I am excited that I had to chance to visit the Fowlers one last time before graduating. Upon entering the museum I was particularly taken aback by the construction of the artwork.
The first mannequin I came upon was made completely of women's bras when examined up close. While there wasn't any particular defining characteristic for the faceless mannequin, I believe symbolically the main significance comes from materialism. Also in terms of originality, the entire artwork is created from a singular piece of bra in a repetitive fashion to create everything from the hat to the dress. This may symbolize that fashion and designs are simply building off of fundamental units, such as a plain bra.
Art and Medicine:
As a incoming medical student, the conglomeration of internal organs particularly caught my attention. The first thing I noticed was the placement of the organs : where the heart, kidney, and various organs were molded together in an unfamiliar orientation rather than according to their respective anatomy. After looking closer at the overall structure of the artwork, I came to see how each of the organs fit and near-perfectly "caressed" on another. Another perspective I formulated was that human evolution is not perfect, but rather an ongoing process. Evolution does not have a direction or purpose to create what is best, but rather it is a process that build upon what is currently available to work with. Essentially, the artists who created this work had limited amounts of organs, and also did what he/she could to create a functional series of human organs.
The artwork on acupuncture was the next medically related artwork that caught my attention. The underlying side of the musculoskeletal unit is embedded into a tree trunk, that possibly symbolizes nature and that the underlying part of a human being is essentially "one with nature." Thinking back to my background in traditional chinese medicine and acupuncture, I began to recall how fundamental chinese medicine principles are embedded with using the understanding of nature and balance to diagnose human diseases. I believe this artwork perfectly captures the principle of alternative medicine.
This particular artwork caught my attention and took a while before I was able to figure out what was going on. From the picture we can see that a woman's head is centered and posted between a pair of legs without the body. My first impression was to comment on the switch between orientation of the foot and the head. My next impression was the missing body. While the anatomy is not exactly precise, I realized that the artwork captured the most important parts of the human anatomy- the head that carries out consciousness and thought process and the legs that move accordingly. However, I realize the interpretations are highly diversified.
Picture with a museum curator
This work of art perfectly captures the way American culture has come to label those from the middle east. This phenomenon is mainly attributed to the media culture and art. In the portrait, the same individual could easily match the profile of an extremist, terrorist, and fundamentalist as well as that of a refugee. Similar to artistic propagandas during the world war I and II, the way media art has portrayed middle Easterners follows the similar effect. While this work of art doesn't necessarily pertain to the overlap between the art and sciences, the artwork clearly demonstrates the how art penetrates almost every aspect of the way we, as a culture, perceive and judge those around us.
All in all, I believe the Fowlers Museum provided many artwork
Gettys museum is a completely different experience when experienced through private tours and alongside thousands of UCLA peers, despite restrictions from taking pictures of the majority of exhibits. Nonetheless, a closer look at several artwork made me realize certain patterns: 1.68 ratios found throughout various statues and paintings.
Upon arrival, the first event consisted of hundreds of students trying to replicate the drawing of a posing women. Recalling back to the lecture on Art and Math, I began to see how certain proportions determined the aesthetic qualities of the drawings. Looking a bit closer at the artwork produced by fellow artists, I came to realize those who had structured approaches and alignments to estimating proportions. For example, the fibonacci sequence is prevalent in nature, particularly in determining the aesthetic standards of human facial and body proportions. The video below further develops the idea of mathematical standards "phi" for judging human and artistic beauty. This would explain the various proportions that many artists take into account when drawing each of the facial features.
<http://www.goldennumber.net/beauty/>
Mathematical proportions could be found everywhere including the guidelines for the brushstrokes to the placement of artwork itself. One of the artwork I noticed to have near golden ratio was the picture of the two women in the drawing. For example, the base of their bodies in relation to height represents the golden ratio. In retrospect, I am starting to hypothesize that the relation of the artwork positioning also follow the golden ratio. Further discussion of prevalent artwork that contain the golden ratio include: Sistine Chapel and Last Supper. <http://www.goldennumber.net/art-composition-design/>
Looking a bit closer, the golden ratio was also present in the artistic design of the vase. The proportion between the bottom segment of the vase is around 1.68x the length of the top segment of the vase is exactly 1.68x. The measurement of the bottom segment is around 101 pixel in length while the top segment is around 60 pixels, and 101/68 = 1.68333333. I am not sure if the ratio was intended or a coincidence. (This is accurate due to the lack of angular adjustments for the picture taken)
The article discussing the possibility of the golden ratio as a coincidence is discussed in the article here: <http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread945221/pg1>
Although I could not take any other picture that would further support the prevalence of mathematical iterations found throughout art and nature, I came across an interesting souvenir before leaving. This miniature device utilizes fundamental musical and physics concepts. Different The different lengths of the metal keys are measured to correspond to different frequencies and pitches to produce the sound.
The Getty Villa is next on the list.
"Beauty in the Human Face and the Golden Ratio." Phi 1618 The Golden Number. N.p., 12 Jan. 2014. Web. 05 May 2015. <http://www.goldennumber.net/beauty/>.
"Golden Ratio in Art Composition and Design." Phi 1618 The Golden Number. N.p., 04 May 2014. Web. 05 May 2015. <http://www.goldennumber.net/art-composition-design/>.
"Golden Ratio :: Evidence or Coincidence of Intelligent Design?, Page 1."AboveTopSecret.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2015. <http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread945221/pg1>.
Professor Vesna begins the lecture stating that this week's lecture on space covers everything from robotics to nanotechnology and biotechnology. Space technology has intrigued not only scientists but artists as well, which led to the the creation of many of our childhood fantasies. As a child, I will never forget the inspirations that I had to become an astronaut by all of the artwork of space from images of foreign planets, astronauts, and space shuttles to movies such as E.T and Starwars.
Concept art included in the upcoming Star Wars VII
It is breathtaking to observe how the mixture of engineering and artwork has presented such a wide variety of magnificent artwork seen in the Star Wars.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fonNJMP2rNM>
While Hollywood has been accredited with most of the artwork related to UFO, Space Crafts, and Aliens, these recurring themes are popular throughout the history across the world as demonstrated by the site below: http://www.ancestryofman.com/art/
My favorite movie of all time, interstellar. features a marriage of artistic inspiration and scientific reality never accomplished before. Physicist Dr. Kip Thorne made sure that the almost artistic inspired images portrayed in interstellar was an accurate representation rendered from algorithms from existing scientific perspectives.
Physicist Kil Thorne describes the black hole.
Although the black hole has never been seen by human eye, an artistic representation rendered through physics algorithms was portrayed in interstellar.
Rendered realistic portrayal of the Black hole
<http://images.techtimes.com/data/images/full/47219/black-hole-jets.jpg?w=600>
As a result of this movie, the marriage between the arts and science has never been so strong as scientific publications actually spewed out from the creation of the movie. I was particularly taken aback when I found out the supercomputer resources necessary to compute the complex algorithm to produce the images we see in the theater. While just a decade ago, I remember most of the artwork and movies were based on fictional imagination. But with the current advancements in not only space technology, and computational sciences but also the arts including video and movie production, I cannot wait to witness what the future of space discovery and art has in store for us.
From this week's lectures, I found the video regarding the magnitudes of measurements particularly interesting. While we normally think about millimeters, centimeters, and meters as common measurements, we rarely think about exactly how far the entire spectrum of magnitudes can travel. An angstrom (10^-10m) can be comprehended as the distance of a hydrogen bond in water while 10^10 meters is so large that we cannot even visualize our planet immediately.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXRNEyrkosM>
Science based art isn't the only form of Space Inspired art available. Here we see how mediums including fire and spray paint have created beautiful artwork that any artist or scientist can appreciate. In fact, a large part of the artwork is the performance in creating it as you can see above.
Video demonstration regarding the power of 10 to understand measurements from nanosciences to space
<https://youtu.be/0fKBhvDjuy0>
Space is a fitting ending for our course after we explored many established fields such as mathamatics and biotechnology. We also explored other fields including neuroscience and nanoscience that are burgeoning fields like space.
In a way this course teaches us that artistic motivations and inspiration can stem from all aspects of reality from the scientific experiments so small we cannot visualize without advancements in recent technology to physical entities so large that are so many magnitudes beyond our planet that we can barely comprehend. As our science and technology develops, so will the art.
References
"Champagne Supernova by Matt Sorensen Spray Paint Art, Space Art."YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXRNEyrkosM>.
Maynard, James. "'Interstellar' Team Publishes Scientific Paper On Black Holes." Tech Times RSS. N.p., 13 Feb. 2015. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://www.techtimes.com/articles/32733/20150213/interstellar-team-publishes-scientific-paper-on-black-holes.htm>.
"Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens." StarWars.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens>.
Thorne, Kip. "Kip Thorne - Why Black Holes Are Astonishing." YouTube. Closer To Truth, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1AfkPQa6M>.
As an undergraduate structural biology researcher in Professor Hong Zhou's lab at the California Nanosystem Science Institute (CNSI), this week's lecture about nanotechnology really spoke out to me. While most of the scientific nanotechnology discussion regards the translation of research into medicine, I became interested to learn about the influence that nanotechnology has led to advancements in art. This week, we explored how nanotechnology influence the creation of art. However, I would like to take this opportunity to discuss the literal creation of art down at the nano-scale level, particularly the material covered this week in Paul Rothemund's Ted Talk.
What the lay audience imagine regarding the future of "nanotechnology"
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG9P8DLuh0U>
While most people imagine nanotechnology is a futuristic endeavor, it is important to realize how the world of biological chemistry and material science has already set a precedence in the field.
The field of nanotechnology begins with the ability to first scale down measurements and detection down to the nanoscale level, particularly the atomic level rather than molecular level. The atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy are innovations that led this first step. For the past year, I led a group of undergraduate students to compete for a bimolecular nanotechnology contest to fold DNA origami. DNA, which has inspired countless artworks in and of itself, can undergo chemical reactions to fold into a desired pattern. For our competition, our goal was to create the most unique and useful structure out of DNA. In the past people have created anything ranging from molecular robots to spiders and even computer from DNA as seen above. Creative designs such as the images below could be generated from designing DNA in a particular pattern and undergoing a one step chemical reaction. Essentially, art does not have to be limited to the canvas, or even petri dish!
Literal DNA Origami artwork where DNA is folded and used to create art at the nanometer scale
Paul Rothemund's TED talk on DNA origami, which is the subject that prompted me to form a team to represent UCLA in a biomolecular nanotechnology competition at Wyss Institute, Harvard
A large
part of my our comes down to reconstruct biological structures at a nano-scale
level. Due to the small physical limitations of the samples I work with, they
are usually only seen in black and white or better known as gray scale. Yet, a
quick glance at any biology textbook would reveal proteins and bacteria in all
sorts of colorful variations that can almost be described as artistic. After
joining a nanobiology laboratory, I never realized the level of artistic
creativity that was asked from me.
Here is an image of a viral protein assembly sample after reconstruction
Please check out the original published manuscript on rsc journal below:
<http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2008/jm>
A textbook like example of semliki-forest-virus capsid, one of the first viruses ever studied, displayed for viewing purposes after custom artwork generation from the original raw data obtained from structural reconstructions. This is an example of the artistic requirement for scientists. Color application and 3D appearance is based on modifications from original data.
According to John Gallery, many of the artwork is inspired through watching nanoscientists at work. Thus, I cannot wait to see the type of artwork to be created as the field of nanotechnology climbs out of its infancy.
References:
"How Will Nanotechnology Change the World ? - Full Documentary."YouTube. STAR Documentaries, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG9P8DLuh0U>.
Rothemund, Paul. "Paul Rothemund: The Astonishing Promise of DNA Folding." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhGG__boRxU>.
Stella E. Aniagyei, Christopher DuFort, C. Cheng Kaob and Bogdan Dragnea, Self-assembly approaches to nanomaterial encapsulation in viral protein cages, J. Mater. Chem., 2008,18, 3763-3774 DOI: 10.1039/B805874C <http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2008/jm/b805874c#!divCitation>
"Surface Studies with a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope [english]." YouTube. Archimedes Exhibitions GmbH, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNEqRq6NyUw>.
Zhou, Hong. "The building of the Titan Krios | Electron Imaging Center for Nanomachines." The building of the Titan Krios | Electron Imaging Center for Nanomachines. N.p., 10 Aug. 2006. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. <http://www.eicn.ucla.edu/titanbuildup>.
As of this decade, the scientific community often comments "we know nothing about neuroscience" in the great scheme of life sciences. While nerves are the fundamental unit that dictates our consciousness, unconsciousness, and every and all form of communication within and outside of our physical bodies, we have yet to even touch upon the function of neurons as we did with other biological fields. The mixture of neuroscience and art has created a third culture coined "neuro-aesthetics" by John Hymen (Hymen 1). According to Mengfei Huang at Stanford, "Artists have also embraced new
knowledge about visual perception
to work alongside the discoveries
of scientists" (Huang 1). Huang further asserts that “through
their studies, modern psychologists
have presented to us ways of
‘seeing’ works of art more competently...[and] have shown to us how
the eye organizes visual material
according to definite psychological
laws" (Huang 1).
Tau is an abundant protein in neurons that stabilizes microtubules. Through immunofluorescence staining with fluorescent proteins, we witness a beautiful artwork of nature itself.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_protein>
I will never forget the first time I looked at neurons through the optical-fluorescent microscope and created my first piece of art from my neuroscience imaging research. As Carl Jung would put it, "Our age wants to experience the psyche for ourselves" (Jung 6).
Regarding the readings, I was particularly taken aback from analytical psychologist Carl Jung exploration different aspects of spirituality including religion, rational, and esoteric elements beliefs from the context of the unconscious and conscious part of human psychology. This week's reading "The Spiritual Problem of Modern Man," discusses the issues that I have personally come across through my spiritual life. Although easier said than done, the solution is through balancing the spiritually integrated life.
Interested in Carl Jung's perspective on the spiritual problem of the modern man, I found his perspective of "The Self" to complement the way we position ourselves within our world.
From a medical perspective, it is much too common for a person to be diagnosed with some level of anxiety or neurosis. Especially considering the age of data gluttony surrounding us, it is often difficult to maintain a sane mind while sorting and sifting through all the junk and "information constantly bombarding us" (Vesna, Mind Intro 0:37). Most psychological/neuroscience related conditions stem from a more understandable terminology, to be a split or severing between our conscious self and unconscious self. This theme of consciousness, unconsciousness, and subconsciousness has led to the creation of many beautiful artworks including the ones above. After reading Jung's article, I came to realize how self reflection or simply partaking in personal introspection can be the source of artistic motivation.
References:
Huang, Mengfei. "The Neuroscience of Art." Stanford Journal of Neuroscience 371.9614 (2008): 1+. Web. <http://web.stanford.edu/group/co-sign/Huang.pdf>.
Hymen, John. Beyond Mimesis and Convention: Representation in Art and Science. Dordrecht: Springer, 2010. Art and Neuroscience. Queens.ox. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/academics/hyman/files/art_and_neuroscience.pdf>.
Jung, Carl. The Spiritual Problem of Modern Man (n.d.): n. pag.Selfhealingbiopolar. Web. 12 Apr. 2015. <https://selfhealingbipolar.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/c-g-jung-the-spiritual-problem-of-modern-man-1928.pdf>
Biotechnology can be used not just for the extension of life
but also for human expression. I realized early on that many of the instruments
in biotechnology could be used for artistic purposes. I also can't deny many of
the scientific experiments I have conducted in the past can be prime examples
of artistic designs in and of itself.
Our very Art Sci center exploring the "Third Culture"
<http://artsci.ucla.edu/>
In fact, there is a Art-Sci center
dedicated to creating art through biotechnology within the CNSI at UCLA already!
Artwork grown on petridishes containing bacteria and fungi.
Please check out even more beautiful designs in the website below.
From this week's reading, I particularly enjoyed Ellen K. Levy's discussion on microbiology. As a microbiology sub-major, I have come across many rudimentary experiments on petri-dishes which can easily becomes a literal work of art. By standard procedures of various fluorescent protein engineering, art can literally be created from varying how the fungi or bacteria is spread onto the petri dish. Like what professor Vesna said this week, "artists are starting to go into the lab and start working with live cells" (Vesna, Biotech intro NEW 0:43).
Performance artist Stelarc and his implanted ear in his arm posing.
Performance artist Stelarc and his implanted ear in his arm. Goal to functionalize the actual ear so communication can happen. This is a prime example of expressionistic art influenced by biotechnology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyhNGZvNMVY
More extreme forms of artistic expression was captured by performance artist Stelarc in his piece Extra Ear. To delineate, biotechnology creates the fundamental cellular fabric that the ear is created upon while the artistic explanation and motivation determined the placement. However, for Stelarc, the artistic mission isn't complete just yet. He plans to make the organ functional so that communication can actually be possible. This process from my understanding is severely limited by the biomedical science surrounding the purpose of the art. Thus, until further developments in science takes place, the art will be limited to only a physical expression rather than a functional one as well.
On a similar note, Ellen K. Levy's indirectly discusses how the development of biotechnology art is mainly limited by the development of science and engineering.
Biotechnology influenced artwork from the Sci-fi TV series Fringe
Hope you will enjoy the influence art has on my favorite Sci-fi series <http://www.tv.com/shows/fringe/>
Biotechnology influenced art is literally everywhere from billboards commercializing sci-fi tv shows and movies we watch to those displayed in museums. Personally, my favorite TV show of all time utilizes biotechnology based artwork for every cutscene as shown above. As advancements continue in the scientific field biotechnology, so will the artwork.
References:
"Art | Sci Center + Lab | UCLA Art | Sci Center + Lab." Art | Sci Center + Lab | UCLA Art | Sci Center + Lab. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015. <http://artsci.ucla.edu/>
"Heard The One About The Artist Who Grew A Third Ear?" YouTube. Sky News, n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyhNGZvNMVY>
Levy, Ellen K. "Defining Life: Artists Challenge Conventional Classifications" <http://nanobioart_artscicenter.com/hybrid/sites/default/files/Ellen_Levy_BioArt.pdf>
Heading to medical school this summer, I cannot recount how many times I heard the saying "art of medicine." Until this week's lecture by Professor Vesna, I never took into consideration the literal translation of "the art of medicine." After exploring topics including plastic surgery, MRI, and Ingber's work describing the architecture of life, I became convinced by the prevalent duality of art and medicine.
Initially, medicine was described as an art as learning through dissection and human anatomy, which is held as god's greatest creation and artwork since the human body is also yet another phenomenon where the golden ratio is prevalent.
This is a MRI image of a Chiari malformation after the application of digital color. One cannot help notice how MRI images like these may inspire decades of artistic endeavors and creations.
Today, MRI provides us with a less invasive solution to see into the human body. Besides its contribution to healthcare, MRI has also catalyzed a form of art according to Silvia Cassini. Just like how an artist utilizes basic fundamental training to create a portrait or reproduce an image based on his or her training and judgement, technicians who operate the MRI can be analogously compared. From a medical perspective, the MRI takes a photograph of the interior of a body. The artist, or radiologist/physician, controls how the images are taken. Similar to a blank canvas and pallet, two different artist will come up with completely different artworks even if they are drawing the same model.
Angela Palmer's MRI scan art video, which resembles the process of how MRI of the human body is acquired. The art not only progresses through the timeframe of the scanning process, but also the nature of the MRI allows us to see different layers of the art.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn-wCiGjCeU>
The Variational Denoising of MRI datasets depicts the actual process of data acquisition for MRI. While this has pure scientific purposes, one can't deny the artistic element involved. It is also the science behind the process that led to the creation of the corresponding art.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNMDtoY4jRQ>
The distinction between MRI being a science and art is merely the intent and purpose. These two videos, although they rely on fundamentally the same concept have different purposes and targeted audience. Nonetheless, both of these videos -- one regarding the pure aesthetics of MRI while other discusses the procedure of data acquisition -- are ultimately simply two sides of the same coin.
One of the articles that Professor Vesna assigned this week that I found particularly interesting was the hippocratic oath, which can be referred to as the founding guidelines for medical practice. Euthanasia is among one of the most controversial topics in medical sciences. Like art, medicine is also changing and based on each doctor's individual perspective on the best course of action, similar to how an artist creates his or her work based on their best judgement. And that's why "medicine is an art."
Hippocratic oath, which is the founding document of modern medicine. While the information is not written in today's language or medical development in mind, its fundamental guidelines remain a vital aspect for modern day healthcare providers to uphold through the lens of their best personal and professional judgement.
Casini S. (2011). Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as mirror and portrait: MRI configurations between science and the arts. Configurations 19, 73–99 10.1353/con.2011.0008
"Chiari I Malformation Mri by Living Art Enterprises and Photo Researchers."Fine Art America. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
Palmer, Angela. "Angela Palmer - Artist | MRI Scan Art Video." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
Shihabuddin, Allama Mohammed. "Furqania Academy Waqf: Center for Research on Science of Qur'an and Hadith." Furqania Academy Waqf: Center for Research on Science of Qur'an and Hadith. Furqania Academy Waqf, n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
Tyson, Peter. "The Hippocratic Oath Today." PBS. PBS, 27 Mar. 2001. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
Professor Vesna’s lecture for the week explored industrialization, which led to the concept of mass production and "assembly lines" that eventually led way to how much of everything is produced in our society (Vesna, Robotics pt2) . As a result of mass production, both in hard and soft copies, art work originally limited to a small population is now prevalent for anyone with internet access or a fraction of the original cost to purchase a replica. The phenomenon for making mass production possible may be attributed to assembly lines, and specifically robots that allow production beyond what is achievable by human labor alone. However, the societal response to machines and replicated art work/objects are dualfold.
Cross stitch replica of the artwork from the sistine chapel. Although it is out of context and a replica, the artwork still holds its artistic merit for providing a different type of experience commendable on its own behalf.
With the advancement of current technology, virtual tours may provide an sistine chapel experience "right from home" that you can see for yourself here:
It's a tradeoff. The comfort of being in your home and cost afforded by a virtual tour for the cost of the "actual experience."
In a related topic, Walter Benjamin contends that "even 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" (Benjamin 1936). Essentially authenticity. Out materialistic culture to a certain degree and extent is driven by originality, even in the world of medicine. Applying Benjamin's concept or originality of art, robots can be thought of analogously to replicas that serve a singular function. As a result, there is a prevalent societal view that robots, no matter how advance they become, will always be below those who created it to simplify tedious functions, or otherwise complex human beings.
The movie Artificial Intelligence captures not only the artistic human imagination of how artificial intelligence would look like, but also the distrustful disdain humans have towards the idea of their own creations. Nonetheless, themes such as artificial intelligence and robotics have led to the creation of countless sci-fi based artwork, movies, and TV shows.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intelligence>
One particular movie that comes to my mind is Artificial Intelligence, which describes a near future post-apocalyptic society where robots (referred to as meca) have adopted artificial intelligence in order to substitute aspects of societal human functions. This movie captures at its very core the overall distrust humans have towards their own masterpieces, in fear of being surpassed or even replaced by their own creation.
Other movies such as Terminator I, II, III further exemplifies the same theme of distrust towards robotics.<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340138/>
While less prevalent, credit cards is one of the most prevalent forms of human transactions that is processed digitally, essentially by robots. Since we feel more secure with carrying around cash rather than using our credit cards, humans generally have a disdain towards technological advancements.
According to statistics, credit card fraud accounts for "5.55 Billion in liability also account for 40% of all financial frauds" Thus, our mistrust may not be directly geared towards the technology itself but rather how it can be used for unwarranted activities. Personally, I believe technology, robots, and technology have expanded artwork in a manner that could not otherwise be achieved. However, I also believe it is essential for original art work to be available in its original context for those who are interested in submerging themselves with the "authentic" experience.
Benjamin, Walter. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Schocken/Random House, n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2015. <https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm>.
"The Sistine Chapel 3D Virtual Tour - Online Virtual Visit from Your Home."The Sistine Chapel 3D Virtual Tour - Online Virtual Visit from Your Home. Vatican.com, n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2015. <http://vatican.com/tour/sistine_chapel_3D/web>.
Vesna, Victoria. "Robotics Pt2." YouTube. University of California, n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2015. <https://youtu.be/oAZ8bo9T_Pk>.
"Woman Takes Ten Years To Cross-Stitch a Replica of Sistine Chapel - Cl."PRWeb. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb344597.htm>.
Mathematical algorithms are the fundamental subunits that are
the foundation of all digitalized artwork. Prior to taking this course I only
thought about how mathematics allowed for the creation of various art forms and
creations, where each pixel is represented by a decimal which can be adjusted
to fit the artist’s imagination. Essentially, I never considered how the
progression of mathematics would actually influence, rather than merely
describe, the innovation of art. Just as how mathematics could be used to
describe phenomenon in nature.
Piano keys by frequency https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK47zNBrV7kkpxTjnlK4uv64a4OFvDQWwkRkG1g0VV8Nd3M-JKdluVRWRqq3sH3jVoSFCVa3_bbguFTsAjmUgZVN_QA1sBEZYl6aUR2ZfHAF-G8vvn6LzAi3BXRPDKDIawfBAQIrywrBI/s640/frequency_chart_bowed.gif
Music, for example the piano, can be scientifically broken down to a series of frequencies resembling the note and pitch and an amplitude that relates to intensity, respectively. A fourier transformation of the sine and cosine waves can convert an integration of periodically repeating functions into melody. In my biophysics research, I apply the same concepts of algorithms described in the "frequency domain article" used to describe musical pitches, frequencies, and intensity can be used to model almost everything in life from 3D images of viruses to
Due to the advancement of technological application of mathematics, we have witnessed an entire genre of electronic based music and culture come to life during the last decade. This phenomenon also applies to artificial sounds such as a bird's cry or a person's voice.
Bird's song
http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/images/chapter1/gull.aiff.jpg
The interchangeability between mathematics and music - science and art - made me realize how much the evolution of our taste in music and culture is limited, and at the same time bolstered, by the advancement of the sciences and technology. Thus, the juxtaposition between the mathematics, arts and sciences is a distinct, but inseparable one as math can be used to describe art, while art is also a transformation of a quantitative reality.
Fractals describe a more direct relationship between a visible artform and its differential equation. Eric's article which introduces Mandelbrot, a form of fractal art that relates to objects found in nature to be composed of smaller subunits that is consistent in identity.
My scientific idol once said "what I cannot create I don't understand." Thus, after modifying several underlying series equations I rendered my own fractal art!
My own modification of fractal art
Citation
Burk, Phil, Larry Polansky, Douglas Repetto, Mary Roberts, and Dan RockmoreCo. "Music and Computers." Music and Computers. Columbia University, n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2015.
Jansberg, Henrik. "The Jansberg Blog." : Violin & Viola EQ and Frequencies Part L. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2015.
