A Year in Review
I have really enjoyed my time in this course. DESMA 9: Art Science and Technology is the only design class that I have taken during my three years at UCLA and I was truthfully pleased. Being a neighboring student in the Theater Film and Television program, it was very interesting to gather with fellow students 3 times a week and hear everyones reactions to various art installations. I did learn that no matter how many tired and cranky kids gather into one room at nine o clock in the morning, it is IMPOSSIBLE to come to an agreement about the definition of "art." Which is actually the beauty about the subject.
It is the only subject one can study at this school that is going to be constantly changing and morphing into something new. I feel that everything else is so restrained compared to DESMA in the fact that"art" cannot be defined. Students in design are constantly developing new and original ideas that are going to be constantly changing the ways we perceive art and life. I think that is what makes classes like this so special. I was introduced to so many bizarre ideas that totally have influenced the ways I look at the world. The ideas of Stelarc, Steve Kurtz, Orlan, Tesla, Escher, Mandelbrot and Buckminster Fuller are something that I have never given thought to before this quarter and it excites me to learn about such creative people.
"Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity." - Daniel Barenboim
The work of these amazing artists is pushing the boundaries of art day by day. It gives me inspiration to take new leaps in theater film and television, to produce something new that has never been done before, to look at something from a different perspective and capture creative essence in a way in which other will be inspired to do the same. I think that everyone should be required to take art classes (esp the science majors.) I think it would put a spin on the lab work they are required to do and even evolve into amazing collaborations that could end up developing ideas like the ones i have studied for the past quarter.
I am ending this quarter fully satisfied with the knowledge i have retained. It has been amazing to have the opportunity to take such a interesting course, one in which will affect the way I critique art for the rest of my life.
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder, and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
It is the only subject one can study at this school that is going to be constantly changing and morphing into something new. I feel that everything else is so restrained compared to DESMA in the fact that"art" cannot be defined. Students in design are constantly developing new and original ideas that are going to be constantly changing the ways we perceive art and life. I think that is what makes classes like this so special. I was introduced to so many bizarre ideas that totally have influenced the ways I look at the world. The ideas of Stelarc, Steve Kurtz, Orlan, Tesla, Escher, Mandelbrot and Buckminster Fuller are something that I have never given thought to before this quarter and it excites me to learn about such creative people.
"Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity." - Daniel Barenboim
The work of these amazing artists is pushing the boundaries of art day by day. It gives me inspiration to take new leaps in theater film and television, to produce something new that has never been done before, to look at something from a different perspective and capture creative essence in a way in which other will be inspired to do the same. I think that everyone should be required to take art classes (esp the science majors.) I think it would put a spin on the lab work they are required to do and even evolve into amazing collaborations that could end up developing ideas like the ones i have studied for the past quarter.
I am ending this quarter fully satisfied with the knowledge i have retained. It has been amazing to have the opportunity to take such a interesting course, one in which will affect the way I critique art for the rest of my life.
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder, and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
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