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Andy Warhol, Moonwalk I , 1987.  Image Source: dailyartmagazine.com This week's, as well as the last topic of the class, is the intersection between space and arts. After searching up online, I was surprised to have discovered that there's a well-established field of art called space art, which mainly involves the creation of art using space as the context. It is also an exciting sphere for me because of the wide range of art genres and categories that are incorporated in the process of space art creation, such as impressionism and realism, encompassing the limitless possibilities and potential of space art production.  One meaningful application of space art  in the real world is its healing and therapeutical functionalities in pediatric treatments and community engagements. On one hand, the early exposure of art creation enhanced by spatial knowledge and phenomenons helps with the discovering and nurturing of the artistic talents in children, and therefore fuels th...

Unknown Author, but the image is from the article Art Meets  Nanotechnology Meets the Apocalypse at westender.com This week's topic is about NanoTech and Arts. This topic is very surprising to me because I would never have associated nanotech with art if it wasn't because of this week's contents. Nanotechnology, as indicated by the name, is the science and handling of substances of nanoscale or molecular sizes in order to form new materials. In a sense, the mere existence of nanotech itself is already considered a form of art by many people of its unparalleled precision and versatility. But in recent year, the increasing intersection of arts and nanotech has carried out an emerging field ---- Nano Art, which is " a discipline that discovers and accentuates the artistic beauty of nanometer sized natural and artificial structures" (UT Dallas, Nano Art: Mountain Castle ).  Unknown Author, Nanotechnology Atoms and Molecules -  Abstract Background, 3 Key Areas Where Na...

The museum I chose for the second event is the Museum of Jurassic Technology. The name of the museum seemed a bit weird to me at first, but later I learned that the naming of the museum has something to do with the term "Lower Jurassic", or "Early Jurassic", during which humans have many uncertainties about, indicating the theme of collections of the museum to be about objects with uncertainty and vagueness. Due to the constraint of time, I wasn't able to fully tour the museum, but I was very impressed by several main topics in the objects exhibited: microminiatures/micromosaics, a group of mythical animals, and ancient medical treatments.  The collections of microminiatures by Hagop Sandaldjian and micromosaics by Harold "Henry" Dalton are the most impressive for me. Sandaldjian's microminiature works are beyond magnificent, with its unbelievable preciseness and vividness on a microscopic scale; while the micromosaics is a perfect illustration of ...

This week's topic is about the relationship between neuroscience and arts. It seems to be that one of the biggest similarity shared by neuroscience and arts is that they both focus heavily on human perceptions and their mental responses to (both psychological and artistic) stimulations. And with the booming of digital technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, the intersection between neuroscience and arts has become unprecedentedly huge, making the intermediate fields like cognitive science and UI/UX to grow at an accelerated rate.                “10th April: The Neuroscience of Art – How the Arts Transform Us.” How To Academy , howtoacademy.com/events/the-neuroscience-of-art-how-the-arts-transform-us/. Accessed 13 May 2024. One major aspect that neuroscience centers around is the study of brain, which as underlined by the article " Art and brain: insights from neuropsychology, biology and evolution" shares inspiring ins...

  For the first Event of the class, I chose to visit the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, which definitely offered an inspiring experience. The museum, just as its name suggests, focuses on the natural and historical events in the area of Los Angeles. On the side of nature is the abundant fossil records of extinct animals as well as detailed explanation of the possible causes of their extinctions. I was surprised by the huge number of animals that have lived on this land that are now extinct, and many of them are close relatives to animals that are widely known today, such zebras, black bears, and horses. On the other side of the museum is the show room of all kinds of historical records and artistic works narrating the origin and development of Los Angeles as a metropolitan city, incorporating a wide range of aspects including economics, ecology culture, and politics. Coming from an ancestry of Mexican and Latin American culture and developed during the boom of indust...

This week, we focused on discussing the intersected relationship between the field of medicine/medtech and arts, which is highlighted by their shared nature of creativeness and abundance of pioneers that help push forward and evolve their respective fields.   One example of such intersection is the concept of design thinking, which stems from the creative process of art making, but has also been more and more widely used in the field of medtech to improve user-friendliness in the medical devices that are been developed. Moreover, there has been a stronger emphasis on the aesthetics of these devices, making them less intimidating and thus easier for the patients to use them. The influence of arts is not only shown in the improvement of medical devices,   but also the increased effectiveness in patient treatments.  Arts therapy, for example, is a well established phychological treatment through which the patients’ emotional and cognitive traumas are relieved. Additionally, ...