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Push it ‘til it breaks: where are the limitations of visual metaphors?
Saturday, January 16 – 4:40 – 5:45pm
B. Push it ‘til it breaks: where are the limitations of visual metaphors?
Art and Science: Visual Metaphors- Glendon Mellow and Felice Frankel
Description: How has our vocabulary of metaphors changed in the wake of scientific inquiry and visualization? This year, let’s take a trip through metaphors in science-based art and discuss how visual representations can enhance understanding, inspire wonder in science and the tension along the Accuracy-Artistic Divide.
Discuss:
You can follow pre-discussions on Glendon’s blog by clicking the scio10art tab.
*Introductory post, showing an example of visual metaphor from art history. -Glendon
*Categories of visual metaphors in science imagery. -Glendon
*Question time! What makes a visual metaphor work? -Glendon
*Push it til it breaks! -Felice
*Anthropomorphizing is fun to say -Glendon
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A great, session, thanks everyone who attended!
Some media about the session:
Ideonexus – Ryan Somma was on hand again this year.
Video – A video discussion with Felice Frankel at the unconference.
Video follow-up – Melina from Extreme Biology followed up the session with a quick q & a with Glendon.
Interview – Melina of Extreme Biology conducted an interview in advance of the conference.
