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14: London Tsai - The Reclusive Dean of The New Escherians

2019/12/1
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London Tsai: 伦敦蔡认为数学本身比任何艺术形式都更具艺术性和创造性，他将数学的学习过程视为一种自我价值的证明，并将其对数学的理解转化为艺术创作。他将数学世界比作埋藏的宝藏，自己只是在揭示其美丽和深邃，而非创造它。他解释了创作过程中如何将脑海中模糊的数学图像转化为具体的艺术作品，并结合文字和符号来描述其数学内涵。他提到自己受到导师Montserrat Tejidor的影响，以及对纤维丛的兴趣。他还谈到了自己对数学结构的感受，以及儿时关于数学结构的梦境。他认为数学的实践是人类的，而数学本身则更为深邃，是普遍存在的。 Eric Weinstein: Eric Weinstein 认为数学公式如同乐谱，需要被“演奏”才能展现其美，而目前缺少将数学之美转化为艺术形式的途径。他批评 London Tsai 将其数学艺术作品长期封存，未能将其展现给大众。他认为数学宇宙极其丰富，其中一小部分可以通过视觉皮层可视化，而 London Tsai 的作品正是将这些可视化的部分转化为艺术形式。他解释了纤维丛的概念及其在物理学中的应用，特别是主丛在粒子物理学中的作用。他认为数学的符号化表达方式阻碍了一部分人理解数学之美，并提到了“数学成瘾性伤害”的概念。他质疑为什么没有更多人参与到这个数学艺术运动中来，以及这个运动缺乏知名度和展览机会的原因。他认为 London Tsai 的作品能够提供一种超越人类经验的慰藉，并将其作品比作现代的“天使”图像。

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Eric Weinstein introduces London Tsai, a mathematical artist, and discusses the hidden movement of artists incorporating higher-level science into transcendent art forms.

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What happened to the Mathematical and Scientific art movement after MC Escher? It went underground. 

In this episode of the Portal, Eric begins tracking down the leaders of this hidden movement; one that is smuggling higher level science into transcendent art forms. Eric had to coax one the movement’s foremost members, London Tsai, to come out of obscurity where he had been preserving his mathematical art in sarcophagi of unopened bubble wrap sitting for decades in various New York City studios. 

London is just the first of these New Escherians we’ll be profiling. These modern day Prometheans are stealing higher level mathematics from the professorial priesthood replacing the Seraphim and Cherubs of antiquity with topological paintings, protein sculptures, and light symphonies that speak to our hearts, minds and desires for transcendence. The podcast will be released later with video showing a taste of Tsai's groundbreaking work. 

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