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Geometry Playground: Passionately Curious (Clip)

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00:04:22

For John Edmark, geometry is a foundation for creating beauty. Here he explains his interest in unexpected natural phenemona, and how visitors to his kaleidoscopic piece, The Geometron, can turn simple shapes into surprisingly intricate patterns of reflection.

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Date: September 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: geometry, geometron, reflection, kaleidoscope, art, john edmark

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Geometry Playground: It Feels Wonderful (Clip)

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00:04:22

Master weaver Stacy Speyer explains how her relationship to math morphed from casual curiosity into an intensive study of the multifaceted shapes known as polyhedra. After re-creating these fundamental geometric forms in different materials, she developed her own variations and juxtapositions.

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Date: September 3, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: stacy speyer, math, geometry, polyhedra

Geometry Playground: Beauty Is A Way In (Clip)

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00:04:34

Tauba Auerbach talks about randomness, the unity of art and science, and the way her Geometry Playground piece uses the beauty of geometry to draw visitors into a zone of comfort with math and their own artistic capabilities.

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Date: September 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: randomness, tauba auerbach, art, science, geometry, spirograph

Geometry Playground: Geometric Threads (Clip)

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Amy Williams, chair of Fashion at San Francisco's California College of Arts encourages the creative spirit of her students through creation of opulent gowns, made in a day with just pattern makers tissue and tape. The result is not only an education for students, but also a playful and performative experience in the process of fashion creation.

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Date: August 10, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, general science,

Keywords: art, design, geometry, playground, fashion, triangles, patterns, amy williams

Geometry Playground: Exhibition Preview (Clip)

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00:01:22

In June, 2010, the Exploratorium will launch it's newest exhibition, Geometry Playground. Check out this teaser clip and come back for more on June 25th, 2010.

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Date: April 7, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: geometry playground, math, science, light traces

More about the Exploratorium website: Geometry Playground
	In these videos, artists involved with Geometry Playground discuss the relationships among art, geometry, and science.


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