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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 1). This was pretty mind boggling because I've never seen art like this even though we view it everyday on our television or computer screen.

Morozov, Alex "Quantum Memories" Refikandol 2020. Sourced                                                                                      from: https://refikanadol.com/works/quantummemories/

    This reminds me of NFT's because they are digital art and one of ones that go for thousands of dollars as currency. They explain why people are confused because NFT's are the first real "buyable digital art" (Chow 3). Which makes sense because digital allows for replicas, but making them one of one does not.


Morozov, Alex "Quantum Memories" Refikandol 2020. Sourced                                                                                      from: https://refikanadol.com/works/quantummemories/


























Works Cited

Chow, Andrew. "NFT's Are Shaking Up The Art World - But They Could Change So Much" Time                            Magazine 2021. Sourced from: https://time.com/5947720/nft-art/
Fricano, Mike. "Dazzling multimedia art installation inspires personal contemplation among campus                        community" UCLA Newsroom. 2022. Sourced from: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/refik-                    anadol-s-moment-of-reflection-wows-campus-audience
Morozov, Alex "Quantum Memories" Refikandol 2020. Sourced                                                                                      from: https://refikanadol.com/works/quantummemories/
Simkovic, Michal. "Creating Art With Code" HackerRank 2019 Sourced                                                                        from: https://www.hackerrank.com/blog/creating-art-with-code/#:~:text=Code%20art%20
Gomez, Alex. "Why Are NFT's So Valuable?" Cyber Scrilla 2022. Sourced                                                                    from: https://cyberscrilla.com/why-are-nfts-so-                                      valuable/#:~:text=NFTs%20are%20valuable%20because%20they,painting%20remains%20irreplaceable                        %20and%20unique

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