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EVENT 3

May 31, 2017

EVENT 3: Final Review Study Guide Me at the review These are the notes I took during the presentation: Best of Event Project: -covered the whole event and added some things related to it -did her own research -label on the photos -descriptive subtitles to photos -related the event to what we learned -this is the first event photo on my phone  -best of Midterm Project: -student came and met with the TA b4 she turned it in -by an engineering student—> incorporated his engineering learning into his project -how do robots and superheroes merge -what is a device that an really save you -focused on what it means to have the design and aesthetics work together Vesna: whatever you do in your life you will need to pitch something to somebody at some point -when you learn how to very quickly explain your pitch people call that an elevator pitch -b/c you meet people who are busy so u need to pitch it in an elevator -learning how to very quickly come up

WEEK 8 Blog

May 25, 2017

Art and Nanotechnology It seems to me that each week, we are taught about increasingly impressive technologies. This week’s lecture continued that trend. Dr. Gimzewski’s lectures showed me how shockingly little I knew about nanotech. Before viewing his lectures, I thought nanotech was only a twenty first century innovation and pertained specifically to devices powered by a computer. Well, just about two minutes into his first lecture I learned I was dead wrong about nanotech only being a twenty first century technology. Richard Feynman, known as the founder of the conceptual origins of nanotech, gave a famous lecture in 1959 titled “Plenty of Room at the Bottom”. In this lecture, he discussed the possibilities of what would become to be known as nanotech. Feynman’s lecture inspired waves of new scientists whose work advanced the new field of nanotechnology. In this blog, I will cover the Scanning Tunneling Microscope and specifically Don Eigler’s Quantum Corrals. Diagram

WEEK 7 BLOG

May 21, 2017

Week 7- LSD, COCAINE, ART I believe that the human brain is an intricately beautiful object. Its complexities and capabilities truly amaze me. This weeks unit focused on the mind and the brain. Professor Vesna’s last lecture was centered on neuro-chemicals and specifically drugs. LSD tab art Cocaine began as a medicine. In the early 1880s, pharmaceutical houses touted it as a cure for everything from morphine addiction and depression to dyspepsia and fatigue. It was widely available in tonics, powders, wines and soft drinks before its mass consumption created a large group of raging addicts demanding medical attention. Even Sigmund Freud used and administered cocaine in a medical setting. Frued’s research with cocaine effects was due to a personal reason. Frued wanted to help a friend that had a morphine addiction by using cocaine. After experimenting with the drug, Frued himself became addicted. Frued’s downfall came when

WEEK 6 Blog

May 14, 2017

Bio Tech and Art The combination Biotech and Art creates very complex medium. Professor Vesna began her lecture by explaining that bio technology, genetics, and technology artists have entered into laboratories working directly with biologists and neurologists. These biotech artists usually work with genetics to create their own unique works of art. The reason why I claimed that biotech and art is a very complex medium is for two reasons. First, the works of art usually involve complex and advanced scientific knowledge and techniques. Secondly, biotech and art is a complex medium because of the ethical issues surrounding modification of living things. It is this ethical dilemma that I will explore today. Kac's GFP bunny. Notice how it glows in the dark. Discussions of what is at stake in bio-artworks tend to focus on questions such as: Should artists be allowed to meddle with life? What are the potential implications of artists letting laboratory life forms into the e

Event 2

May 09, 2017

mnemoawari Me with Joteva. I am in the hat and glasses. E. Joteva’s mnemoawari was a very interesting exhibit. Mnemoawari is a three day performance centered around awareness, dreaming, and memory. The exhibit was organized into 3 different stages that represented the past, present, and future. Present : A cryo-sculpture. The ball is frozen and the melted water drips into the hole. The present was represented by three hanging “cryo-sculptures”. These cryo-sculptures were suspended balls of what appeared to be plants, flowers, and mushrooms. These balls were cryogenically frozen. As they hung, they would slowly melt. As the melted, the interior of the ball would be slowly revealed. The water would drip into a collection area. A loud speaker would project the sound of the water dripping over the whole exhibit. These melting balls represented the present because they were in the process of transformation. They exist in their current state; the present. I asked J

MIDTERM PROJECT LINK

May 07, 2017

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Week 4 Blog

April 30, 2017

Week 4: Art, Medicine, Technology The common ancestor between this weeks topics of Art, Medicine, and Technology is curiosity. Humans have always been obsessively curious about the workings of the human body. Professor Vensa stated in her lecture that “human dissection marks point where art and medicine really combined”. Human dissection created a better understanding of the workings that led to medical advances like Andreas Vesalius’ book “De humani corporis fabrica”. As medical technology advanced, artists were inspired by the new understanding and technology. ORLAN reading during one of her performances. ORLAN would read aloud during her surgeries as part of her performance art. One of these artists is ORLAN. ORLAN used plastic surgery on herself as a part of her body performance art. ORLAN used her body as a canvas and surgeons knives as her brush. In one performance, she took the most beautiful aspects of women in famous classical paintings. For instance

EVENT BLOG ONE

April 22, 2017

Linda Weintraub’s lecture On Tuesday night, I attended Linda Weintraub’s lecture at the Broad Art Center. Weintraub spoke on the randomness of nature, eco materialism and contemporary art. While I did enjoy her own work presented later in the lecture, this blog will focus more on the artists Weintraub presented towards the beginning of her lecture. Selfie I took at the conclusion of the lecture. This was during the questions portion. At the top is the timestamp of when I took the photo. Weintraub presented many different artists and with each one discussed the idea of artists being separated from their art. Maybe because I just had never thought of separation between art and artist or maybe because she started off talking about drone strikes, but I was fascinated by her presentation. I remember Weintraub used this photo for her slideshow, but I didn't get a photo of it. Notice the total disconnect between the subject of the photo and how it is viewed. T

WEEK 3 Robotics and Art

April 21, 2017

The emergence of mass media has altered human history and culture. The power of mass media originated with the invention of the printing press. For the first time in history, printed works were able to be mass produced and distributed. As the power and importance of movable text became apparent, technologies that could easily distribute information large groups advanced. Each new media technology revolutionized communication and increased the effect media has on society. From here I will focus on two aspects of society media effects; Art and Culture Culture Marshall McLuhan believed that the invention of movable type “was the decisive moment in the change from a culture in which all the senses partook of a common interplay to a tyranny of the visual.” McLuhan is referring to how the emergence of media like newspapers, film, radio, and photography shifted our culture to one dominated by visual stimulation. Currently, our culture is completely dominated b

WEEK 2 Art and Math

April 14, 2017

Art and Math have a symbiotic relationship. Both fields are closely related and intertwined in their origins and development. Similarly, math and science are also closely related. Math and science both have a right and wrong answer, while art is open to the artist’s interpretation. On the surface it may not seem that art, math, and science could be closely related, but upon further examination it becomes obvious. Al-Haytham: Father of modern physical optics One of the earliest examples of the connection between art and math comes from the medieval scholar Al-Haytham. Al-Haytham wrote a book called “The Book of Optics” that transformed how light and vision were understood. Al-Haytham’s work had a major influence on later renaissance artists especially in the revolution of proportion and perspective. One of these renaissance painters was Brunelleschi who used mathematical formulas and principles to scale and add depth to his works. Alberti wrote “De Pictura” which combined

Week 1 - Two Cultures

April 07, 2017

In CP Snow’s The Two Cultures; and A Second Look, Snow presents two statements that he believes should hold equal importance: "I know what the Second Law of Thermodynamics is" and "I have read a play of Shakespeare’s”. Although I understand his point of view, I believe that Art and Science cannot shouldn’t exist completely together to form one culture. To achieve the ideal “Third Culture” that Victoria Vesna refers to in her work titled Toward a Third Culture: Being in Between , Art and Science must instead live alongside one an another in a mutually beneficial relationship. This idea draws striking similarities to our current polarized political landscape. I am truly a centrist; believing in right wing fiscal policies and left wing social policies. I believe that my political views are similar to Vesna’s “Third Culture”. With the election of President Trump and the subsequent backlash from the left, it only reinforces the idea of two separated cultures. Ju

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