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Art and science

Akiko Nakayama: the Japanese artist skilled in fluid mechanics

03 Sep 2024

Most paintings are static images created by artists in private. Sidney Perkowitz explores the work of Akiko Nakayama, who uses her feel for the behaviour of fluids to create beautiful dynamic pictures in front of live audiences

A musician and an artist on a large stage in front of an enormous screen showing a painting
Art in action Akiko Nakayama creates paintings in live shows accompanied by music. Here she is shown performing with accompanying musician Eiichi Sawado at the Eternal Art Space. (Courtesy: Haruka Akagi)
Any artist who paints is intuitively an expert in empirical fluid mechanics, manipulating liquid and

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Sidney Perkowitz is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics Emeritus, Emory University, US. Among his latest books are Physics: a Very Short Introduction and Science Sketches: the Universe From Different Angles
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