Difference between Science and Art

It is meaningful to observe the difference between Science and Art before introducing the contents of this course. Science is an activity to observe objects and phenomena in the nature and to construct consepts and natural laws. Art is an activity to make objects and performances based on the concepts and laws. Therefore, the essential difference of scirnce and art lies in the "relation between objects and concests". Other properties, such as importance of creative mind, necessity of publication, etc, are common in both activities.
For example, The Ohm's law is established by observing phenomena in electric circuits (this is science). On the other hand, from the scientific results one makes up electric equipments (this is technology). Furthermore, one makes art works incluiding electric parts. In this sense the technology and art are similar to each other. Both activities are aimed at creating valuable things, materially valuable in technology and mentally valuable in art. In contrast, the science is originally aimed at increasing knowledges, and not valuable things.
The relation between science and art is shown schematically below.

Objects	science	Concepts
	------------>
	<------------
	Art, Technology

Object of this Course

When you want to create a new art, an effective way would be to apply a new scientific result, because new scientific knowledges stimulate new artistic creations. However, most of students in classes of art and design are not familiar to scientific activities or their applications to arts.
In this course we learn properties of some geometrical structures, and observe natural phenomena. Then, we try to apply the knowledge from these studies to creation of artificial objects. In other words we follow both directions in the above diagram.
Lectures and workshops of this course are of an introductory level. However, what is important is to have experiences of the both activities, i.e. scientific studies and artistic creations.
This course is open to any students in this University and also to people out of it.


Schedule of the course
LC= Lecture, WS= Workshop, CR= Creative works

Summer Semester
* LC+WS "Miura Folding" CR: Deforme of Miura folding
* LC+WS "Symmetry and Kaleidoscope" CR: Three dimensional kaleidoscope
* LC+WS "Properties of Spiral and Helix" CR: Draw sunflower spiral"
* LC+WS "Observation of Minimal Surface" CR: Make object of minimal surface
* LC+WS "Structures by Space Division" CR: Make object by space division
* LC+WS "Tensile Structures and Tensegrity" CR: Make a tensegrity
* LC+WS "Wonder of Pentagons" CR: Rod packing structure
* Meeting for Presentation of Results

Winter Semester
* LC+WS "Time and Music" CR: Create a musical structure
* LC+WS "Viscous Finger and Crystal Growth" CR: Make a pattern of crytal
* LC+WS "Branching Structures" CR: Design of branching pattern
* LC+WS "Flow and Vortex" CR: Make vortex patterns
* LC+WS "Flight of Maple Seeds" CR: Make a flying model
* LC+WS "Migration of Ions" CR: Painting by ion migration
* Meeting for Presentation of Results