John Hyatt

Professor, artist/musician/Director of MIRIAD (Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design), Art and Design research and practice, ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity, art.

Art and Science: The Creative Spiral

The paper discusses work that I have made in the past year using a ‘double spiral’ form. These will be oil paintings, watercolours and sound. The works explore the use of the spiral as a root form in human cultures throughout history and across the world. I will touch upon developments in fluid dynamics and quantum theory and suggest that the spiral is one of the most important forms in relation to life.

'I Walk the Path', oils, 1m x 1m, 2007

Underpainting for 'I Walk the Path', oils, 1m x 1m, 2007