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Medicine, Technology, Art: Cannibalism In terms of the body, art, and medicine, there is actually a very interesting medium exhibit on cannibalism in San Diego. The exhibit explains myths and general information on cannibalistic practices. It divides it into three parts, cultural cannibalism, medical cannibalism, and cannibalism as a means of survival. As mentioned in the Casini article, MRI’s have artistic representation comparable to a portrait (Casini 2012, 73). This takes the human body and translates it into a 2d scan photograph. Similarly, this San Diego exhibit takes the human body, but does so in a way that allows for body parts & organs to be exposed, as shown below. As I mentioned, the exhibit shows a few different types of cannibalism. Sometimes this is the case for situations like boat or plane crashes as a means of survival. However, medical cannibalism is also in the exhibit, which offers an interesting take. The Smithsonian Magazine mentions ancient peoples, “ingeste...

Robotics + Art: Mass Production The idea of Mechanization is a particularly interesting one. Arguably, mechanization was the bridge between speed of production and output. As mentioned by Professor Vesna, in the lecture, the Chinese first invented the printing press. A couple hundred years later, Gutenberg utilizes the printing press to then create one with movable metal parts as a replacement for wood (Roemer 2015, 83), as shown in the first photo.  The rapid production of books then translated to other material goods, like art. For example, the famous Andy Warhol soup cans pictured above. Today we see his art reproduced not only as prints, but now onto t-shirts, bags, etc. This allows us to think of the word ‘aura’ as it appears in not only Benjamin’s reading, but also in a journal by Ginia Sweeney. In this she challenges Benjamin’s thoughts. While Benjamin argues meaning is lost as only the original can tell the true story, Sweeney brings up a new idea.  In today’s art ...

  Just as artists like Dürer and other early artists used mathematical theory in relation to art, which was shown in lecture, many artists have used math to experiment with new artistic forms in today’s time. Throughout Dürer’s exploration, he examined human proportions in terms of math, as shown below. Photograph cited below. I do not own the rights to this photo and no not intend to claim as so. However, paper folding has become an increasingly popular examination of this juxtaposition. In fact a professor at MIT, Erik Demaine, investigates math and art using paper folding to create curved crease folds. Photograph cited below. I do not own the rights to this photo and no not intend to claim as so. Famously known in the world of origami and paper folds is work done by Noguchi. He transforms the world of math and art, creating folded lamps, which have been reproduced over and over again today. People like Demaine can look to Noguchi’s world for inspiration on new shapes and forms f...

  My name is Grace. I’m a senior studying architecture. Although I agree with the ideas Two Cultures is presenting, and do find this accurate on college campuses, for me I find myself familiar with two different cultures on campus. I am a transfer student so not only do I feel the separation between majors / schools within campus, but many in my major are also transfers who are not as familiar with the campus in general as others might be. This might not be the case as much as I think it is though. Just as in Toward a Third Culture: Being in between by Victoria Vesna there was an emerging third culture between arts, science, and humanities. Now, see a new culture that is how we learn. What used to be reading textbooks and interacting with professors and students in person now has the added factor of online zoom classes. I use this as a third culture as some classes are online and some are in person creating new cultures of learning with varying opinions on the subject, as mentione...