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Unit 9: Space + Art

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Space + Art Space is beautiful, the concept of space automatically brings on a mindset of wondering. Yes, space is mesmerizing, but it is still somewhat of an unknown to us on earth. There are thousands of planets outside of our solar system, nearly 1800 new worlds, 3,000 that are still waiting for confirmation. Although we are beginning to learn more and more through technological development, do we truly know what is out there? Are we the only living beings in this galaxy? Are there other habitable planets? How big is the actual galaxy? These are questions that we haven't yet figured out answers to. We might not know everything about space, but thanks to many scientists before us we have gotten to the point we are at now.  As far as our foundation of the knowledge of space it initially began with the introduction of their names. Ancient astronomers based the planets names on the Greek Gods. Our ideas of space grew in 1512 when Nicolaus Copernicus published a heliocentric
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Event Three: Knicker Twister

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Event Three: Knicker Twister Me (Top Right) with my teammates & the artist Lander On May 18th I attended "delete me: ucla dma mea 2017 exhibition." along with a few of my teammates. This exhibit that took place on campus was quite interesting, much different than nearly any exhibit I have experienced before. This exhibit made your mind work, it was not simple or easy. You had to study each and every piece and try to put together each artists meaning. The answers were not given to you once you walked in the front door, you had to work at it. The pieces of art made you ponder upon what was going through the minds of these skilled artists while they were putting together these masterpieces. Another aspect that I liked was that most of the pieces were technologically driven. I used to always feel as if artists always wanted to capture the more classic forms of art, more old school forms of art. But you can tell that these artists decided to embrace the new technologi
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Unit 8 Nanotech + Art

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Nanotech + Art Before reviewing this weeks material, if you would have asked me what nanotechnology and nano-science were I would have described you a image or concept from a movie. In all honesty I did not know if nanotechnology is something us as humans had a control over or something we could utilize for good. In movies it was all for menacing plot schemes by evil villains who wanted to simply destroy, but in reality it can be used for positivity and health reasons. (Nanometer bomb from G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra) Nano is dwarf in greek, the word "nanotechnology" derived from Nario Tanniguchi from Tokyo University of Science in a press conference in 1974. But Richard Feynman is credited for initiating the concept as he discussed the idea of Nanotechnology 15 years beforehand through his lecture in 1959. He talked about the shrinkage of the nanoscale laws, as well as how the behavior of nanoscale oblates can be used to create new effects. Feynman saw the potential
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Unit 7 Neuroscience + Art

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Unit 7 Neuroscience + Art To people outside of the science world, the brain is almost an unknown. We all know it is important, and without it daily life would be impossible. But after learning more and more throughout the readings of lectures my appreciation for the brain has risen even higher. Aristotle did his best to strike a match on the new discoveries of the brain, but due to the lack of technological advances the truth of the brain was just out of his reach. The development of the knowledge of the brain expanded with Ramon y. Cajal, who is considered to be one of the "father's of modern neuroscience". After his initial expansion of the idea of the brain, scientists then took off with it, helping humanity even more. My favorite part of these lectures though was the teachings of LSD, and its affects of the human brain. I don't know if it was simply entertaining, but it was what stuck in my head them most.  It all started with Albert Hofmann, considered
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Event Two: MNEMOAWARI by E.JOTEVA

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MNEMOAWARI E. JOTEVA  I'm in the middle =) Attending Joteva's beautiful event was very mesmerizing as well as eye opening. When I initially walked in I did not know what was being portrayed around me. I did not understand the purpose or drive behind her pieces of art work. I have never been the most artistic or creative person so I felt very lost or out of loop. So instead of sitting there and missing out on the true purpose I set my pride aside and asked her to teach me what she was thinking with this. But her answer was what kind of caught me off guard. She explained to me that she could not just give me a summary of what she was doing, that it was not as simple as that. It was as if she wanted me to explore her artwork myself, she wanted me to develop my own reasoning, she wanted me to think for myself. The only concept that she explained to me was that there was a past, a present, and future. Future This image here was placed as soon as you walked in to t
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Unit 6 Biotech + Art

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Biotech + Art  After going through these lectures, as well as doing my own research, I have came to the conclusion that the combination of both Biotech and Art do create a very complex medium. As professor Vesna stated early on in this week's lectures; bio technology, genetics and technology artists have began to work directly with biologists and neurologists. The concept that made me come with the conclusion that Biotech and Art are a complex medium is that issue of ethical issues around the modifications and experimentation on living beings. The idea and concept of animal testing is what stood out to me the most out of this weeks material. I believe this might of stood out more possibly because it is a more relevant topic in todays time. Through social media you consistently see images and videos that highlight the issues of animal treatment (PETA). The ideas in this weeks material only highlighted the issue even more to me. It all started with Joe Davis's experime
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Midterm Project Proposal

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