MATH+ART/ ROBOTICS+ART

As mentioned in this weeks intro for math and art, "Computers through mathematics brings art and science together." I found the topic of this week very fascinating due to the fact that math and art and interconnected with each other. Before reading this weeks material I considered art and math entirely different topics. However, I now have been proven wrong. Computers unite the two as almost one. One can say they absolutely hate math but they are unaware that mathematics is what makes possible the reality in the computers that they love. 

The same thing goes for math involved with paintings. Proportion/perspective is what helped paintings become so realistic. Artist and mathematicians learning from one another. 

This weeks topic also included robotics and art. As mentioned in the intro video, we cannot possibly look at robotics without also taking a look at industrialization. It is because of mechanization of labor that robots began to be used. I actually agree with Walter Benjamin about mechanical reproduction putting an end to uniqueness. If we take a look at Benjamin's epilogue he mentions, "Society has not been mature enough to incorporate technology as its organ." As i kept reading his epilogue I came to this astonishing sentence, 

"Instead of draining rivers, society directs a human stream into a bed of trenches, instead of dropping seeds from airplanes, it drops incendiary bombs over cities; and through gas warfare the aura is abolished in a new way."

Instantly I felt as if I agreed with him but then I realized that this is not true. Society has used some technology for the wrong purposes but we have indeed been mature enough to use it to better the world. Planes have been used for bombing cities but they have also been used to put fires out. 

This weeks topic was extremely interesting to me. "A Romance of Many Dimensions", was a fascinating reading. While reading the example we were given about looking at a penny from the corner of the table I began to truly understand the connections art has with so many other subjects like art and robotics. 

Sources and Links:

http://www.computersforcreativity.com/about/programming-art-math

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/math-art-arch.shtml#Objectives

http://www.artbots.org/2011/

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/series/1003002/mighty-planes/3361529/martin-mars

Works Cited

Abbott, Edwin Abbott. Flatland a romance of many dimensions. Champaign, Ill.: Project Gutenberg, 199. Print.

Benjamin, Walter, Michael William Jennings, Brigid Doherty, Thomas Y. Levin, and E. F. N. Jephcott. The work of art in the age of its technological reproducibility, and other writings on media. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. Print.

"Mighty Planes: Martin Mars | Smithsonian Channel." Smithsonian Channel: Telling America's Stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 July 2013. <http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/series/1003002/mighty-planes/3361529/martin-mars>.

"Planes swoop in to put out Rolling Hills Estates fire - YouTube." YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 July 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj8njha25Co>.

"Programming-Art-Math - computersforcreativity." computersforcreativity. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 July 2013. <http://www.computersforcreativity.com/about/programming-art-math>.

"See How Computers Add Numbers In One Lesson - YouTube." YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 July 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBDoT8o4q00>.

Laura Hermosillo DESMA9

Week 1 Two Cultures

We apply to college and instantly we're forced to decide which major we are seeking to pursue. Reaching a decision becomes extremely frustrating because of the separation between arts and sciences. It's either you chose one path or the other, or as for UCLA it's either you chose north or south campus. I am a second year at UCLA and come from Pomona California. Choosing which path I want to strive for has been one of my most difficult struggles at this prestigious university. I am currently a Human Biology and Society major but when I am questioned about my major I always respond with a “I'm not really sure yet”. Arts and sciences are two completely different things in universities. At UCLA not only the two are completely separate cultures but the location of where your classes are located are separated as well. Choosing your major takes a huge effect on many things including which side of the school you park your car.

http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfunhumor/ig/Science-Major-Mouse/Science-Major-Mouse---Abstract-Art.htm

As C.P. Snow mentions in “Two Cultures and Scientific Revolution”, Literary intellectuals stand at one side of the pole as scientist on the other. Snow believes schools and universities are a major part of the problem with the separation. He gives us a perspective on how scientist think of of the non-scientist and vice versa. Non-scientist believe scientist are shallowly optimistic, “unaware of man's condition”, and scientist believe non-scientist lack foresight.

http://science-ramblings.blogspot.com/

In this link scroll down to "So many ways we don't understand each other"

Even at UCLA the north and south majors always talk against one another. The separation of the two has created a mini competition between the two.

http://intercontexting.com/dinosaur-footprints-for-sale/

 Scroll down to "Can Science be Art? Can Art be Science?"

“Science has traditionally accepted the smartest students”, mentions Kevin Kelly in “The Third Culture”. The sad thing is that students actually follow this statement. Numerous times at UCLA i've heard students say that north campus is the easy way out or that chemistry is hard to point out all the non-smart people who cannot become doctors.

Kelly also speaks about the new third culture based on technology and how it is an offspring of science. I agree with this new culture being technology as Kevin's article says, “Scientist would measure and test a mind, artist would contemplate and abstract it. Nerds would manufacture one.”

http://www.mylot.com/post/2190281/who-is-more-intelligent-a-person-who-study-science-or-arts

Follow this link to read opinions about who is more intelligent

Art Vs Science youtube video :)

The student's perspectives

http://youtu.be/Uby_AOfx27Q

Works Cited

"Dinosaur Footprints For Sale." Experimental Creative Ideas : Intercontexting. N.p., n.d. Web.

1 July 2013. <http://intercontexting.com/dinosaur-footprints-for-sale/>.

"Science Major Mouse - Abstract Art, Page 7." About.com Chemistry - Chemistry Projects, Homework Help, Periodic Table. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 July 2013. <http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfunhumor/ig/Science-Major-Mouse/Science-Major-Mouse---Abstract-Art.htm>.

"Science Ramblings." Science Ramblings. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 July 2013. <http://science-ramblings.blogspot.com/>.

Snow, C. P.. The two cultures and the scientific revolution. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1959. Print.

"The Third Culture ." Science . N.p., n.d. Web. 1 July 2013. <http://www.sciencemag.org/content/279/5353/992.full>.

"The philosophy of science." Understanding Science. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 July 2013. <http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/philosophy>.

coincidence, odd, and a brilliant work of literature forms spontaneously in the Andromeda galaxy. No one ever reads it.. " Science vs. art - Less Wrong ." Welcome to Less Wrong . N.p., n.d. Web. 1 July 2013. <http://lesswrong.com/lw/30/science_vs_art/>.