Desma 9 Blog Nick Scheidler

Over the course of the quarter, we have studied and analyzed different ways in which science and art are related. This week, in particular, is very interesting to me as it is the direct relationship between medical technology and art. From the time doctor's were allowed to do their job, an oath was required of them. This oath entailed the duties that were required of them while they were working on the job. This includes, "treat the sick to the best of one's ability, preserve patient privacy, teach the secrets of medicine to the next generation"(Tyson). The Oath is still used today and this oath is a form of art because it shows the creativity of the medical world and the craziness that happens everyday in this field. Looking at Vesna's lectures, I came to realize how the human body is a form of art, in and of itself. Our bodies can easily be analyzed with the new devices that are constantly being upgraded and advanced. An MRI, for example, has the ability t...

On April 19th, I had the opportunity to attend a special workshop that was put on by Linda Weintraub. Before we went into the exhibit itself, she asked that we sit down with her and talk to her about certain topics that relate to the things that are in the exhibit. She talked about the material things in life and asked us a question. The question was, "In your average day, what percentage do you spend not using things that are man-made/materialistic?" We all went around answering this seemingly simple question. After the first couple of people, we started seeing a trend. We all were in the 1-4% range of using material things throughout our day. This just showed us how reliant we are on technology and people making things for others to use. After we talked about this question on materialism, Linda Weintraub started to introduce us to her exhibit and talking about what was inside. She explained her adventure through nature to find all of these items that we were about to expose...

Technology and art are very two interesting things separately, but together is something special. Creating something with technology is an art in and of itself due to its complex nature and the challenge of making it correctly. Over time, our technology has increased immensely causing the time to do things to go faster. We can make cars, computers, phones and many other things much faster than we used to before. The industrial revolution was a huge contributor to this surge in technological advancement. Another big part of this is due to robots and the art they perform in making these complicated devices. Robots bring art and technology together in that they have so much detail ingrown into them and they create an amazing result in the end. Due to the increase in the amount of production, Walter Benjamin argued that the authenticity of the art goes down. An example of this would be a banknote. Banknotes have tons of artwork imprinted on them that is very elaborate, but they are mas...

Week 2- Math and Science Math and Art go hand in hand with each other because there is math in art and an art to math. Many different shapes and other mathematical substances go into the way an artist creates their artwork. Looking at Edwin Abbott's reading, Flatland, perspective has a major impact on the way we view artwork. This is similar in the math world when you look at a problem and are deciding on how to approach it. People will approach things in different ways, but it depends on the perspective you are coming from. Along with perspectives, Marc Frantz describes in his piece, Vanishing Points and Looking At Art, that parallel lines have an impact on the way paintings are made.   Also, in Robert Lang's Ted Talk, Lang talked about the math involved in the making of origami. He uses mathematics by making shapes and figuring out angles in order to make his exceptional origami. Looking at the painting above, we can see that there are many different shapes a...

C.P. Snow's interpretation in the "Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution" is an idea that is prevelant in my everyday life. Snow explains that there is a difference in the two cultures of art and science and he explains it as the separation between literary and scientific intellectuals. Snow's ideas really got me thinking about the differences between these two cultures and how they are taught here at UCLA. Looking at UCLA, everyone knows that the campus is split into north and south campus on the academic side of the entire campus. North campus is for the more artistic classes and the south campus is for the scientific classes. The boundaries suggest the differences in the way things are taught in those respective areas of campus. The arts teach the human mind to think in different ways than the human brain would normally think. North campus teaches you to think "outside the box" and think differently. Down in South campus, you are taught to do every...