Quinn Winter Desma 9

The most obvious thing that comes to mind when thinking about the ways that medical technology overlaps with art projects is how technology advancements now allow us to use 3-D models to dissect and observe specific body parts without being invasive. Technology, medicine and art have overlapped allowing us to dissect these 3-D models of actual body structures from the technology of MRI scans. As you can see from the “anatomy of the ear” figure below, viewers can rotate the 3-D ear and click on different parts of it to learn what they are called and what they do (Funnell et al. n.d.). Hospitals and doctors nationwide are able to use these advanced technologies now to dissect and observe different body parts to come up with solutions like finding alternate routes to take in surgery.  3-D image of the inner ear that is able to be moved and zoomed in on for different angles or views.  (Funnell et al. n.d.) A form of medicine, technology and art that I have experienced first hand i...

The Moment of Reflection exhibit opened on campus to honor the American Indian and Alaskan native communities that were hit hardest throughout the pandemic. The art installation gives people a space that will help us reflect the feelings of loss, gratitude, sorrow, anger, determination and others that we have experienced over these last two difficult years.  The instillation, shown below, was an animated piece that looked like colorful sand in a box moving like waves set to music. I interpreted the sand to be understood as emotions, moving through the stages of grief that we have experienced throughout the pandemic.  A few of the different stages of the animation. Art by Refik Anadol, photos taken by Quinn Winter during the event (Anadol, 2022). The second the installation started I immediate related it to our week two unit, discussing the intersection between math and art. Art today has become digital, and animations use mathematics in order for objects to move, such as rotat...

Mass production is one of the main influences of robotics, but computers enhanced this process even more. This all started after Gutenberg brought the printing press to the west (Vesna, 2022, Lecture 1, 0:57), originally creating what we know as “assembly line production.” As technology and science advanced, mass production took over and was able to succeed due to the printing press. Mechanization was able to replace workers in the assembly line. Walker Benjamin comments how this switch from human labor to mechanical reproduction kills authenticity when it comes to art (Benjamin, 1936). Gutenberg and the creation of the printing press. ( Lehmann-Haupt, 2020). Ford started this mechanical mass production with the creation of automobiles. To mass produce, Ford hired an abundance of workers to fulfill the assembly line of production, which only caused problems when the workers began to be treated “as if they were a part of the machine” (Vesna, 2022, Lecture 2, 1:23). The idea of the robot...

When I think of the broad subjects of math, art, and science I think of them as three separate worlds when in reality they overlap much more than I had first realized. Math is intertwined in every art piece to aid symmetry, measurements, perspectives, and proportions to name a few examples. Math has influenced art and science in many ways and has given artists a new way to create art and visuals. As discussed in lecture, ideas such as “a single vanishing point” and “the visual pyramid” were discovered and both use mathematics as a way to create art or be able to view art pieces in a new unique way( Vesna, 2022 ). Mathematics is also being incorporated into art and science by allowing us to create art technologically on computers, using coding for example( ART+COM, n.d. ). Mathematics has also influenced art and science by giving us a way to store art technologically, like the creation of memory storage and microchips ( Wertheim, 2006 ). Single Vanishing Point: Where parallel lines in ...

     As a third year sociology major at UCLA, I have been immersed in the "North Campus" culture, which I quickly came to realize has a clear rivalry with South Campus majors. The North Campus at UCLA possesses more social sciences and humanities classes, while the South Campus focuses on physical and life sciences (Jung, 2021).                THE CAMPUS DIVIDE: North Campus, claimed to feel like a park and community, where South Campus feels as if it is a city Source: Jung, 2021      As Professor Vesna stated in lecture, "divisions of people and disciplines inevitably lead to the creation of stereotypes that contribute to perpetuating the separation wether intentional or not" (Lecture 1 Part II, 6:25-6:37). Though UCLA's North and South Campus is only separated by a small distance, it is the stereotypes that the two hold against each other that widens the gap immensely further. For example, it is a common ...