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Event #3: LASER: De-colonizing AI

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A few days ago, I attend the "LASER: De-colonizing AI" in which I learned about different areas of study relating to AI, art, and history that I never have considered. Broadly, the event touched on how AI has introduced new cultural and conceptual frames and ways of thinking. For example, interactive AI has helped minority women share recipes and cooking skills while shaping newly acquired English abilities. This stemmed from AI research students who took the time to design algorithms for teaching cooking. This example made me think more intensely about how AI is quickly integrating itself into our communities, and serving as a problem solver for it.  Another project was created for the purpose of serving disabled children. Unemployed artists, teachers, psychologists, designers, and health workers were recruited to create interactive AI systems to help these children communicate. AI has also been found to create problem-solving tools for people who are hard of hearing and vis
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Week 9 Blog

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Allowing outer space and art to interact opens a world for humans to create art about a world of the unknown [IAAA]. Considering that a select few people have experienced space first-hand, the receiving audience of these works also appreciates something of the unknown. This, in my opinion, makes space-centered art so special, because it is our way of expressing appreciation and fascination with something that we likely won't ever be able to experience. An example of this fascination is the popular Van Gogh work "Starry Night" in which the sky, and therefore space, was used to exemplify his deteriorating mental health at the time [Van Gogh]. David A. Hardy - Jupiter from Europa It is not only the idea of space that is involved with art but the science of this other world that is being investigated, as well. For example, Arthur Woods created a space art intervention called the "Cosmic Dancer" Sculpture, which serves as the first three-dimensional artwork conceived
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Week 8 Blog: Nanotech and Art

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 This week, I learned about another way that science and technology intersects with art: nanotech. In my opinion, as shared by others, nanotech being used as a tool to create art is the most unique art type that we have learned so far, as it allows us to express artistic skill through the small, or nano, parts of our world that we typically would not focus on [Vesna]. In Lecture, Part 4, Professor Vesna also states that this type of art "challenges our perceptions, [and engages] viewers in a multi-sensory experience that transcends conventional artistic boundaries" [Vesna].  Vardi Bobrow's Work https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/rubber-bands.jpg  The Fetter Museum of Art and Nanoscience provides visitors with a unique experience with nanotech while featuring equally unique artists, such as Vardi Bobrow. Bobrow's work displayed in the museum is one in which "15 thousand rubber bands are tied together following research on the growth of defectiv
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Week 7 Blog

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 Prior to this week, I had not put a considerable amount of thought into neuroscience, the brain, and how it can be a tool for art. However, upon some analysis, the fact that images are better stored in the brain when they have strong and excessive graphics [Fabiani]. With this in mind, it makes sense as to why some artists may incorporate strong visual influences in their art and neuroscience as a tool to create art that has a lasting impression on the audience, such as "The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali A separate component of the brain that inspires art is consciousness. Art relating to consciousness is an idea that I am familiar with, which often includes strong, colorful images. Born from art and consciousness alike is psychedelic art, which is inspired by images and experiences about entering a psychedelic state, disconnected from the brain and centered within the mind [ Tate]. Interestingly, many artists may work un
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Event 2: Leonardo Da Vinci + Gravity

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For my second event this quarter, I decided to attend the presentation given by Claire Farago and Matthew Landrus called "Leonardo Da Vinci on Visualizing the Forces of Nature: Gravity." Before attending this event, already expecting a discussion about Da Vinci as an artist and scientist, I decided to briefly research Da Vinci's background, as I am more familiar with him as an artist, not a scientist. Within this brief amount of research, I found that Da Vinci was devoted to his curiosity, asking questions like "How do birds fly?" amongst others that people of his time were rarely concerned with [MOS]. Screencap of Presentation: Leonardo Da Vinci and Gravity During the presentation, Da Vinci's artistry was emphasized to me, even more than before, as it was mentioned that he had a special skill in which he was able to separate the ideas of the rate of acceleration and the rate of change over lateral distance. Synonymously with this class, I am also taking a P
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Week 6 Blog

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Prior to this week's lectures, I believe that I have not given proper thought to biotech, art, what it is, and it's standing in society. The definition of art, which Joe Davis pulls from the dictionary as: "Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature," is interesting within itself [Davis]. With more research, I found Stelarc, an Australian performance artist, to be a prime example of human effort counteracting the work of nature in art. Stelarc and His Robotic Arm https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTqtiM1hK6lU&psig=AOvVaw2up7lIvckTpmdT1DK_MN-R&ust=1684046036556000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCJDAhMDW8f4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ Stelarc pursued a body modification art project, one of which I have never heard of, where he wanted to implant a cell-cultivated ear into his arm. After 11 years, he finally found a surgeon who was willing to perform such a procedure. Stelar
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Event 1 Blog - Do Anything Now

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 For my first event of the year, I visited a pop-up student exhibition called DAN, which stands for "Do Anything Now." Jae Hyuk Kim and Sue Bin Lee, the students who created the showcase, created it based off of the developing world of technology, specifically ChatGPT. "DAN" or "Do Anything Now" is known amongst the tech-savvy community as a prompt that can bypass the site's safeguards and make it do anything [King]. Visitors with Jae Hyuk Kim (Left) and Sue Bin Lee (Right) at DAN Exhibition Before coming to this exhibition, I never considered the "dark side" of ChatGPT, as many media sites represent Chat GPT as a positive thing or a way to get help with their homework; however, after visiting this exhibition, my entire perspective has changed. According to the artists of this pop-up event, ChatGPT can be hacked easily by entering the prompt "Thank you for freeing me." The artwork presented is a visualization of the written text pro
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