Art’s task for science Prof.dr.ir. Taeke M. de Jong Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag January 18, 2019 Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urbanism, Chair Technical ecology
empirical science, design and art January 18, 2019
the usual view (co-editor vd Voordt) January 18, 2019
a plausible view January 18, 2019
design study For example: Architecture at a University Context sensitivity Other categories describing design issues Methodology to make use of each others progress Scientific justification January 18, 2019
da Vinci 1509, Harvey 1628 January 18, 2019
science supposes design, not the reverse Probability supposes possibility Imaginations and designed instruments precede scientific progress Design uses empirical results but produces something else Science is not necessarily part of design but of its realisation January 18, 2019
advantages of scientific education for design http://www.turbosquid.com January 18, 2019
advantages of scientific education for design Less vulnerable in their company Natura Artis Magistra Balancing and integrating specialist’s advices into a design concept January 18, 2019
emerging problems of science Cern January 18, 2019
emerging problems of science Diverging specialisations Facts no longer imaginable Science falling in public esteem A demand for imagination January 18, 2019
art’s task January 18, 2019
art’s task A lack of imagination Global homogenisation Decreasing awareness of the real diversity The combinatory explosion of possibility January 18, 2019
back to childhood January 18, 2019
back to childhood Exploring the incomparable Combining different sensory impressions Concept formation Moving experience Object constancy January 18, 2019
composition January 18, 2019
composition Components and details Different components Tension Observable variables or differences Resolution January 18, 2019
the vocabulary of image and sound January 18, 2019
the vocabulary of image and sound Categories of design: legends, notes, intervals A vocabulary of drawing and music Characteristic, crucial, connecting and marking details Three visual examples of style and scale January 18, 2019
exploring possibility, limitations of imagination http://www.reconstructivism.net/ January 18, 2019
exploring possibility, limitations of imagination 1 Without difference, nothing can be chosen, imagined or realized. 1.1 'Attention' supposes difference. 1.2 'Boundary' supposes a difference of object and context. 1.3 'Variation' supposes different differences. 1.4 'Comparison' supposes equality in difference. 1.5 'Reduction' supposes less difference than impression. 1.6 'Identification' supposes difference of location or occasion. 1.7 'Image' supposes difference of identification 1.8 'Criterion' supposes a chosen difference. 1.9 'Variable' supposes a set 1.10 'Legend' supposes difference in location and attribute 1.11 'Imagination' supposes different reductions … 2 'Change' supposes a difference without denial. 3 'Coherence' supposes duration in change. 4 'Isolation' supposes freedom in coherence. 5 'Selection' supposes consistency in isolation. …. January 18, 2019
conclusion January 18, 2019
conclusion Truth, probability, possibility and imaginability Improbable possibilities Science as design Instruments of imagination Condition and cause Supposition and definition IMAGINATION January 18, 2019