Orateur
Glen Whitney
(Studio Infinity)
Description
Can a public participatory art installation be relevant to the boundary
of current work on unsolved problems? Moreover, the question is also
pertinent in the other direction: should recent research have any
influence on public art? A case study of a Fall 2025 geometric
construction at the University of Colorado, Pueblo will reveal the
positive interactions that can occur: increased exposure and enthusiasm
for mathematics, looking at an existing problem in new ways, and even
developing new software tools that appear to be useful in both pursuits.
Of course, as in any method exploring the boundaries of what we know to
be true or untrue, pitfalls, lurk and we will conclude by examining some
of these as well.
