First I want to mention that this post is based on my own interprets about the articles I read and more importantly about the combination of the three texts and their relations.
The point that interests me the most is the process of Investigation about space itself. From ancient times humans could define themselves by the space in which they were located though until the 20th century they cannot think to space as a phenomena.
Space was always the platform based on which other things happened. The space was never subject to change so it can be easily used as a reference to all works; not only scientific, but also artistic. The perspective which was vastly used in renaissance paintings, maintained its presence even to the first years of 20th century. The use of perspective is based on a simple rule; the space is a constant global fact that we can comprehend with our visual consciousness.
In “Space-time” article by Gideon, he mentioned that the whole art movements of the beginning of 20th century tried to redefine and represent the space in a new way. In works of Cubists as an example, the objects and events were not subject of innovation. In fact the space which was once only the blank canvas, became the phenomena that should be explored.
In the very same time, scientists like Einstein were working on space to redefine it. Based on their experimental physic works we know that space and time are not constant. Though the conception of time was more questioned by artists through the history, scientists preferred to consider the time as an objective parameter.
In terms of technology, we meet lots of great works that tried to explore the movement as a simultaneous phenomena which was formerly considered as something happens through the time. This simultaneity also helped Futurist artists as well as Marcel du Champs to create scenes on which an object occupy two or more places at the same time; the statement that seemed to be illogical before that time.
Finally, even though they had their own approaches to the issue, the way the artists and scientists worked just like a multidisciplinary group on such fundamental conceptions like space and time really inspired me.