Event #3 Blog 

Artist of gallery Maru Garcia Background 

For this week’s event I attended the Maru Garcia 'vivarium' opening at the CNSI gallery. This gallery was a bit different from what I expected, I thought to see paintings hung from the walls but when I walked into the room, there were two projector screens one focused on the two domes with living organisms inside, in the middle of the room. At first glance, I thought the domes just had plants but by the corner of my eye I saw a human being inside one of the domes. I was really confused when I saw this person in the dome. I had no idea how this correlated to our class material. After I did some research on the Artist, I noticed her main focus was to interaction between humans and nature. The way she portrayed this interaction was through the correlation between art, science, and technology. 

Me and the main art piece 

This gallery intersects greater with the topics we are currently learning in class. For example, performance artists having live audiences as they performed medical procedures on themselves. (Medicine pt3) This gallery was similar because of the person that was inside the dome and was being filmed showing every move he made. Another correlation I found from this gallery with our class was, the intersection between art and science. Since the beginning of science research, artists have worked closely together with scientists in order to document specific events or organs of the human body. Like artists. who draw pictures related to science, Garcia did exactly the same through her art piece. She showed the interaction humans have with nature. If it wasn’t for those plants the man was eating inside the dome he wouldn’t be able to survive. Just like that person inside the dome we are also inside a dome expect our dome is bigger, our dome is earth.  When I made this correlation about the person inside the dome is a simpler version of us on earth I was fascinated. No one mentioned anything or said a single word yet through that art piece I was able to see the correlation. 

After attending this event, I believe it will help me on my final project. I will be able to use this to show and give a vivid example about the correlation between science, technology, and art, but at the same time relate it to our daily lives since without these three we wouldn’t be able to function as a society. Each of these impacts our daily lives and also keeps everything in balance. I definitely would have recommended this event to my fellow peers. Even though it was something unusual, it definitely changed my perspective, not to judge but instead be open to try new things. All in all, it was a great experience and something I will never forget from my college experience.

            

The second Dome with no one inside 

References

Garcia, Maru. ‘Vivarium’ 10 May 2018, California Neuroscience Institute 5 floor, Los Angeles, CA. Gallery 

Uconlineprogram. Medicine pt3. YouTube. April 22, 2012. Length 21:19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIX-9mXd3Y4

Uconlineprogram. Medicine pt1. YouTube. April 21, 2012. Length 12:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep0M2bOM9Tk

Extra Credit Blog #2

Main Art piece  

The last event I attend was “Coyotes in Two Directions”, by artist Sarah Brady which was held in the same room as the exhibit “Virvarium” by artist Maru Garcia. Before I entered the room, I was wondering if it would be something similar to Maru Garcia exhibit. But once I entered I saw something I was not expecting an art piece that would robotically move. I believe one of the main differences from this room that makes all the art pieces look different is the lighting. Lighting has a huge impact on how certain art pieces are shown and the perspective it gives. The center art piece consisted of 6 arms with eagle talons at the end. It would robotically move. I was lucky enough to be able talk to the artist and she gave me some background. Brady said that her inspiration for this piece revolved around eagles and how they fly so high up and dip down so low to catch there pray. This art piece reminded me of Garcia art with the human inside of the dome, these art pieces are very similar in the sense that both of them related to life experiences and consisted of moving parts. 

One thing that I thought connected to this exhibit was biotechnology and art, specifically Eduardo Kats Alba bunny (5bioart pt.1). I felt this art exhibit connected to Alba because they both consisted of real animals which were integrated to art. One used robots as a form of art and the other use gene mutation to make an art piece. Of course, one of these art forms is more acceptable than the other but both were considered art. 

Biotechnology and Art (ALBA) 

My good friend Pam and I 

Attending this event allowed me to see robotic art hands on. I had never seen any art exhibits first hand which were related to robotics, but it was a great experience. This art exhibit allowed me to realize the amount of time and elegance it takes to make it work perfectly. I believe it will help me in wiring my final essay because I can relate It to my main idea about robots in the medical field. Both robots in the medical field and Brady art exhibit show the precession and accuracy robots have working in virous scenarios. I definitely would have recommended this event to my fellow peers to see robotics art hands on. Not only that but the one on one time you could have had interacting with the Brady herself which is rare in many art exhibits now in days. This event is Definity one to remember specially because I was acting like a little kid who had never seen such art pieces. 

References 

Brady, Sarah. “Coyotes in Two Directions” 7 June 2018, California Neuroscience Institute 5 floor, Los Angeles, CA. Gallery. 

Garcia, Maru. ‘Vivarium’ 10 May 2018, California Neuroscience Institute 5 floor, Los Angeles, CA. Gallery 

uconlineprogram. 5 Bioart pt1. YouTube, YouTube, 18 Sept. 2013, Length 15:04.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaThVnA1kyg.

Week 9 Blog 

“The Power of the Powers of Ten.”

This fascination of space and the world around us has always been a big topic at hand. This week I read about multiple blogs and organizations that are working towards funding the vast interests of space. I read, Powers of Ten blog, Leonardo’s Space Art Project, Coded Utopia, and Artic Perspective Initiative which all related back to the correlation between space and nanotechnology. I never made this correlation between space, nanotechnology, and literature until this week. One thing that stood out to me from the blog, Coded Utopia was. “Moving away from the creation of recognizable work, an art becomes an experimental territory for producing subjectives.” (2009). I found this interesting because I thought it related back to the robotics lecture and the idea of individuality and originality fading away. (Benjamin, Walter). Another thing that correlated to this was the reading Power of Ten. This blog related back to the video which showed the different aspects of using the multiples of 10. (Power of Ten) This serves as a reality check to show the huge world around us like outer space. 

 “60,000 Miles up: Space Elevator Could
Be Built by 2035, Says New Study.”

One quote I found that correlated to literature and space was from Leonardo Space Art Project by B.E. Johnson, “Knowledge- technology and the recording of it and the expression of it is the most important gift to our future and to our heritage. This quote is important because every single technological advancement made today will impact the future generations. Just like literature impacted space travel. For example, Author Arthur C. Clarke and his book “The foundations of Paradise”, which was written in 1982 about an elevator that con transport humans up to space.  Science fiction literature, shapes space travel by making these ideas a reality and then scientist execute these new ideas presented through literature. After Clarke came up with this idea of an elevator, a scientist name David Smith is now making plans for this elevator in the future (8Spacept1). 

“Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow? 

Nanotechnology and space is also correlated, as they found Bucky balls which are helium found on meteors. (8Spacept1).  This idea of mining meteors is also being worked on in order to use all its natural resources needed on earth. (8Spavept6). It is fascinating how throughout the course topics I was unaware about correlate so much with each other. Especially this week’s topic about nanotechnology and literature which help shape space travel itself. 

References

“An Eames Office Website.” Powers of Ten Blog, blog.powersof10.com/.

Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Prism Key Press, 2010.

 “CODED UTOPIA.” Continental Drift, 18 May 2009, brianholmes.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/coded-utopia/.

EamesOffice. “Powers of Ten™ (1977).” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Aug. 2010, Length, 9:00. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0.

Leonardo Space Art Project Visioneers, spaceart.org/leonardo/vision.html.

“Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow? - Room: The Space Journal.” Room, The Space Journal, room.eu.com/article/space-mining-the-reality-of-tomorrow.

“The Power of the Powers of Ten.” Design Thinking, designthinking.ideo.com/?p=1043.

Templeton, Graham. “60,000 Miles up: Space Elevator Could Be Built by 2035, Says New Study.” ExtremeTech, 20 Nov. 2014, www.extremetech.com/extreme/176625-60000-miles-up-geostationary-space-elevator-could-be-built-by-2035-says-new-study.

uconlineprogram. “8 Space pt1 1280x720.” YouTube, YouTube, 29 July 2013, Length, 8:11. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZIqTR332l8.

uconlineprogram. “Space pt6.” YouTube, YouTube, 30 May 2012, Length, 8:17. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYmOtFjIj0M.