This past October, at the SPACE poster unveiling, over 60 students and teachers from all programs had a riveting discussion about this year’s theme: EXPLORING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE SENSES. Continue that exploration with…

SPACE Talks
Three fascinating guest speakers and discussions.
Three nights, in February and March.

The first talk will be given by Juan Gomez-Perales:

DRAWING IN 4 DIMENSIONS: Perceptions of the worldline

with a discussion to be held on the general theme of THE SENSES AND THE ARTS. The event will take place:

Thursday, February 11
6:00-7:30 pm
5B.13 (Boardroom)
Refreshments will be served
All are welcome.

About the speaker:

Juan L. Gomez-Perales is a sculptor, installation and digital media artist. He was born in 1957 in Madrid, Spain. He has earned undergraduate degrees in Architecture and Fine Arts from the University of Manitoba and a Masters degree in Fine Arts from the University of Victoria. Juan has been teaching art since 1983 and has lived in Montreal since 1988. He has exhibited his artwork internationally and has received numerous awards and artist grants. Juan teaches in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University and the Fine Arts Department of Dawson College.

Juan on recent work:

“Recently my artistic research has been directed towards both historical and contemporary theoretical physics, astronomy and cosmology. I have come to recognize that theoretical physicists and artists can share a similar creative methodology as well as an acknowledgment in the role of aesthetics in their respective work. My interest in the aesthetics of science is certainly linked to the body of work represented by The Hunger of the Starlings, and by the end of that period I was spending almost as much time in the chemistry lab and at the still as I did in the studio.

My attraction to physics and astronomy was initially fueled by three things; seeing Saturn’s rings in a backyard telescope, recognizing a sense of beauty in Johannes Kepler’s third law and by acknowledging an affinity with the second law of thermodynamics. But it was really after reading Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Systems that I felt that I had found a change in direction for my work.

Theorectical physics describes some very complex ideas, much of which can never be “seen”. It is these concepts that form my inspiration as an artist.

Examples which reflect some of the ideas Juan is currently working with can be found on his website:
www.gomezperales.com