Week 5: Midterm Project

Week 3: Robots + Art

Original printing press design. In response to this week’s material, I focused primarily on the ideas presented in lecture regarding the evolution of technology beginning with the industrial revolution all the way up to the present popularity of robots. In Lecture Part 1, Professor talked about how the invention of the printing press is what sparked the exchange of knowledge around the world, which was vital in the development of some of recent history’s most brilliant minds. However, I feel that during the development of technology since this time period, we have turned this method that once helped to spread knowledge and ideas into a mechanism that doesn’t make us think at all. I think this was the biggest juxtaposition that I noticed while reading the material this week, especially in the piece written by Walter Benjamin. Walter Benjamin Futuristic robot model. ...

Week 4: Medtech + Art

I am particularly interested by the rapid evolution of technology in the medical field because of how much technology influences every aspect of our lives – but this week I enjoyed learning about where the field of medicine originated. I found that reading the Hippocratic Oath was interesting because of how it has changed over the years. In the original oath, its contents were generally based off of respecting the body, the patient, and the art form that is medicine – encouraging those who have this knowledge to share it with others. It is interesting how the field of medicine has changed since then, in that it is seen as separate from art, and the knowledge of medicine has been restricted to those who are intelligent enough to survive medical school as well as have the monetary stability to afford it. To me, this modern view of medicine does not seem to coincide with the original standards it was founded on as seen in The Hippocratic Oath. ...

Week 9: Space + Art

This week, I found the connection between Space and Art to be significantly more obvious than the topics that have been introduced in the past few weeks. As mentioned in the lecture videos, throughout history, from the earliest civilizations all the way up until now, we as a human race have been intrigued and curious about space. This includes the sky, the stars, the planets, and its mysterious and unknown nature. The idea of the unknown is enough to motivate scientists to learn more, and also acts as a medium of inspiration for artists. You can see the inspiration it has given artists in several different areas especially through the films and television shows that have been created from the pure imagination of what space, or even the future of the human race may look like. In the Lecture part 6 video, Professor Vesna introduced examples such as Star Trek and The Jetsons, which at first glance seem to be un...

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