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 For my first event, I was lucky enough to attend Roxanne Harris' Zoom meeting. This event centered around how Mathematics can not only intersect with Art, but also how music and coding can exhibit the harmony between Art and Science. Roxanne is a graduate student in design media arts and has an inspirational story as she holds a BA in computer science and music from Yale University. Before meeting Roxanne, I had never heard of live coding in music performance. She explained it's a process where code is written and executed in real-time in the context of a performance. It was especially insightful and technical when she mentioned the importance of scripting and lower-level languages.  There I am in the top left of the screen! One of the things that drew my interest was when Roxanne mentioned being inspired by playing video games, as they combine science and Art. I asked her what games she was into, and she responded with Event Horizon, pulling up the game's artwork, which c...

This week, the lectures and provided articles explored the intersection of Art and medicine. We traced the historical significance of human dissection from ancient times to the present day. I found the advancement of medical technologies paralleling the advancements in Art, like 3D scans and plastination, very fascinating. Once technologies such as X-rays, MRIs, and CAT scans were made available to analyze, diagnose, and study the human body, the production of Art shifted to interpreting what once we could not see, but now we can. It provided connectors from a physical dimension to our imagination dimension. This shift in perception of the human body includes genetics, the digital body, and the corporate body. I selected two artists this week to illustrate the awe I have for how they have artistically rendered medical technologies, such as MRI and CT scans. Below is a piece of artwork by Greg Dunn. Here, he captures the spinal Cord by using gold, handmade microtechnology. This piece of...

 This week's content about the history and origins of Robotics and Art was very eye-opening, particularly Professor Machiko Kusahara's insights and expertise on Japanese robotics Art. I have always been fascinated, inspired, and entranced by Japanese technologies, mainly how they have influenced Japanese Art and culture. In my blog post this week, I will focus on two contrasting movies that depict Robots in two opposing ways that ultimately reflect how two very different cultures view technology's role in humanity and society.   The two movies that instantly came to mind are "The Terminator," directed by James Cameron, and "Big Hero 6," an animated movie produced by Walt Disney Company. The Terminator was initially released in 1984 and famously stars Arnold Schwarzenegger with his classic line "I'll be back." It has since become a franchise series of movies, TV shows, and other forms of content. It depicts Robots as a futuristic threat to h...

 Despite growing up in an educational and cultural system that separated Math and Art, I always had an instinct to embrace their relationship. In the lecture this week, we discussed the common misconception that one must choose between Art and Science/Math. In fact, the skillset and knowledge of being good at Math is seen as separate from being able to excel in Art, which is furthest away from the truth. After watching the lectures by Professor Vesna and reading through the articles provided, I have come to more of a greater appreciation of understanding the importance that Mathematics plays in art, such as the theory of zero, the Golden Ratio, Einstein's theory, computers, and fractals. There is a deep and rich history that many artists, scientists, and mathematicians have played in sharing, bridging, and creating a new frontier of ideas, dimensions, and art.   Leonardo Da Vinci is, from a popular culture perspective is best known as an artist, but he is much more accomp...