Traveling Gallery of Fluid Motion

SPIRALING UPWARDS

Curated by: Natalia Almonte & Nicole Economides
Coordinated by: Azar Panah

 

When: November 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 10 AM - 6 PM
Where: The Leonardo, 209E S, Salt Lake City, UT

Join us for a journey of observation and innovation! Check out our online resources for more engaging content, including physics articles, DIY guidelines, and interviews with the artists and scientists behind the magic.


Articles Exploring the Physics of
Specific Artworks

Fluid Dynamics- As Leonardo Saw Them

Do It Yourself (DIY) Activity Guides


Build Your Own Kite

Interviews with Artists and Scientists


Interview 1 - Space Echo



Get Ready to Experience Art and Science Like Leonardo da Vinci!

We are excited to announce Spiraling Upwards. This is the second exhibition in the Traveling Gallery of Fluid Motion series, which bridges the gap between science and art.  

Following our inaugural show, Chaosmosis: Assigning Rhythm to the Turbulent, held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., this year's exhibition focuses on the intersection of Leonardo da Vinci's studies on fluid dynamics and flight. 

Join us at The Leonardo Museum in Salt Lake City, UT, where we will showcase hand-picked selections from the Gallery of Fluid Motion's archive at the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS-DFD).

This year, the curatorial mission expanded to include artists selected through an open call. Comparable to da Vinci, who was motivated by the spectacle of innovation, just as much as the scientific value of experiments, the artists’ submissions offer a humanistic view on fluid dynamics.  

While the Gallery of Fluid Motion’s authors are mostly scientists working with digital technologies, this exhibition aims to broaden how we process the world. Its purpose, more poetic, emotive, playful, handmade, ordinary, and thought-provoking, is to connect, for example, a water deluge to curls of hair. As artists themselves, the curators have transformed some of the GFM's photographs and videos into objects that take on new life, further highlighting the collaborative spirit between art and science.

Join us for a journey of discovery and inspiration! Check out our online resources for more engaging content, including physics articles, DIY guidelines, and interviews with the artists and scientists behind the magic.

Don’t miss out on this extraordinary experience—see you at The Leonardo!


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Thank you to our sponsors!

This exhibition is proudly supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Physical Society (APS), and local universities and industries such as: Utah State University (USU), University of Utah (UofU), Brigham Young University (BYU), Reaction Engineering International (REI), Utah Valley University (UVU), Weber State University (WSU).