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Une artiste rend hommage aux femmes scientifiques dans une magnifique série de posters

1 Août 2018

Une artiste rend hommage aux femmes scientifiques dans une magnifique série de posters

Il y a eu Marie Curie, et puis les autres. Une artiste américaine met en lumières les femmes scientifiques du présent et du passé dans une série de superbes collages.

Les femmes sont souvent les grandes oubliées de l'Histoire. Si certaines artistes et auteures leur rendent hommage dans des ouvrages – comme "Les Culottées" de Pénélope Bagieu –, celles qui ont marqué les époques sont souvent bien moins mises en lumière que leurs équivalents masculins. La neuroscientifique et designer Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya a décidé de faire honneur aux femmes scientifiques à travers de très belles affiches. 

Le projet, baptisé "Beyond Curie" ("au-delà de Curie", en français), est une série de 40 portraits colorés réalisés à partir de collages, pour (ré)apprendre à connaître les scientifiques, mathématiciennes et autres astronautes de notre Histoire. Dévoilé à l'occasion de la Marche pour les sciences en avril dernier, il s'est depuis considérablement étoffé.

De Valerie Thomas à Margaret Ann Bulkley en passant par Grace Hopper ou Kalpana Chawla, toutes ont leur place dans ce Panthéon numérique. Chaque œuvre est accompagnée d'un texte relatant les vies de ces pionnières, pour mieux comprendre leur importance dans les découvertes d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. 

Lots of badass ladies in astronomy today!  Vera Rubin was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She found a discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves. Basically she found that things in far reaches of a galaxy rotated at the same speed as things near the center, an unexpected phenomenon called the galaxy rotation problem. A possible explanation was dark matter, that there was more matter in a galaxy than anyone could see. So she is best known for discovering evidence of dark matter. She transformed modern physics and astronomy and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1993 by President Clinton for her work. . . . Support a badass lady in STEM today! Link in bio.  Beyondcurie.com. Only 40 hours until the Kickstarter ends! . . #astronomy #verarubin #darkmatter #physics #design #science #womeninstem #womeninastronomy #womeninscience #badass #ladyboss #galaxy #rotation #scienceiscool #girlpower #creativity #pioneer #discovery #twitter #make100 #stemfem

Une publication partagée par Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya (@alonglastname) le 12 Mars 2017 à 5 :43 PDT

Today's #badassladyboss is YouYou Tu. She is a Chinese pharmacologist who won the Nobel Prize in 2015 for her discovery of artemisinin, a compound used to treat malaria, isolated from the sweet wormwood plant often found in Chinese Traditional Medicine. When others wanted to abandon the research, she found a solution in a millennium-old recipe. She also first tested the compound on herself! She has saved millions of lives with her groundbreaking work and is often referred to as the professor of 3 no's: no post-graduate degree, no research abroad experience and no affiliation with any Chinese national academies. You do you, woman  . . . Support a badass lady in STEM today! Link in bio  . . #youyoutu #beyondcurie #twitter #science #design #pharmacology #malaria #arteminsinin #rbc #sweetwormwood #badass #pioneer #nobelprize #creativity #chinesemedicine #allin #treatment #make100

Une publication partagée par Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya (@alonglastname) le 27 Févr. 2017 à 5 :24 PST

Happy Galentine's Day! What's not to love about the inimitable #badassladyboss Grace Hopper. She was an American computer scientist and US Navy Rear Admiral. She's often referred to as the Admiral of the Cybersea or "Amazing Grace" for her many computing innovations. After earning her PhD in mathematics from Yale in 1934, she enlisted in the Navy and graduated first in her class and began working on the Mark I computer. In 1949, she recommended that a new programming language be developed using entirely English words, but was told very quickly that she couldn't do this because computers didn't understand English. Her idea wasn't accepted for 3 years. But by 1952, she had an operational compiler, A-0. That shut down the naysayers. A compiler is a computer program that converts code written in a language that programmers can understand to 0s and 1s for the computer to understand. She is also known for popularizing the term "computer bug" after she found an actual moth trapped in the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator and deemed the machine "debugged" after retrieving the insect. Grace also developed the implementation of standards for testing computer systems and components for early programming languages like COBOL and FORTRAN. Her awards are many including the National Medal of Technology and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The USS Hopper, nicknamed Amazing Grace is on a very short list of US military vessels named after women. A few days ago Yale announced that it is renaming Calhoun College after her. Grace Hopper believed in taking chances and the potential of young people. To quote her: the most important thing I've accomplished, other than building the compiler, is training young people. . . . Support a #badass lady in STEM today. Link in bio . . #beyondcurie #make100 #math #womeninstem #stemfem #womeninengineering #computerscience #gracehopper #bug #debugging #creativity #design #womeninmath #navy #cyberspace #admiral #computer #compiler #data #processing #twitter #pioneer #badass

Une publication partagée par Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya (@alonglastname) le 14 Févr. 2017 à 11 :13 PST

"'Beyond Curie' est la célébration de 40 femmes badass, dont 16 d'entre elles ont d'ailleurs reçu un Prix Nobel en physique, chimie, médecine ou physiologie", explique Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya sur son site. "Nous leurs devons du respect." Elle-même diplômée en neurosciences, l'artiste souhaite donc à la fois rendre hommage à ces icônes trop peu reconnues, mais également "donner envie aux jeunes femmes" de se lancer dans une carrière scientifique, en leur montrant que c'est envisageable. 

Actuellement, le projet est exposé au Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh en Caroline du Nord. Mais pas de panique, si vous ne pouvez pas vous déplacer jusque là-bas pour voir en vrai ces affiches, vous pouvez toujours vous en procurer les répliques via le site web de "Beyond Curie". 

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a British chemist who developed protein crystallography, for which she won the Nobel Prize in 1964. She revolutionized research with her advanced technique, which allowed her to determine the 3-D structures of biomolecules. Her most influential discoveries are the confirmation of the structure of penicillin and structure of vitamin B12. In 1969, after 35 years of work, she also deciphered the structure of insulin. Her work was described by her contemporaries as being as significant as "breaking the sound barrier". But she didn't stop at figuring out the structure of insulin, she continued research on insulin and travelled the world giving talks about its importance in diabetes. She was the third woman to win the Nobel Prize and among her numerous accolades also remains the only woman to ever receive the Copley Medal by the Royal Society. . . . Check out more badass ladies at BeyondCurie.com  . . #twitter #beyondcurie #science #womeninstem #stemfem #design #creativity #insulin #b12 #penicillin #copleymedal #nobelprize #xray #crystallography

Une publication partagée par Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya (@alonglastname) le 12 Avril 2017 à 9 :38 PDT

En parallèle de son art,  Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya a également lancé Atomic by design, une marque de vêtements pour les jeunes femmes, inspirée des "118 éléments chimiques qui constituent notre monde". Aussi, elle vient d'achever "Together We", une immense fresque à Atlanta en collaboration avec les jeunes de la ville. Rien que ça. 

The ‘Together We’ mural process in pictures, starting with the finished product. Swipe til the end and you’ll see the condition of the wall starting out, and my forlorn face as I realize how big a job it was going to be to scrape it, prime it and paint it since it was 5x the size of our original wall. Feeling really grateful that this 25’ x 55’ bright spot was cocreated with the @heychopart youth and that we were able to provide this opportunity for them to make a visible lasting mark in their city. It has been a privilege to guide them through the design process from start to finish. #atlanta Go see it at 115 Peachtree St SW! . . . . #mural #process #paint #making #togetherwe #finished #collaboration #cocreate #design #color #rising #youth #community #we #design #artistsoninstagram #womeninart #womenatwork #boss #potential #type

Une publication partagée par Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya (@alonglastname) le 24 Juil. 2018 à 10 :04 PDT

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