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Karina Gao Event 1

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Proof attendance: screenshot of the email confirmation zoom conference meeting information This Friday, I attended the event Cosmological Elements - Space & Art #2. I was fascinated by the artwork of artist Makoto Azuma.  Frozen Flowers 2023 Azuma Makoto's creative art project 'EXOBIOTANICA' After the event, I looked up a lot of information about Makoto Azuma and his work. I learned that Makoto Azuma is a contemporary Japanese artist and floral designer known for his innovative work with plants and flowers. One of his artworks that impressed me the most was 'EXOBIOTANICA', which I thought was a fantastic idea. Thanks to technological advances, Makoto Azuma uses high-tech tracking devices, weather balloons, and high-definition cameras to capture a magnificent view of plants at the edge of the Earth's atmosphere. I think it's the constant advancement of technology that helps artists like Makoto Azuma come up with crazy ideas. For me, these plants have a su...

Week 4 MedTech+Art

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After studying and reading this week, I have gained many new insights into the relationship between medicine, technology and the arts. As time goes on, there are more and more intersections between medicine, technology, and the arts, and all three fields contribute to each other and together to the progress of human civilization. The development of medicine requires the support of technology, such as high-precision medical equipment and data analysis techniques, to provide greater accuracy and practicality in medical visualization. Getty It also depends on the use of art and design in medicine, such as medical illustrations, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 3D models, to help doctors and patients better understand diseases and treatment options. J. Proteome Res Ava Schroedl As Virgil Wong said “Medicine helps us live longer lives. Art is about why we live.” Art can contribute to innovative thinking in medicine and technology. Such as in design and communication, where art can conv...

Week 3 Robotics + Art

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This week I have learnt a lot from reading and watching the instructional videos and articles. Robotics and art may seem like two very different fields, but they have become increasingly intertwined in recent years. With the development of technology, robots are no longer only found in industry and services, but are also beginning to interact with the creative and artistic fields. Not only can robots be presented to the public as works of art, but they can also be used as tools to help artists realize their wildest ideas and reduce their workload. Many intelligent robots can be programmed to perform various painting, sculpting, and music composition tasks. These robots can create autonomously according to predetermined parameters or through artificial intelligence algorithms. In this case, robots can create works of art with high precision and complexity, which I believe greatly reduces the artist's workload. In addition, AI technology has been very hot lately, and artificial intel...

week2 Math+Art

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Mathematics and art, two seemingly disparate fields, but in both our daily lives and professional studies, we find striking similarities and very many intersections between them. Like in The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art author Linda Dalrymple Henderson mentions some modern artists and their works, such as Pierre Jourdain, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, etc. By using mathematical concepts such as non-Euclidean geometry and the fourth dimension, these artists created some works with unique visual effects. This shows that mathematics and art have much in common in terms of innovation. Artists have developed a variety of innovative art forms through their understanding of mathematics. For example, Dali's "Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)" uses the concept of the fourth dimension to create a unique perspective on a traditional religious subject. His work makes the audience feel the fascination of mathematics. Mathematics has a long history of influence o...

week1 Two Cultures

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After attending this week's lecture and reviewing the materials, I learned that the concept of "two cultures" was first proposed by British scientist and writer C.P. Snow in 1959. Snow believed that with the development of science and technology, the divide between humanistic intellectuals and technological intellectuals, as well as the cultures they represented, grew increasingly distinct, forming two separate cultures. Snow argued that this cultural polarization was detrimental to humanity; hence, in his lecture, he warned against it and called for cooperation between the two. In my opinion, although the two cultures differ in many ways, their boundaries are not absolute. Indeed, innovation and development in various fields require a combination of art and science, and these disciplines should complement each other rather than create division. As an example, I am a humanities student, but I don't study education in isolation from my other knowledge. While there is a...