Med Tech & Art

MEDICINE ART & TECHNOLOGY

Medicine is a phenomenal advancement in the world of health. It can help people recover from illness, regain strength, and even conquer unimaginable feats such as cancer. Medicine can be seen as a transformative agent that can create masterpieces.

Most people cannot see medicine in the way that I do. Medicine is in fact art. The medicine is the tool used and the recipient of the medicine is the canvas, or surface being worked on. Take for example a human being with a rash on their skin. The human being takes a certain kind of medicine to relieve the ugly rash, and within a matter or time, the skin is as good as new. The medicine transforms the human canvas into something new and beautiful.

Technology is a component in the world of health that can be connected to art. X-rays, MRI, and CAT scans take pictures of the human body and allow us to observe it in ways never thought imaginable. These technologies delve deeper into the anatomy of the human body allowing artists to better visualize the concept.

To the naked eye medicine technology and art may not have a connection, but we must look deeper than the surface. Medicine and technology allow us to comprehend the human body just as art can. With a better understanding of the human anatomy, we can therefore advance our endeavors in all three categories, medicine technology and art.

Works Cited:

Vesna, Victoria. "Medicine Pt1." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=368&v=Ep0M2bOM9Tk>.

Vesna, Victoria. "Medicine Pt2." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psjnQarHOqQ>.

Lenard, Jackson. “Advancements in Medicine.” Holland inc.. Forbes, 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2015.

Benjamin, Walter. “The Work of Art in Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Marxists. N.p.. Web. 18 April 2015. <http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm>.

John, Virant. Technological innovations: X-ray. New Jersey: Harvard books, n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2015.

Art & Robotics

ART IN ROBOTICS

As stated by Walter Benjamin, “The most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be”. On the contrary however, I do not necessarily agree with this statement. While art can be inanimate, that does not mean that all art is lacking energy and life. A perfect example of a piece of art that exemplifies a unique presence and existence is the robotic drone.

Artists seeking an innovative, creative, way to blend technology and art should look no further than the drone. These devices can give the world a perspective of areas around the world that the human being could not reach on their own. With drones, in a literally and figuratively way of speaking, the sky is the limit with drones.

The robotic design of the drone can also be considered art along with the photographs they can capture. The design or configuration of the robot is an artistic endeavor in itself. Some drones are sleek and stylish while others are bulky and intimidating, but all have their own stylistic element.

Art is not just what you see in a museum or hanging on the wall. It is all around us and can be found even in technology. Drones are only a small example of how technology like robotics can fuse with art in order to give us perspectives  in life that we could never have had otherwise. Society has really taken to these robotic wonders and they have seemed to revolutionize the way we as human beings interact with the artistic world.

Works Cited

Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. New York: Penguin Books, 2008. Web. 19 Apr. 2015.

Davis, Douglas. The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction. New York: MIT Press, 1995. 381-86. JSTOR. Web. 19 Apr. 2015.

Harger, Honor. “Unmanned Aerial Ecologies: proto-drones, airspace and canaries in the mine.” Honor Harger, April, 2015. Web

Holland Michel, Arthur. “Interview: KATSU and The Graffiti Drone.” Center for the Study of the Drone, 10 Apr 2014. Web

Neuendorf, Henri. Are Drones The Future of Art. ArtNet Worldwide , 31 Dec. 2014. Web. 18 Apr. 2015.

Math & Art

MATH & ART

Math and art have somewhat been associated with each other, but  have been used differently to exhibit vastly different areas.  This is not to say that math and art do not have similarities. Both of these subjects share things in common, but also have certain aspects that pertain solely to their subject. The Juxtaposition of math and art is seen by bringing together the creativity of art along with the absences of expression shown by mathematics. This relationship is accurately displayed through the following video link.

https://youtu.be/XT6_MGRqKt0

In the most basic of way of looking at math and art together, we can find these two together in everyday objects in the world. Specifically, we can find the two subjects working together when looking throughout nature. Every piece of art is derived from nature, whether intended to be consciously or unconsciously done. Math on the other hand, shows the arrangements of nature. When taking a look at the Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher, it is explained that Escher used tessellations to describe the arrangement of objects we see in nature can be seen as art. Tessellations are the arrangements of closed shapes that completely cover the plane without overlapping or leaving gaps.

                   http://platonicrealms.com/minitexts/Mathematical-Art-Of-M-C-Escher/

In my personal opinion art can be mathematical but abstract art is a form that can stray away from mathematical ways. Abstract art tends to focus more on the beauty of nature rather than it’s structure and arrangement. The piece below shows the focus on color instead of the mathematical arrangement.

                                 http://thewowstyle.com/40-abstract-art-design-ideas/

In the photo below you can see math and art working together. The art side displays the shades of black and grey to create shadows, while, math comes into play by creating the arrangement of the piece. The vanishing point creates the effect of the street seeming like it travels deeper into the picture, when in reality, there is no depth to the paper.

Works Cited:

Abbott, Edwin B. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. New Jersey: n.p., 1991. Web. 11 Apr. 2015

Smith, B. Sidney. "The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher."Platonic Realms Minitexts. Platonic Realms, 13 Mar 2014. Web. 13 Mar 2014.

Frantz, Marc. Vanishing Points and Looking at Art. Fullerton: Cal State Fullerton University, 2000. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.

Vesna, Victoria. "Mathematics-pt1-ZeroPerspectiveGoldenMean.mov." YouTube. YouTube, 11 Apr. 2012. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.

Two Cultures

Two Cultures

When looking at the issues presented in this weeks readings on Two Cultures, C.P. Snow notes that western society is being split into two polar groups. One pole is the literary intellectuals. Snow describes them as restricted and constrained to the voice of culture, and that they lack foresight or are unconcerned with their fellow man. At the other pole, there are the scientists. The scientists are seen as brash and boastful, loud and archetypal, and shallowly optimistic in the eyes of the literary intellectuals.

These two groups have a mutual incomprehension, hostility, and dislike but most of all a misunderstanding of each other. Their perception of each other is distorted.

Below is a link to a video that describes the divide between art and science:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpdLuqFZ_0Q 

http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/-The-Two-Cultures--today-4882

(polar opposites but both are trees none-the-less) 

 The misunderstanding of the the sides is something that I experience here at UCLA. The relationship between students and student athletes is very similar to the differences between poles as stated by Snow. I constantly feel misunderstood as a student athlete by the regular students, as student athletes give off the brash and boastful stereotype. On the other hand, I know many athletes here at UCLA who believe that normal students have no social life because they are "restricted and constrained" by their school work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOl9QJhtHaY

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/10/mark-emmert/ncaa-president-student-athletes-graduate-more-ofte/

(Student or Student athlete, both share the role as a student)

in conclusion, one initially becomes conscious of differences, and also begins to realize certain similarities. These realizations do not come from past knowledge, but rather new experiences. John Brockman suggests that there is a third culture that is capable of closing the communication gap between the literary intellectuals and the scientists

https://edge.org/conversation/the-third-culture

(learning to interact with each other is the key to understanding and closing the gap between the groups)

- Ty Moore

Works Cited

Brockman, John. Matchmaking Wtith Science and Art. United Kingdom: Weird Magazine, 2011. Web. 2 Apr. 2015.

Bohm, David. On Creativity. N.p.: MIT Press, 1968. 137-40. JSTOR. Web. 2 Apr. 2015.

Snow, C.P. The Two Culture And The Scientific Revolution. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1961. Web. 2 Apr. 2015.  

Williams, Christopher M. A Dangerous Divide. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 2009. Web. 2 Apr. 2015.

Wilson, Stephen. Myths and Confusions in Thinking about Art/Science/Technology. San Francisco: n.p., 2000. Web. 2 Apr. 2015.