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Event 2: Fowler Museum

Today, I took a look at the Fowler Museum and the exhibits within. The two main exhibits that peaked my interest were the Aboriginal Works collection and the collection of artist Almighty God. The first collection I want to talk about is the Aboriginal Works. Aboriginals are people who are indigenous to Australia, and one of the interesting characteristics about them is that they still maintain hunting and gathering skills, even in modern times.

Blog 7: Plastics and Decolonization

This week we took a look at plastics as well as an art exhibit that explored haunting in a dystopian future landscape. I first want to take a look at Dr. Gimzewski talk on microplastics, as I thought the issues that he brought up were very interesting and thought provoking. The idea that recycling really doesn’t do as much as we think was very shocking, as I always thought that recycling was a key to helping the environment heal from climate change.

Blog 6 - Rockets and Soundscapes

This week, we took a look at David Roy’s work with rockets as well as took time to examine our personal soundscapes. David Roy’s work with rockets was very inspiring to me, as he dedicated his work to shifting the purpose of rockets from death and destruction to spreading peace and harmony. Rockets have always been ways for us humans to compete with one another and have been utilized to show dominance.

Khipus and Fowler Museum

This week we took a look at the communication exhibit at the Fowler museum and specifically looked at the Incan khipus. From the main exhibit, there were a few pieces that truly peaked my interest. According to thee Fowler Museum website, the first was the original manuscript of the score of Levy’s 1973 musical “Whiplash”. I have always loved music and to see that score in the museum was amazing.

Blog 3 - Botanical Gardens and Maize

This week, we took a look at the Botanical Gardens, as well as diving into a ritual and a tour of the gardens with a look into Alvaro Azcarraga’s research. With the Botanical Gardens tour, what I thought was very interesting was the specific garden provided to the Tongva people to use as their own community garden. This made me interested in what plants the Tongva utilized in their everyday lives.

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