Regina Bittencourt
Although our culture has two separate disciplines for mathematics and
art, I believe that mathematics is of a unique intrinsic beauty. And
it is what I wanted to show when making each artwork: expressing the
beauty of a curve, the game of algorithms and how the organization of
numbers can form algebraic surfaces.
This year I made what we call Ygrographies; we did several tests using
different types of fluids, supports and pressing techniques to make
artistic paintings.
Mathematics is always beautiful.
Ygrography: painting made by applying fluids of different
viscosities, pressed on a plane of various porosities, in what is
called Hele-Shaw flow. It is a technique whereby laminar flow
between closely spaced parallel plates simulates potential flow
when viewed from above the plates. It is a physical process
supported by mathematical models described in the paper
“Ygrography, Creating Artworks by means of Hele-Shaw’s Fluxes”,
presented at this conference. In this case, I applied axial
pressure in different orientations on cardboard treated with three
coats of primer. I was inspired by coral reefs.