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Figure 5. Anna Ursyn, “Man” program (© 1987, A. Ursyn. Used with permission.)
For example natural logic defines the mechanics
of biophysics - application of physical laws to
biological systems; models of computation draw
from the analogs of action potentials, biophysical
cells, and membranes consisting of many cells
(IASE, 2012.) As a consequence, our ideas and
concepts about nature, and inspiration coming
from nature change along with our knowledge base,
and so our art works are changing. Art production
may evolve according to the emergence of new
scientific theories. I hope to demonstrate, using
projects described in this topic and other examples,
the reasons for exploring the increasing crossover
between science and art through a biologically
inspired, creative computing process I refer to as
biological translation. Particular chapters of this
topic provide parallel descriptions of the art works
(on the city and rural themes) and of the selected
concepts and processes coming from science (such
as physics or biology). This is aimed at making
translation of common patterns and structures
into visual language.
The semiotic approach to visual rhetoric plays
a crucial role in visual arts (metaphors, open
messages contained in and conveyed through the
art works); design (scissorness of the scissors,
pretenders, misleaders, and informers in product
design); signage production (the design or use of
signs, symbols, and words, which may include
billboards, posters, placards, etc.), and market-
ing (conveying messages through metaphors,
for example, a feeling of power through images
