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 https://quinnwinterdesma9.blogspot.com/2022/05/week-9-space-art-quinn-winter.html I completely agree with your point that " Art has an extremely important role in the exploration of space because it allows us to see and visualize places where the average person has yet to be able to explore." I think art as well as technological advancements, like the telescope, allow us to push forward in exploration and discover things we only could imagine.

Artists over the years have always studied astronomy and mathematics to help with visual concepts for their arts. Artists utilize a system of concepts to make sense of visual information called the elements of art – line, shape, color, value, and texture. Scientists utilize analogous concepts, and the elements of art can be a valuable tool in planetary image analysis. Fusing art and science education prove an exciting and effective method for inspiring students to explore both disciplines. Art has influenced science just as much as science has influenced art. For example,  A Universe, 1934  by Alexander Calder is a take on the cosmos.  “ Calder was a pioneer of ‘drawing’ in three dimensions, using wire as a means of rendering line as a volume in space, in addition to his famed experiments with the element of movement in his artworks. ” His work with the cosmos encouraged advancements in the discovery of Pluto in 1930. Another example of art influencing space is through th...

 https://vivekchotaidesma9.blogspot.com/2022/05/week-8-nanotechnology-art.html I think that the field of nanotechnology is very fascinating and exciting. The realm of possibilities has yet to be fully explored and I think we will make some amazing breakthroughs as we continue to expand our knowledge. However, I agree that the field is very new and we should be cautious especially in regards to safety as we create new advancements. 

I think that  Boo Chapple’s work  “Transjuicer  Can you hear the Femur Play?” is very fascinating. In this interview, she talks about the piece and what it hopes to invoke.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNCWlOwHSqM The concept of the work is to make audio speakers out of bone. “The development of this project involved working with the piezoelectric nature of the bone matrix in order to cause the bone to vibrate in such a way as to generate audible sound.”  As a sound designer for both theatre/film I find the concept really interesting, projects like these have the ability to reinvent the way we think about sounds and how we go about creating sounds in an art space. Sound is a fundamental part of how we interact with the world and hearing is one of our most important senses. "Chapple aims to investigate phenomena occurring beyond our human capacity to sense and amplify these interactions." How the piece functions is as follows: the “bone” speakers transduce e...

  https://arianamaganadesma9.blogspot.com/2022/05/week-7-neuroscience-art.html Hello Ariana,  I believe dreams are very fascinating and somewhat agree with Freud's point that religion can be used as an escape or an answer to the difficulty in life. I also agree with your point about how the  Octopus Brainstorming was a unique idea to show how  people can be interconnected and how this is yet another example of bridging the gap between science and art. The  Cell Press  Birth of a Neural Circuit / Cell was also very fascinating. 

  “Everywhere we look for microplastics, we find them” was one of the slides during Jess Irish’s presentation and I thought that that was a very powerful statement given the state of the world as we know it. Jess Irish uses both art and science to convey her message in her documentary. Her documentary This Moral Plastik  dives into plastics and their impact on the globe. Amid the lockdown, a bereaved mother unfolds a surprising journey within and across oceans to understand the contemporary landscape of single-use synthetics. The documentary includes with hand-drawn illustrations and poetic interludes which bring art and imagination to an otherwise serious topic about the scientific and environmental impact of plastics.  This was my favorite part about her work that she was able to include things that you wouldn’t normally see in a documentary about science or environmental issues.  She beings speaking about the origin of the work plastic which derives from plassein ...

Artist Suzanne Anker ad neuroscientist Giovanni Frazzetto have initiated the Neuroculture Project which aims to examine how modern brain science has penetrated popular culture. Although they are specifically interested in studying the interaction of art and neuroscience, Frazzetto and Anker’s claim is that the assimilation of the neurosciences into our everyday lives is having an impact on human social values and commercial practices.  Cognitive neuroscience investigations have begun to reveal the distributed neural networks which interact to implement moral judgment and social decision-making, including systems for reward learning, valuation, mental state understanding, and salience processing. Incorporating neuroscientific methods with psychology and clinical neuroscience has the potential to improve predictions of recidivism, future dangerousness, and responsivity to particular forms of rehabilitation. “The scientific exploration of mind provides society at large with an unprec...

https://berkselindesma9. blogspot.com/2022/05/week-6- biotech-art.html#comments   Your point: "The role of the artist in the biotechnology age is to use their art in a creative manner to further scientific discovery", is a very interesting one because typically the general public views science and art as opposite ends of the spectrum and not always bleeding into and influencing each other. I also like your point that "we are all bound together" whether we agree with the art or technology it is still in hindsight a key to discovery and learning more about the growth and development of humankind. 

Biotechnology in itself is a tool used for medical or scientific purposes. The intent behind its use however is what moves it from being merely a tool for science into a concept of art and/or destruction.  Although it originated at the end of the 20th century, through the works of pioneers like  Suzanne Anker ,  Joe Davis , and the artists hosted by  Symbiotica ,  BioArt is more widely practiced now. It is important when creating these new technologies for the advancement of science that we look at the impact on not only humans but the environment as well. Victimless Leather is an example of this.    By presenting a prototype of a lab-grown jacket,  Victimless Leather  explores the future consequences and potentials of using tissue engineering to develop consumer products. Considering all of the material waste involved,  Victimless Leather  problematizes the idea that lab-grown materials can ever lead to a truly ‘victimless utopia’....