participants present the physics and creative process behind View lecture slides
- Ap 24: Exhibit web-design and museum blurb writing session - led by Rebecca Wiltfong (Physics) and Caitlin McCoy (MRL) Creative Fragment 4 Due
- May 1: NCSA visit - Spectacular Advanced Visulaization Lab 3D clips (Universe, Hurricanes, Photosynthesis, and more) presented and discussed by Jeffrey Carpenter and Andrew Christensen
- May 2: Sean Lang - Discusses content behind key equations in his piece; Maddie Terlap - presents excerpts from The Water Project; Wrap-up