MedTech+Art

When thinking about the medical field, you immediately think about science, anatomy, or other physiological subjects. No one ever thinks to put art into the category of medicine. Like previous weeks, when looking at two completely different subjects, you can find art in medicine. Take plastic surgery for example, it is combining art and medicine in one technique. Plastic surgery is altering the human body's appearance using medical procedures. Plastic surgery dates all the way back to the Ancient Egyptians when they used surgeries to correct a broken nose.

Another way that art and medicine are connected is through braille. Braille uses a series of bumps on a flat surface to allow blind people to read. Braille combines art and medical condition to help human beings. Along with braille being a mix between medicine and art there are many other medical advances that combine art and medicine. X-rays, CAT scans, and MRIs all utilize art to help in the medical field. MRI's are especially interesting because it takes magnets and sound to create an image that the sound resonates off of.
Although these images aren't necessarily works of art, any images that are original is considered art to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery

Victoria Vensa > Bodies Inc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging

RoboCop: Film

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ct_scan/article_em.htm

Art+Robotics

Art and Science have always been hand in hand. Building off of last weeks readings, lectures, and videos, robotics in art have influenced art much in the same way science has. Many people tend to agree with the statement that robotics or science affects art but fail to see that sometimes art can transcend technological advances and influence it in a huge way.

Walter Benjamin refers to the technological advances has beneficial in many ways, but hurts the artist as well. Although robotics has helped in industrialization, it has taken away from the creativity of the artists and the ingenuity involved in inventing. Relating this to current times, cars or anything that is hand made today has special labels and often tends to be more expensive. Hand-crafted items seem to have become a rarity in today's time further backing Benjamin's work.

When I really think about it, Walter Benjamin really hits home. Having the ability to create works of art with your hands is now a highly regarded talent. Before the industrial revolution, some of the talents we see today were part of an everyday skill set that everyone had. 

When watching David Hanson's Ted Talk about robots developing emotions, it reminds me of the movie iRobot with Will Smith. There is the single robot that was able to develop emotions and it changes everything for the world, also the way that robots interact with humans is scary and the resemblance to actual human interactions is unbelievable. 

Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. London: Penguin, 2008. Print.

TED Talk: David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion"

iRobot; Will Smith; 2004 directed by: Alex Proyas

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=irobot&view=detailv2&&&id=2071ED704F5C799F86F00837B4A6549D0CF1FE04&selectedIndex=25&ccid=XvnfcQr5&simid=608005075726240970&thid=JN.XxZV7Zkiyi4j8juhgdWB0A&ajaxhist=0

Video: Professor Machiko Kusahar on Japanese Robotics

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Art and Science

Understanding the relationship between art and mathematics, one can look at examples from across history. Look at Leonardi Da vinci blended the arts and mathematically before art and math were associated. Through the Renaissance, new creative artistic styles came about through imaginative techniques. Perspective drawing blends both mathematics and art conceptually into creating three-dimensional images on a flat surface.

Along with perspective drawing, artist also used multiple point perspective  drawing  created depth to art that had previously not been achieved. Using right angels, vantage points creates a horizons and allows for creating great city life scenes. Linear perspective drawing takes geometric proportions of humans to create a mathematically proportionate image.

Before mathematical correctness had been introduced to art, disproportionate images had been portraying human beings. The introductions of math into art added a sense of realism that previously had not been conveyed. Without the addition of math into art, there would never be the realism that is so prevalent

today.













Perspective:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_(graphical)
Linear Perspective:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/early-renaissance1/beginners-renaissance-florence/v/linear-perspective-brunelleschi-s-experiement
Leonardo Da vinci:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
Reading Flatland
Interview with Nicholas Gessle

Two Cultures

Throughout history, there has always been a divide between the arts and science. The two groups even refer to themselves in a different manner, intellectuals and artists. There is no doubt they have similarities, both groups are extremely innovative in techniques and creative in their approaches on their projects and fields. C.P. Snow alludes to the schism between the two groups being that he belonged to both groups, scientists and intellectuals try to stay within their peer groups and artists stay to themselves. He continues to discuss the ever growing divide between the two groups but also discusses the similarities between the two groups and how they have much more in common then they would think.

            The difference between two groups like scientists and artists can be seen here on campus at UCLA. The differences between north and south campus majors or the divide between athletes and non-athletes can easily be seen and felt, especially in general education classes where there is a wide range of students. Being an athlete at UCLA, there is somewhat of an alienation felt from other students. Looking at Snow’s article, the divide between athletes and other students is simply a lack of understanding between the two groups. Being a student I can relate to other students and the demand of academics and the stress associated with it. Everyone on campus has a huge workload whether it is practice or studying for finals, the similarities between the two groups is more prevalent than you would expect.  On average, students spend 15 hours a week studying, while athletes spend a similar amount of time competing and practicing.

Work Cited:

            The Two Cultures and The Scientific Revolution C.P. Snow, Cambridge University Press. 1961

            http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/133920308.html

Wilson, Stephen.'Myths and Confusion in Thinking About Art/Science/Technology.'

A Dangerous Divide: The Two Cultures in the 21^st Century

Bohm, David: ‘On Creativity’

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Hi my name is Brett Urabe. I am currently studying Political Science here at UCLA and minoring in Philosophy. I am also on the baseball team, play outfield. Hope to learn a little more about design and other arts. Never taken a class like this, should be interesting.