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Week 9: Space + Art

 This weeks lectures were on Space and Art. This has been a particularly interesting because we are currently in the time of space travel and exploration. One particular piece was the Makrolab. This lab was created to be a mobile laboratory for artists to come and launched electronics into the public sphere (Pelijhan 200). This reminded me of a space shit type pod. Some may not know but there is actually art pieces floating in space. One artist, Azuma actually tied a bouquet to a bunch of flowers and launched it into space 100,000ft in the air (Maldanado 2018). This reminded me of isolated art and the Ice Laboratory where they are creating opportunities for people isolated in the arctic (Kilpisjarvi 2011). This brings out the factor in art that allows it to be isolated while helping or inspiring others.     Space is a very interesting and dark place, we haven't been on the moon since the 1900s. Space exploration is limited however, The Leonardo Space Art Project is changi...
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Week 8: Nanotechnology + Art

     This weeks lectures were on Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology in an essence is a phenomena that takes place at dimensions in the nanometre scale are utilized in the design, characterization, production and application of materials, structures, devices and systems (Scenihr 2006). In nanotech-art scientists become artists by using nanotechnology in their art form. One particular artwork that interested me was Cris Orfescu's "Black Eye NanoOctopus" which was made by a hydrolyzing a tiny drop of a titanium organometallic compound and coating the structure with gold in order to be properly visualized by a scanning electron microscope (Feder 2008).     This also related to one of the readings during this week that exhibited the Perth International Arts Festival. John Cutin's gallery showed different nanotechnology in certain art forms that were quite interesting. Mike Phillips exhibit showed the single skin cell is analyzed with an Atomic Force Microscope to explore...
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Week 7: Neuroscience + Art

 In this weeks lectures we learned about neuroscience and art. This ranged from categories about the nervous system to memory and cognitive recognition. Neuroculture as Giovanni and Suzanne would describe as "the interaction between art and science that offers opportunity to make the scientific community and the public aware of the social and ethical implications of scientific advances in neuroscience" (Giovanni, Suzanne 2009). One particular video I thought was interesting Ramachandaran's Ted Talk video where he explained the different parts of the brain and how brain damage damages the individual (Ramachandaran 2007). In particular, he explained how damages to the brain can cause you to actually forget people's faces. Opposed to not being able to control your brain, Christopher deCharms' Ted Talk explained how people can now control their own brains and reduce chronic pain (deCharms 2008). This not only was shockingly interesting information but opened a lot of ...
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Week 6: BioTech + Art

     This weeks topic is on BioTech and Art. This is one very interesting topic because it combines art with biotechnology. Some current topics such as designer babies can be seen as somewhat biotechnology with art which can cause questions of ethics. In particular, Molly Renda and William H. Dodge corn maze struck my eye. "It viewed not analytical and speculative perspectives and projected never ending possibilities of art" (Renda, Dodge 2019) I thought this was particularly interesting because mazes are only artistic or shown by a pattern from an aerial view. This can be seen as ethical. Biotechnology is different than other art forms, it is physically alive. Bio-artists can be seen as scientists, they spend as much time in the lab as they do in the studio (Miranda 2013). I guess that would be the only thing separating these types of artists, living tools vs objective tools. Dodge, William. Renda, Molly. "Corn Maze" Art 2020 Chin, "Me...
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Event 3: Atmosphere of Sounds

  Proof of Atmosphere of Sounds Webinar     On April 21st I attended Atmosphere of Sounds by Patricia Cadavid that was a thrilling experience to put life in perspective. This webinar explained the colonial times of artwork and specifically the Khipu system which was a system of knots used for recording both statistical and narrative information (Cossins 2018). The colonial times were thought to not have speech, which the tribes such as the Incas used these knots to record information.     Patricia is an immigrant and born in Colombia which inspired her to put her work towards the correlation of colonial times and new age media (Cadavid 2022). This was particularly interesting because she combined the Kipu knots with the electric sound. The most interesting piece was the Kanchay Yupana which is a tangible calculator that is based on certain seeds on boards divided by the sections (Cadavid 2021).  Cadavid, Patricia. "Kanchay Yupana" Patricia Cadavid.net 2021....
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Event 2: Moment of Reflection: Opening Night | Quinn Winter

"Moment of Reflection" Sourced from: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/refik-anadol-s-moment-of-reflection-wows-campus-audience Me at Exhibit              During the evening of April 21 2022, I went to Quinn Winter's Moment of Reflection showing and it was spectacular. It depicted the struggles that American Indian communities felt during COVID-19. The art at first was a big white box with what it seemed to be breathing sand or sand that was changing colors based on mood (Fricano 2). The art was animated to what seemed to be Artificial Intelligence.     This piece reminded me of the AI guys that dance around based on their moods (Simkovic 3). This AI allows art to be beautiful on its own. Creating art with code seems to be a whole different type of art which we can relate to the lectures last week.      The art would have a mind of its own and change colors. They would be called quantum memories from AI (Morozov ...
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Week 4: Medicine + Tech + Art

Wong, Virgil. "Discoveries in Virtual Reality" Virgil Wong 2022. Sourced                                                                                       from: https://www.virgilwong.com/      During this week's lecture about medicine, technology and art, I thought of a couple of different ideas related to the lectures the most. As the professor pointed out, medicine and technology for medicine came out of war because of the constant need for quick rapid aid to soldiers. Specifically, Virgil’s 3D system that can show you what your healthy self looks like. I feel that this is essential for nutrition, health and wellness. This not only promotes self wellness and health but actually is super technologically ad...
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