Week 2-Unit 2: Math & Art

The material that influenced me the most for the week 2 assignment was through the resources and information provided simply through Professor Vesna’s lectures.

I remember attending the science museum for Gunter Von Hagens Body Worlds Exhibition and found myself fascinated with how plastination was able to preserve and accurately show the many layers of our body.

 

http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/gunther_von_hagens/life_in_science.html

Another personal experience I had with the material covered in this weeks lesson was X-Ray, CAT Scans, and MRI’s. I was injured a few times during my 4 years at UCLA and had a fair share of doctor appointments and full body scans. Because of this, Professor Vesna’s lecture regarding medicine and X-Rays was memorable for me.

 

http://radiology.ucla.edu/low-dose-coronary-cta

Not only did lectures stand out, but one reference, specifically, Kevin Warwick’s Cyborg project, stood out. Shortly after his first project, he followed up with a second project titled as Project Cyborg 2.0. Professor Vesna briefly touched upon Warwick’s Cyborg project 1.0 and 2.0, but this work left an impression on me because I grew up reading comic books and watching TV that included Cyborgs. I enjoyed learning about how mathematics influenced science and art.

 

http://teentitans.wikiacom.

As virtual reality or VR become more and more popular in our modern world, Diane Gromala’s TED Talk seemed very relevant. Gromala focused on creating a VR technology meditation system to help a person connect to their inner senses, which would help that person, overcome chronic pain.

Leonardo Di Vinci’s Mona Lisa was shown as an artist in this week. He was presented in the lecture titled Human Body & Medical Technologies. Di Vinci’s Mona Lisa was used by ORLAN. She was an artist who used plastic surgery to define herself and show what she believes beauty is. She took numerous body parts from her favorite artists and asked the plastic surgeons to emulate the artists work but on her own body. This alone shows how mathematics and science and art work hand in hand.

 Leonardo Di Vinci

Last week we were able to see the juxtaposition of art and science and mathematics by analyzing UCLA’s North and South Campus. The best way to understand the differences of math, art, and science is by analyzing the places of where these creations and research is presented. Leonardo Da Vinci’s artwork is viewable in museums around the world but not in doctor’s offices. Placing a famous piece of art in a plastic surgeons office would contradict the norms of our society today, thus showing a similar flaw in societies beliefs in which we dealt with last week.

Kevin Warwick. Web. 17 Apr. 2017

TEDxTalks. "TEDxAmericanRiviera - Diane Gromala - Curative Powers of Wet, Raw Beauty." YouTube. YouTube, 07 Dec. 2011. Web. 17 Apr. 2017.

Vesna, Victoria. "UC Online." Uconline.edu. Web.