Last Week, Andrew Modlin, Section 2 Chris
Now that the quarter is over, I can safely say that I really enjoyed this class. Every week had new and exciting information. I have especially enjoyed these last few weeks. Biotechnology, nano-technology, and space are really interesting and I am glad that I got to learn about these areas during my time at UCLA. This is why I thought this class was so different and something new. Every week we learned about different topics that many people would never cover during their regular schedule at UCLA. While I might be a little bias coming from an art background, but I really found all the science to be fascinating.
I think the nano technology week was especially interesting because of Professor Vesna's experience within the field. Since she has done some projects with Dr. Gimzewwski I felt that they had a bond of knowledge that would only be unveiled within this class. It was really interesting to see how art can be connected to these really complex scientific fields. Nano technology especially seeing as how there seem to be a lot of endless possibilities to what can be accomplished with this technology.
Now I do not totally understand the connections to space though. I found the lecture on plasma physics extremely interesting and weird but there was not really a connection to art. My only real suggestion would be to maybe make the class more focused on strong connection using the materials that are being talked about. More so then discussing the apparent problems that artists have with scientists.
While coming into the class I was very convinced that there was a really strong divide between the two cultures. The way everyone talks at UCLA about North and South campus makes it seem like no one gets along but this isn’t really true. There seems to be a lot of connections that can be made with science and many other fields. I was extremely surprised to see a giant buckminsterfullerene as an art piece.
It would be extremely interesting if the class took this knowledge a step further and has us make a projected that combined these aspects of art and science. I think that that would be really unique and would force people to think in ways they have not before. Maybe there could be groups that would come up with projects and then would have to go around campus and find the field for help. I think that would work really well since professor Vesna seems really well connect around campus.
I have especially found myself interested in the last two weeks and I keep finding amazing examples of projects that can be made with these types of sciences. One that I have found to be most impressive is the giant Tesla coils that were presented at Coachella Valley Music Festival. The cactus twins are some of the largest Tesla coils ever built. I saw them for the first time at Coachella and they were extremely beautiful. They were giant towers projecting huge beams of crackling purple light, which both interacted with each other. Not only did I find the light beautiful and amazing but also the sound they gave off was so different that it was also amazing. It was like they were performing electronic music with the interaction of a light show.
On a last side note I really just want to share this art piece with everyone. This artist Damien Hurst has made a carrier out of cutting cows in half and putting them in huge tanks of formaldehyde, basically. But this is from his newest show, showing that some artist can be extremely successfull.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/06/01/skull.art.reut/index.html
I think the nano technology week was especially interesting because of Professor Vesna's experience within the field. Since she has done some projects with Dr. Gimzewwski I felt that they had a bond of knowledge that would only be unveiled within this class. It was really interesting to see how art can be connected to these really complex scientific fields. Nano technology especially seeing as how there seem to be a lot of endless possibilities to what can be accomplished with this technology.
Now I do not totally understand the connections to space though. I found the lecture on plasma physics extremely interesting and weird but there was not really a connection to art. My only real suggestion would be to maybe make the class more focused on strong connection using the materials that are being talked about. More so then discussing the apparent problems that artists have with scientists.
While coming into the class I was very convinced that there was a really strong divide between the two cultures. The way everyone talks at UCLA about North and South campus makes it seem like no one gets along but this isn’t really true. There seems to be a lot of connections that can be made with science and many other fields. I was extremely surprised to see a giant buckminsterfullerene as an art piece.
It would be extremely interesting if the class took this knowledge a step further and has us make a projected that combined these aspects of art and science. I think that that would be really unique and would force people to think in ways they have not before. Maybe there could be groups that would come up with projects and then would have to go around campus and find the field for help. I think that would work really well since professor Vesna seems really well connect around campus.
I have especially found myself interested in the last two weeks and I keep finding amazing examples of projects that can be made with these types of sciences. One that I have found to be most impressive is the giant Tesla coils that were presented at Coachella Valley Music Festival. The cactus twins are some of the largest Tesla coils ever built. I saw them for the first time at Coachella and they were extremely beautiful. They were giant towers projecting huge beams of crackling purple light, which both interacted with each other. Not only did I find the light beautiful and amazing but also the sound they gave off was so different that it was also amazing. It was like they were performing electronic music with the interaction of a light show.
On a last side note I really just want to share this art piece with everyone. This artist Damien Hurst has made a carrier out of cutting cows in half and putting them in huge tanks of formaldehyde, basically. But this is from his newest show, showing that some artist can be extremely successfull.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/06/01/skull.art.reut/index.html
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