PHILIP ESTRADA
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COLORS AND SHAPES

COLORS AND SHAPES

COLORS AND SHAPES

CAN DATA EVER BE FREE OF BIAS?

For this project students used data which they collected in Math 4 to determine the shape of sculptures that they fabricated in Physics. They each proposed two sculptures and ultimately collaborated with a partner to realize one of them.

LINK TO SYLLABUS.
LINK TO STUDENT WORK.
​LINK TO TEACHER THOUGHTS.

Sculpture 1: Alex Calder inspired Wall Sculpture

With this wall sculpture students will transform their data into dimensions and relationships between shapes to make an engaging assembly.

In my example, I drew heavy inspiration from a work of Alex Calder, but transformed the interior shapes. The black/red rectangle has a perimeter equal to 66% of the perimeter of the blue rectangle and the white/yellow rectangle has a perimeter equal to 54% of the perimeter of the blue rectangle. These correspond eligible voter participation in 2000 (54%) and 2020 (66%). 
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Alex Calder, Blue Panel, 1936
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Philip Estrada, Blue Panel, 2021
Sculpture 2: Isamu Noguchi inspired lanterns
By making a lantern whose profile is informed by data from math, students will express information from their research in political data in a volumetric way. Our inspiration for this object is Isamu Noguchi

​The lanterns transform linear data into a rotated volume. At right is my proposal model, the full scale version will be much larger. 
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Isamu Noguchi, Akari UF4-L6, 1951
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Philip Estrada, Akari Proposal, 2022
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  • Projects
    • Shift
    • Ritual
    • Colors and Shapes
    • Tensegrity
    • Lakeview Cut
    • Second Nature
    • It Gets Funkier
    • Making Space
    • Rotational Volumes
    • Changed By Chairs
    • Gearboxes
    • Pendulums
    • Microscopic Images
    • Inspraytion
    • 60 Word Short Stories
    • PBL Illustrations
    • Foundations Podcast
    • Inclusive Strategies Podcast
  • Helpful Links
    • Critique Questions
    • Lasercutting
    • Drawing Models
    • Honors
  • Blog
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