Hump Flipper (Megaptera novaeangliae)

flipper slapping is an extraordinary sight. who knows why humpbacks do it? To communicate, for fun, to slap off the lice? maybe all of these and more

About Richard Bright

Artist and Writer; Studied Fine Art (BA) and Physics (Bsc); Editor-in-Chief: Interalia Magazine; Founder and Director of The Interalia Centre (founded in 1990 - www,interaliacentre.org), an organisation which addresses the relationship between the Arts, Sciences and Consciousness through innovative conferences, lectures and workshops, establishing a dialogue between art and science at an accessible level. Since The Interalia Centre was founded, it has successfully run 11 International conferences, 2 art/science festivals, "Dialogues" between artists and scientists, "science-in-art" residencies, as well as taking the art/science dialogue into the business environment. Lectured widely on the Art/Science interface, and has also given courses on colour theory and practice, geometry and art, and scientific concepts in early 20th century art. Book publications include – Andy Goldsworthy: Ice and Snow Drawings (Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1992); Susan Derges: River Taw (Michael Hue-Williams, London, 1997); James Turrell: The Elliptic Eclipse (MJH/Cantz Publishers,1999); Strange and Charmed: Science and the Contemporary Visual Arts - contributing chapter: – ‘Uncertain Entanglements: Art and Physics’ (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2000). Shortlisted for the Arts and Business ‘Creative Britons 2000’ Award, and recipient of a Sci~art 2000 award (with Professors John D Barrow and Martin Kemp), for the project ‘Connections in Space: from the Quantum to the Cosmos’ - CD and Website. View all posts with Richard Bright →

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