I was rather amused by the incidents that Jean and Jacquie describe in which
engineers make art. Is there some principle that says that engineers can't
make art? It is generally agreed that one of the things that separate humans
from animals is that they make art. If cave people could make
Devon arotw:
Is there some principle that says that engineers can't make art?
Not at all, but I think engineers like to have some recogniseable structure
to their work - look at the latest outdoor sculpture just erected in
Manchester B of the Bang. You can see it on:
My husband's engineering school boasts Alexander Calder the maker of the
whimisical mobiles among their alumnae. Add him to the pantheon of engineer
artists.
What DH and his colleagues decided to do was to show that
most of the art being produce in the art department was just
