Description

In this episode we talk with Constanza Rojas-Molina and Martin Skrodzki about illustrating mathematics. From pseudonyms and hobbies to careers where their illustrative work is indispensable, we talk about their development as artists and mathematicians and how to encourage others to use their creativity when it comes to mathematics.

A special episode, exploring the relations between mathematics, art and how the two can empower each other and influence research, teaching and public engagement.

There are lots of links for this episode:

• Coni's website (Coni777 on twitter and bluesky)
• Martin's website (he can be found as msmathcomp on most social media)
• Bridges conference and their open-access archive and open-access art gallery
• Journal of Mathematics and the Arts
• Illustrating Maths (IM) website,  it has an invitation to the IM Discord channel on the home page
• Announcements for the upcoming Illustrating Maths seminars
• To attend the one-week IM program at ICERM in Summer 2025, look here
• For the ambitious that want to attend a longer event, here is the information for the trimester at IHP in Paris in 2026
• #Noethember on Coni's website, on The Aperiodical and on the EMS Magazine
• The #MathYear challenge on Coni's website and on the EWM website
• The Blackboard Whisperers, interviews with female mathematicians, by E.A. Casanova aka Coni (here the final interview with Susanna Terracini which is missing at the other link)
• The RAGE of the Blackboard blog, an illustration of the RAGE theorem, and an interview on the project on the AMS blog.
• Chladni patterns: on wikipedia (videos at the bottom of the page) and an illustration
• La misteriosa conjectura de Alicia (comic book's website)
• The MATRIX x Imaginary conference (2026 edition still to be announced)
• The Talking Maths In Public community page

Feel free to leave a comment if you have questions for our guests :)

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Produced by Marcello Seri and Anna de Bruijn

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Illustrations by Henrieke Krijgsheld

The podcast soundtrack is derived from the royalty free track Starving by OctoSound and used in agreement with pixabay license https://pixabay.com/music/funk-starving-170377

We are grateful to the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen for allowing us to use their equipment for this recording.