Okay, so there may be a dash of hyperbole there, but following up on the success of his Exquisite Corpse of Science project (see my previous post), Tim Jones is hatching an ambitious plan to create the world’s largest interconnected montage of drawings representing peoples’ impressions of, aspirations for and concerns about science.
The plan is really simple – and it involves you!
Simply send a sketch of what science means to you to Tim at [email protected], and he will do the rest.
There are some simple rules:
1. Draw – in your own style and without getting hung up on technical or artistic ability – what you think is important about science
2. Anyone can participate – young, old, scientists, science drop-outs, stay at home mums (or dads), janitors, Nobel prize winners, even economists – everyone is welcome.
3. The picture should be connected to points roughly one and two thirds of the way along the edge of the page (each side and top to bottom) – allowing your doodlings to be connected to every one else’s. If this sounds confusing, take a look at the example below.
- Example of an Exquisite Corpse submission – note the points a third and two thirds of the way along each side
4. The picture should be square. It can either be drawn free hand and scanned, or drawn directly on the computer. Either way, it should be 1000 pixels by 1000 pixels large when finished.
5. The final compressed file is smaller than 500 KB.
6. You should sign your art work
7. And if you want – feel free to add an audio commentary.
More details can be found on Tim’s blog – which I would encourage you to read – together with some really good explanations on what on earth all this is about! I’d especially recommend watching the video at the end of the page.
Any questions – pop over to Tim Jones’ blog Zoonomian and post it in the comments section here.
And while I (and Tim) are probably being a little tongue in cheek about this being the biggest science-art project in history, with enough submissions it could be. So be a part of history, and get drawing!!
[Update 7/22/07 – check out my entry here, then feel inspired to grab a pen and produce something better – it won’t be hard :-)]