Off to see this talk tonight and can't wait!!!!
"Macoto Murayama is a digital artist who creates intricate
computer-generated botanical images. Much like a true botanist, Murayama gathers
flowers and dissects them piece by piece, before accurately creating detailed
illustrations of the flowers’ form as geometric and mechanical structures using
3D imaging software. Murayama’s unique botanical blueprints lend themselves to
the fields of architecture and scientific illustration; a cohesion of botanical
art and technology which also reveals the beauty and complexity of
nature.
In this talk, Murayama, who has been conducting research in the UK and visiting various botanical gardens as part of the Metal residency programme, will introduce his findings whilst also exploring the concepts and technological aspects behind his work.
In this talk, Murayama, who has been conducting research in the UK and visiting various botanical gardens as part of the Metal residency programme, will introduce his findings whilst also exploring the concepts and technological aspects behind his work.
Joined in conversation by Nathan Cohen, Artist and Director MA Art and Science, University of the Arts
London, and Lucy Smith, botanical artist/illustrator, they will
together discuss how the ancient tradition of flower illustration, a popular
subject in both Japan and the UK, can evolve in the digital age. Using
Murayama’s unique approach to botany as a starting point, this event will
further explore the way art can be integrated with science in the 21st century
and beyond."
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