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Members Meeting – March 2022
March 30, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
MEMBERS MEETING & PROGRAM
Zoom is open at 6:45 for pre-meeting socializing
Business Meeting, 7:00pm
AGENDA
- Welcoming new members
- “Transforming Belmont” grant
- BITS & PIECES at the BGA
- Artist display at 48 Leonard St.
- New member presentations in April
- BAA authors presentation in May
Program, 7:30pm
Father & Son Collaborators
Erik and Martin Demaine Present Their Work
Erik and Martin Demaine are a father-son math/art team. Martin started the first private hot glass studio in Canada and has been called the father of Canadian glass. Since 2005, Martin has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Erik is also at MIT, as a Professor in computer science. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003.
Erik and Martin work together in paper, glass, and other materials. They use their exploration in sculpture to help visualize and understand unsolved problems in science, and in turn, their scientific abilities inspire new art forms. Their artistic work includes curved origami sculptures in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and the Renwick Gallery in the Smithsonian. Their scientific work includes over 60 published joint papers, including several about combining mathematics and art. They won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013 for exploring folding of other materials, such as hot glass.
The Demaine team now has an exhibit of their work at Mobilia Gallery, 348 Huron Ave, Cambridge.
When folded along curved creases, paper shapes itself into a natural equilibrium form. These equilibria are poorly understood, especially for curved creases. We are exploring what shapes are possible in this genre of self-folding origami, with applications to deployable structures, manufacturing, and self-assembly. This transformation of flat paper into swirling surfaces creates sculpture that feels alive.