Sunday, April 24, 2016

Event Blog 2: LASER

I attended the LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) event at the CNSI building on campus. There were many artists giving presentations, including Toni Dove, Taylor Aubry, Clarisse Bardiot, Laura Cechanowicz, Erkki Huhtamo, Marco Pinter and Shannon Willis. Each artist gave a short talk and they were all so different and unique. It was a great evening!

        

The first speaker was named Erkki. He spoke about topos, and the world upside down. I found it difficult to connect this to the course materials but it was a very entertaining presentation. The second speaker was Taylor, and she spoke mainly about science. She explained a new way of creating energy, by using plastic solar cells. She explained what photovoltaic light was and why solar panels are too expensive to be used extensively. This reminded me of Profesor Vesna’s Week 3 Lecture, about how technological advancements greatly changed society. In that lecture she explained how machines sped up the mechanization process (i.e. printing press), and art was changed because of this. Similarly, new forms of electricity will make a great impact on society.

(Plastic Solar Cell)

The third speaker was talking about the Leonardo Journal, which was a journal that used technology to analyze culture. This is a perfect example of the intersection of art and science, because it combines the use of technology and culture. The fourth speaker was named Marco Pinter, and his focus was on robotics and art. He worked on the choreography of sculptures using robotic motors, which is exactly what professor Vesna spoke about in Lecture 3. 

(Marco Pinter explaining robotics and object permanence)

 The fifth speaker was Shannon Willis, and she exchanged between quantum physics, philosophy, art, and emotion. She showed us a video compilation of the emotions she feels from being apart from her daughter. She uses technology to get across her emotions and artistic ideas. All of these artists had very interesting presentations and incorporated some aspects of science into their work.

Works Cited

Vesna, Victoria. “Lecture 2.” Cole UC online. Youtube. 15 Apr 2012. Web. 24 Apr 2016.

Vesna, Victoria. “Mathematics.” Lecture. YouTube. Uconlineprogram, 8 Apr. 2015. Web. 22 Apr. 2016. 

Vesna, Victoria. "TwoCultures part1." Youtube. Uconlineprogram, 30 Mar. 2012. Web. 22 Apr. 2016. 



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