Sydney Olofe DESMA9

This week we delved into the topic of Space and how it's allure inspires all types of artists everywhere. In art, space is defined as "the distances or areas around, between, and within components of a piece" (Esaak). There is no art piece that doesn't include an element of space in it, some type of space can be found within all art pieces. Many artists use space to manipulate it into the vision they see. They could make objects bigger or smaller depending on their place in the space; or if they're a sculptor, they would need to take into account external factors like lighting and where they'll be placed.  Dean, R. (2024, April 3). Michelangelo, Working for God. Signifier. https://medium.com/signifier/michelangelo-working-for-god-9c9ddda9ccfc One person who sat at the forefront of modern space art is Chesley Bonestell who created the modern aesthetic called Descriptive Realism. It prides itself on being an art form that focuses on being scientifically realisti...

When I think of nanotechnology, I often think about all the sci-fi movies that have come out explaining the quirks and mechanics of how they managed to create small particles that can transform our bodies into powerful machines. To my surprise i t seems that society has advanced more than realized as we already include nanotechnology in our everyday use. They can be found in many products like cosmetics, clothing, and even furniture (Opperman). Bush, J. (2018, April 22). Working with nanotechnology. Safetyandhealthmagazine.com; Safety+Health Magazine. https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/16883-nanotechnology In a Ted Talk by Kurzweil, he talks about the technology field and how it will continue to advance at frightening speeds. This realizations leads him to creating Singularity University, which is run by students and faculty that are dedicated into studying and nurturing the rapid development of technology so they can benefit the environment and humanity in the long run (...

Love Machines is a collective of art in different mediums, including an interactive VR headset exploring the mingling of multiple generations to a live human performance exploring their relationships to others and themselves within the context of the internet. The main theme of the collection is to display how using the facets of the internet and its mediums can lead you to learning more about yourself and eventually falling in love with the person you've become (DMA). Photo of "Love Machines" Pamphlet As I was walking through the exhibit the artist who caught my eye the most would be Aurora Mititelu. She submitted two works: Gen/esis and Abel & I . She explained that her projects were based on an Ai-generated depiction of what she believed to be a 'perfect' boyfriend. Aurora's boyfriend is actually a genderbent version of herself and she was able to create him by using a 3D scanner to scan her face and upload it into a program. Through this project she w...

This week we're looking into the growing interest of the human consciousness. Up until this point in life, I never really understood the concept of 'consciousness' and never tried to dive deeper into it until now. In Jung's paper, he expresses that "to be wholly of the present means to be fully conscious of one's existence as a man" (Jung). This compelled me to search deeper and learn how to live. Wikipedia Contributors. “Consciousness.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Feb. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness. In my search to understand, I was led to the Global Consciousness Project. It's a multi-national collaboration where they attempt to record all of the world's events starting from August 1998. Their reasoning for picking up this project is to demonstrate how the human consciousness can be measured through REGs, or random event generators. These REGs generate long strings of binary numbers and are used to prove that the "human c...