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Vol. 22 No. 2_101 (2018)
Transmedia Narrative and Cultural Industries as Social Dialogue

Varia

Fractals between “La nuit étoilée”, “# 8”, and an eglantine rose: A linguistic insight in transdisciplinarity

Published 2018-06-17

  • Rose Lema
    • ,
  • Rocío Rocío Abascal-Mena
    • ,
  • Gilberto León
    • ,
  • Bernardo Bolaños-Guerra

Rose Lema
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa

Rocío Rocío Abascal-Mena
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa

Gilberto León
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa

Bernardo Bolaños-Guerra
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa

Narrativa transmedia e industrias culturales como di嫇logo social

Abstract

In this essay we first aim to interlace certain structural features between two masterpieces, van Gogh’s “La nuit étoilée” (1889), exhibited at the Musée d’Orsay, and Pollock’s “#8” (1949), currently shown at the Neuberger Museum, in the State University of New York. Secondly, we apply the same features to analyze a natural flower, the eglantine rose (rosa rubiginosa) that usually grows wild in temperate and subtropical climates in Europe as well as in Asia. In order to do so, we draw on basic concepts from chaos theory (Mandelbrot 1982): From fractals, iteration and selfsimilarity. We also resort to Henri Poincaré three-body theory (2007), and to Nicolescu’s manifesto of transdisciplinarity (2002). At the same time we address a series of recent research articles from the fields of physics and mathematics conducing us to find differences and resemblances between the natural flower and both canvases. Finally, we suggest that the intertwining between art, nature and mathematics can also be realized by means of visualizations, metaphors, basic linguistic concepts and etymologies ¾a new bridge between humanities, art and sciences.

Keywords

fractals, visual art, nature, metaphors, linguistics, transdisciplinarity

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