Week 9

Event #1 - Festival of Trees

A few weeks ago, I got to take a break from studying for midterms and take a stroll through the Botanical Gardens for UCLA’s Festival of Trees. I had headphones on as I strolled through the garden with my stamp book, listening to some instrumentals as I took in the families, couples, and fellow students that made their way through the paths to try to find the next tree in the book’s order.

Event #1 - Nina Sobell

During this week’s event, I was able to listen to a very interesting presentation by Nina Sobell. “Nina Sobell is a contemporary sculptor, multimedia, and performance artist who pioneered the use of EEG technology, closed-circuit television, and internet communication in the art world” (Nina Sobell Bio).

Event #1 - Jess Irish

Jess Irish’s short film about plastic was very interesting. One part that stood out to me was how plastic can also mean capable of change or modification. This resonated with me because many of the plastics created today are thrown into landfills or the ocean, to remain in their form for hundreds if not thousands of years.

Final Proposal - Neuroaesthetics

From the past several weeks, one of the main messages I have taken from this course was how much the world around us is interconnected to us and influences us in more ways than we may be conscious of. I decided to look into ways art or beauty around us is connected to psychology or neuroscience. Since psychology/neuroscience is quite similar to my major, cognitive science, and it is already something I am interested in, I wanted to head in that direction in terms of connecting art to biotechnology. 

Final Proposal - Restoring the Rhythm of Life: Music and Rhythmic Rehabilitation in patients with Neurodegenerative Decline

These past few weeks in art and biotechnology class we have talked extensively about the biochemical and physical connectivity that can be reflected through art. Mycelial networks connect us to the natural universe on a fundamental level, carbon structures in graphene connect us to the organic affinities we share with pencil drawing as a reflection of our present experience, and Chinese zodiacs connect us with the Hox gene and distinct genetic developmental trajectories.

Diving Deeper Into Bread

One of the most interesting topics to me this year has been our week of investigating bread. So many things about bread and its history were unknown to me before, so for my final investigation I'd like to dive deeper into the history of bread, the biochemistry of bread, and look into the materials in a more complete nature that were assigned to us as well as finding my own sources. The fact that bread is so widespread in different cultures and such a basic staple to many makes me want to understand it in a deeper way.

Final Project Proposal: Chemistry and Art Conservation

My parents have always been an “art couple”; they went to Europe on their honeymoon and spent their dates walking through old museums, admiring sculptures and architecture, and fostering an appreciation of art within me from a young age (even when I would have rather gone to a playground than a stuffy art museum when I was a little kid). My mother and grandmother were also painters in their youth, and my house is full of original paintings and portraits completed by them.

Final Assignment Proposal: Involvement of Art in Health

For the final project for this class, I plan on writing about the crossroads between art and medicine. So much of my life has revolved around learning some form of art. As a child, I grew up with a strong appreciation for music, a form of “sound art” as well as a penchant for building various gadgets and toys, which I consider a form of visual/3D art.

The Mystery of Sound - final paper topic

In the beginning of this class, we talked about how we have a very musical student body present in this lecture. I was really looking forward to learning more about the science behind sound and music. The lecture a few weeks ago left me wanting more – I so enjoyed hearing and guessing everyone’s sounds! I learned so much about sound from reading other’s blog posts and listening to their stories, and I am curious about what other aspects were not explored. Thus, I want to expand on these themes in my final paper.

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