Clarke was in crucial ways the co-author of "2001: A Space Odyssey". I think it’s important to point out that Kubrick, like most filmmakers, worked collaboratively and that the great futurist, non-fiction essayist and science fiction author Arthur C. What can we take away today from Kubrick’s ability to synthesize various spheres of science and art? Your latest book tackles the making of Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001”, where the director combined groundbreaking special effects with research of paleo-history, space travel and artificial intelligence. I hope that was transmitted to the audience and other award winners there that day. My talk at the awards ceremony itself, in effect, forced me to condense and systematize some of what I’ve been about for the last 10-15 years, and to make linkages between the sciences and the arts that I might otherwise have overlooked, or simply not discussed. It was excellent to meet Jay Kappraff and discuss some of his interests and work, as well as receive an award bearing the name of such a distinguished figure. What did you enjoy most about your visit to NJIT for the 2018 College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards Ceremony? We caught up with Benson afterward to discuss that timely topic at the 50 th anniversary of the theatrical release of Kubrick’s and Clarke’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”.
Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece".īenson’s own career work - which currently includes creating landscape photographs of planets and moons of the solar system using raw image data from planetary science archives - was recently awarded the Inaugural Jay Kappraff Award for Excellence in Science and Arts at NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards Ceremony.Īs part of his keynote speech at the awards, Benson talked about the strong relationship he sees between the visual arts and science. Half a century later, contemporary writer, filmmaker and artist Michael Benson, has authored a new and critically acclaimed account of the film - "Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C.
In a 141-minute cinematic spectacle that would take four years to produce, the two artists uniquely blended aspects of science and art to create a groundbreaking futuristic mythology that is still studied in film schools and debated by global audiences today. Clarke to embark on one of the most ambitious films ever made - “2001: A Space Odyssey”. In 1964, legendary director Stanley Kubrick met with legendary science fiction author Arthur C.
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