Math Presentation

The presentation that James Benning gave on Monday was an interesting comparison between two different types of media. Normally I find math to be something that wasn't meant for me, it is frustrating and the concepts don't seem to make any sense. This was different with James Benning's presentation. I still didn't quite get all of the concepts that he was trying to explain but the way he mixed these mathematical equations with his own concepts and ideas seemed to make things a bit clearer. One of these examples was when he told us about the invisible numbers and then continued to say this didn't make sense to him either because that is the same as every other number. His divide by zero example was also interesting in how he actually demonstrated how it was done instead of just saying it would never work. I liked how his demonstration seemed to be about creating a systematic process, which could be applied to making art. This was given in his example with the binary scarf one of his students made. Film making can work similarly to how one would go about doing a math equation. The location and situation will not be the same every time but neither will the equation. Film making has more of a creative process behind it to me than I could ever be able to get out of math, but this could differ for other people. The relationship with the mathematician and the filmmaker is just the process and the way they organize their thoughts and approach different situations and eventually come out with a finished product. Contrary to James Benning I do not find math to be a beautiful thing, this may be because I don't understand it, but after the presentation he gave I have a new outlook at math and how it can be similar to film making.