Comments on: WWWTP? – MORE University Decorations

By: Lyle Langley

Lyle Langley — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:48:49 +0000

OMG, another stick up his ass chemist I see. *We are so much smarter than anyone else, I get it.* News flash, these are not REAL, they are just pictures. I know, I get it, nobody better ever take any liberties when it comes to chemistry – the Cosa Nostra is out in full force, watch out, knees will be taken out. Again, if these are written by a professor in a course, then for shame. Otherwise, it’s not a learning tool.

By: See Arr Oh

See Arr Oh — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:11:27 +0000

But chemistry IS. Sorry. Atoms only bond and bind in certain ways, and artists, no matter how hard they try, can’t make that change with a few extra lines.

By: Lyle Langley

Lyle Langley — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:48:47 +0000

Depending on intent. Art is not meant to be literal.

By: irii

irii — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:44:38 +0000

santi >> now that you say that, it reminds me that I have seen something like that actually. A very big art installation, text of a long document, multiple spelling mistakes, no spaces between the words. I have no pictures, but yes it was quite difficult to read what it said.

By: Santi

Santi — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:32:26 +0000

Lyle, imagine something like this :
Somewhere in a Humanities building, someone found it more aesthetically pleasing to put a text with lots of spelling mistakes.
Would you find that normal? I would find that irking.
The same happens here, IMO.

By: Lyle Langley

Lyle Langley — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:57:29 +0000

Well, you do keep trying Hap, I’ll give you that. The door in question is outside a conference room. The random public tour State university buildings all the time, whether it be prospective students and family or just Joe Q. Public (I hear he’s very nice as well). And more, importantly, the random public pay for the university, so, hence, it’s a public place.

Keep trying…I love the internets…

By: Hap

Hap — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:09:58 +0000

I’m guessing if the random public walks into a chem lab, security will be called. So, no.

By: Lyle Langley

Lyle Langley — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:53:41 +0000

“Art in museums or public areas is taken as having an artistic purpose – in private areas, it generally is taken as serving the interests of the occupants or owners.”

Iowa STATE University – seems pretty public to me…

By: Hap

Hap — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:24:55 +0000

Architecture is for the use of the people inside. The primary purpose (despite what architects seem to think) is to make buildings that fit the needs of the people inside. Since the art is there for that purpose (and it’s a school, on top) then the expectation is that the art serves a pedagogical purpose. Art in museums or public areas is taken as having an artistic purpose – in private areas, it generally is taken as serving the interests of the occupants or owners.

All >that art teaches is that one can get paid without knowing what one is doing, correctness doesn’t matter if you have the right friends, and taking the time to know what you’re doing and doing it correctly is overrated. Unless you’re looking to recruit financial engineers, I’d say it isn’t doing what the school would like it to (or maybe it is – financial people probably have more money to give back to the school after graduation than chemists or chemEs).

By: Lyle Langley

Lyle Langley — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:39:33 +0000

Sorry, you’re both sticks in the mud. If a professor puts this on the board in a class, shame on him. Anything else is for architectural or artistic purposes. Stop being a d-bag. “Well, when I walk into a science building, there damn sure better be nothing, and I mean nothing but accurate depictions of molecules….harumph.”