In ‘The Study of Mathematics’, Bertrand Russell wrote: ‘Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty.’ This is the idea underlying Ars Qubica by the Spanish 3D animator and illustrator Cristóbal Vila. A fluid sensory experience that unites music, mathematics, art and design, the video deconstructs patterns and motifs in art to reveal how beauty emerges from ‘geometric skeletons’.
Discover the secret geometry of beauty – the mathematics of form and pattern
Director: Cristóbal Vila
14 August 2015
videoPhilosophy of science
The elegance of mathematics meets the breathtaking complexity of nature
4 minutes
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A brilliant ‘geometric ballet’ of sound, shape and symmetry on the theme of 180°
5 minutes
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Geometric animations form a hypnotic tapestry of minimalist design
2 minutes
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Snowflake formulas, dice odds and other satisfying maths of the everyday
2 minutes
videoMathematics
After centuries of trying, we’ve yet to arrive at a perfect way to map colour
20 minutes
videoBeauty and aesthetics
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which is the fairest rectangle of them all?
2 minutes
videoMathematics
How a verbal paradox shattered the notion of total certainty in mathematics
5 minutes
videoMetaphysics
‘The whole thing is a monstrosity!’ How a symmetry heretic sees the Universe
8 minutes
videoTechnology and the self
Algorithms are opinions, not truth machines, and demand the application of ethics
3 minutes