The Net, by Vassily Kandinsky 1942
Jvillafruela. Tempera on Wood, at the National Museum of Modern Art. Used under CC 4.0 License Kandinsky was one of the early creators of non-objective art.
Renowned art critic Peter Selz once said of art: "Everything is possible". When we look into the night sky, are we not filled with the same sense of infinite possibility? Surely this is the wonder our ancestors felt when they carved representations of constellations onto cave walls.
Art in the Lascaux Caves in France
Attribution: I, Peter80. Used under CC 3.0 license. It was once believed these carvings were simply of animals. It has since been suggested that the carving above actually represents the constellation Taurus. The carving is estimated to be between 16,000 and 20,000 years old.
This week on Hive everyone is invited to express through art that sense of infinite possibility. The starting point for this project will be a blog written by @lemouth about dark matter. The vehicle for expressing our wonder will be a collage created for the LMAC (Let's Make a Collage) community. This art/science project represents a collaboration between two of my favorite communities, LMAC and STEMsocial.
The image from which we will all derive immediate inspiration is presented today on @shaka's blog in the LMAC community and it is also featured in @lemouth's announcement of the contest.
Art and science come together, seamlessly.
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There will be prizes!!! There will be upvotes from both communities, for collages that show sincere attempts to meet the challenge.
Do You Need to Be an Artist?
No! Making a collage is something anyone can do. You don't have to draw or paint. You should use only elements from LMAC's whitelisted sources, or from your own personal photo/art creations. If you use elements from LMAC's unique Image Library, you will receive extra consideration when it comes to voting.
There will be two juries: one from LMAC and one from STEMsocial. Read the respective announcements from each community to be clear about procedures: @shaka's blog and @lemouth's blog.
Are there pictures of dark matter?
No! Dark matter is invisible. But there is evidence of dark matter's effects. If you read @lemouth's blog you will receive all the clues you need to make a collage about this elusive subject.
Artist's Impression of the Expected Dark Matter Distribution Around the Milky Way
Image credit:ESO/L. Calçada http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1217a/ Used under CC 4.0 license.
Remember, your collage will be based on the template picture featured in @shaka's blog today and on @lemouth's blog on dark matter.
If you have any questions about the contest, I'll try to answer. (Don't ask me about dark matter!) You can also ask the experts at LMAC's Discord channel, or STEMsocial's Discord channel.
Please keep in mind the cardinal principle of making collages for LMAC: all elements in the collage must be free of copyright restrictions. Elements taken from our White List satisfy this requirement. If you use elements from LMAC's unique Image Library, you will receive extra consideration when it comes to voting.
Every week we run a contest in LMAC and we invite all of Hive to participate. With this week's LMAC/STEMsocial collaboration, it is hoped that Hiveans will learn about two of the best communities on the platform.
Have fun. Post all entries under @shaka's blog. The entries will not be eligible for the contest unless they are posted there.
