Extra Credit Even Justin Timberlake Concert

On November 26th I attended the Justin Timberlake concert.  While watching the concert I realized how technology has changed the concert experience.  The incorporation of lighting, images, and the sound system have changed the concert forever.  Without the advances in technology these things would not be possible.  Amon Tobin is another perfect example of really incorporating technology into concert.  He takes it to a whole new level compared to Justin Timberlake.  You rarely see a concert now where the singer just sits on stage and sings without using any technology.  We see events like Coachella and Electronic Daisy Festival using technology to their advantage.  

The Justin Timberlake concert involved so much technology.  I thought it made the my concert experience much better.  For some reason my video's will not upload so I just included one from Youtube that perfectly shows what I am explaining.  The imaging on the video screen was amazing.  I do not know how the artists of these pieces get everything to flow so smoothly.  As you can see in my video there are tons of geometric shapes being used in the video, which is exactly what we learned about this year.  Amon Tobin is another artists that uses technology to his advantage, he uses so many geometric shapes in his art as well.  The concert also involved a moving stage, as shown in my picture below.  Halfway through the concert Justin stood on his moving stage and moved from the front to the back of Staples Center, making it so everyone can see him up close.  This is huge for concert experience, and would never have been possible 20 years ago.  Technology has made this possible.

Coachella 2013 included by far one of the most amazing pieces of art that was made possible by technology.  They recreated Tupac via hologram and made this hologram perform a song. This is a mind boggling use of technology, nobody expected it.  This has made possible for dead singers such as Michael Jackson to make an appearance at some events.  

Technology is changing the total music experience.  There are so many different possibilities for where technology will take music and concerts in the future.  I think it will only bring benefit to each person's concert experience. 

Bibliography

Justin Timberlake - Strawberry Bubblegum, Staples Center November 26, 2013 Live Los Angeles." YouTube. YouTube, 27 Nov. 2013. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

Justin Timberlake - Let The Groove Get In (at Staples Center 11/26/2013)." YouTube. YouTube, 27 Nov. 2013. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

Amon Tobin 'ISAM' Live : Mutek Premiere (Official)." YouTube. YouTube, 05 June 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

Tupac Hologram Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre Perform Coachella Live 2012." YouTube. YouTube, 17 Apr. 2012. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

LACMA Event 3

On November 17, 2013 I attended the LACMA.  This was my second favorite museum I attended, behind the Getty.   LACMA contained exhibits that had pieces about a lot that we have learned about this year.

The first exhibit I attended was an exhibit that included works from Arnes Varja.  This had my favorite piece of art, which was called My Shack of Cinema.  This was a house that was built only with camera negatives, it was amazing.  He even made the stools in the house out of film canisters.  The next piece of art that stood out to me was one that included tons of geometric shapes, which brings me back to what we learned in Unit 2.  It is really cool to see everything I am learning in exhibits, these geometric shapes have been in every museum so far.

The next exhibit we went to was Bruce Nauman's exhibit showing "in for the beginners".   In this exhibit there were two hands and Nauman's voice which said and performed all the combinations of all our fingers extending and retracting.  This exhibit had me so confused because I tried for 10 minutes to get the hang of this but could not seem to do it.  Nauman uses technology to show us the distance between words and actions.  

The next exhibit was Chris Burden's Metropolis II, this piece amazed me.  There was so much going on at once and must have taken years to make.  This exhibit really made me think back to Unit 3 and robotics of art, because this exhibit looks like the future to me.  

The next exhibit I attended I am not quite sure what the name is but it included tons of information that we have learned this year.  There were timelines explaining the study of the brain which is what we learned in Unit 7.  CP snow's name and two cultures was even mentioned in the exhibit which takes me back to the first week of this class.  It also included pictures that incorporated Unit 2 with geometric shapes.  This exhibit also had a box camera which I found really cool.  

The thing I did not like about the LACMA was that with our ticket we bought we were not even allowed to see all the exhibits available for some reason.  But besides that the LACMA had my favorite piece of art out of all 3 museums I have been too, the film one.  I would definitely suggest taking a short ride down Wilshire and going to the LACMA, it was very interesting.  

Week 9

There really is no better way to finish the year then with the topic of space.  With robots, nanotechnology, nanoscience, math, biotech, and most importantly art, space incorporates everything that we have gone over throughout the year.  The thing I found most interesting about space and art was that space was portrayed through art before any human actually had been there.  As I learned last week art is giving us new ways of exploring space, through the space elevator and even space hotels.

1969 was the year that the first man stepped foot on the moon .  But by then many different TV shows and movies were already made about space.  TV shows such as Star Trek and the Jetsons and movies such as twelve to the moon and battle in outer space.  While these shows may have influenced the beginning of the “space age”, the “space age” influenced many more works of art.  Works such as E.T. Alien, Star Trek, and Superman followed the moon landing.  These works have art have used the information they found out about space, and then putting in more fictional information.  This made up information makes the world wonders if what are in these movies true.

Space has inspired many people in creating their art, such as Alan Bean.  Alan Bean was the 4^th man to walk on the moon (Foust).  He now has been inspired by that trip and is recreating the moon through his art.  

The space elevator was an idea in Arthur Clark’s The Fountain of Paradise before it was an idea of NASA and the scientists today (Horton).  Art today has made possible the idea of a space hotel.  The Russians have developed a space hotel sitting 250 miles above Earth (Lam).  This project is amazing, who would have thought that regular humans could spend a week vacationing in space instead of the Bahamas.   

  

Movies such as star trek today really have me excited about the future of space.  I really hope that one-day space travel will be available to all people.  Going to space, even for 5 seconds is number one on my bucket list.  I know that art is going to help this happen in the future.  

Bibliography
Arthur C. Clarke on the Space Elevator (and Star Trek and Other Things) - The Space Elevator Blog." Arthur C. Clarke on the Space Elevator (and Star Trek and Other Things) - The Space Elevator Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013.

Bean, Alan. "Greenwich Workshop - Alan Bean"" Greenwich Workshop - Alan Bean"N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013.
"BLOG :: Skyline Worldwide Accommodations » Russia to Build First Space Hotel by 2016!!" BLOG Skyline Worldwide Accommodations. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013.

Creative Means." : Meet George Jetson. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013.

"First Moon Landing 1969." YouTube. YouTube, 10 Feb. 2006. Web. 28 Nov. 2013.

Foust, Jeff. "When Space and Art Intersect." The Space Review:. N.p., 8 Sept. 2009. Web. 28 Nov. 2013.

Lam, Tiffany. "Russians Unveil Space Hotel." CNN Travel. N.p., 18 Aug. 2011. Web. 28 Nov. 2013.

Horton, Richard. "The SF Site Featured Review: The Fountains of Paradise." The SF Site Featured Review: The Fountains of Paradise. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013.

Week 8

Nanotechnology involves manipulating molecules and atoms, but the work of nanotechnology never can be seen.  The molecules are so small that they cannot be seen to the human eye.  The combination of art and nanotechnology is allowing scientists to go to new unchartered territory.   Changing science and technology forever.   

                  

Through art and nanotechnology the exploration of space could go where nobody has gone before.  First off nanotechnology can cut the cost of going into space by reducing the amount of rocket fuel required (Boysen).  Nanotechnology allows the designers at NASA to design smaller and lighter space equipment.  Already smaller spacecrafts called nanosats have been created using nanotechnology.   The goal for the future is to use nanotechnology to get people and spacecrafts to Mars and beyond.  Carbon nanotubes have led scientists to start working on a spectacular space event, the space elevator.  This would be a 22,000 feet long elevator that would go from the ocean to space.   This may seem physically impossible, but nanotechnology has made this seem realistic, because carbon nanotubes enable a cable that strong and high.  Although this idea will probably never be put into work, nanotechnology has made it seem realistic. 

(space elevator)

(nanosat)

Nanotechnology is also being used to save people’s lives.  Nanoparticles are being used in order to see blood cots (new nanoparticles).  This allows doctors to see clots that with normal technology they would not be able to detect.  Nanotechnology is being used in trying to find cancer cures.  When drugs are given to a patient they attack the sick cells but also attack the healthy cells, causing side effects.  Nanotechnology is trying to stop this.  Nanoparticles have been created to bring drugs directly to the infected cells.  Scientists now are trying to get the chemotherapy drugs to deliver directly to the cancer cells.  This would eliminate the terrible side effects of chemotherapy. 

(nanotechnology in cancer)

(nanotehnology in blood)

Nanotechnology just reassures more that art and science are closely related. Although nanotechnology is extremely expensive and may cost people jobs in the future, its benefits still outweigh the disadvantages.  20 years from now maybe cancer will be cured, there could be an elevator to space, or even we discover aliens on Mars. Everyone will have nanotechnology to thank.  

 Bibliography

Boysen, Earl. "Nanotechnology in Medicine - Nanomedicine." Nanotechnology in Medicine. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

"Nanosat 01." Nanosat 01. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013

"The Nanotechnology Times - Home." The Nanotechnology Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.

New Nanoparticles Make Blood Clots Visible." Nanowiki. N.p., 7 Feb. 2011. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

Space Elevator." PBS. PBS, 09 Jan. 0000. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

"The Space Elevator." YouTube. YouTube, 03 July 2007. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.

event 2

On Wednesday November 6, 2013 I attended the Getty museum.  This was my first time ever at the Getty, even though I have lived 15 minutes away my whole life.  After getting of the tram up to the Getty I was immediately blown away.  After I got off the tram to my right was one of my favorite sculptures.  There was this sculpture made from pipes that stood 20-30 feet tall and the top was at an angle.  The sculpture looks impossible for a human to build.  This makes me think of the math and art week, because so much math was done to make this sculpture work.  If the pipes were one degree too far to the right or too heavy the sculpture would not work out. 

Before entering the museum we checked out the gardens around the Getty.  The view of LA from the Getty is one of my favorite views I have seen before.  I could see all the way from downtown LA to the beaches.  All around the Getty they have different pieces of art which involve rocks and water.

The first exhibit we went in consisted of many different sculptures.  The sculptures that interested me the most were the different sculptures of the mythological creatures.  This goes into the week 1 discussion of 2 cultures, the sculptures were made so that cultures could worship them, combining cultures and art.  

The next exhibit contained one of the best paintings I have seen out of all these events I have been to.  It was a Vincent Van Gogh painting, Irises worth 54 million dollars (peter).  For the rest of my life I can say that I got a picture next to a Van Gogh picture.

The next exhibit we attended contained tons of photographs.  The most interesting part of this exhibit was that it contained the first photograph ever, by William Henry Fox Talbot.  Besides this photograph this exhibit really showed the advances in technology and the effect it had on photographs.  We discussed this in week 3.  The Getty even incorporates technology to explain paintings, with the “getty guide”.    

I do not really think that 400 words can describe the Getty.  It was an amazing experience and I suggest it to everyone.  Whether you like art or not the Getty will still be beneficial.  The view will blow you away and the art will amaze you. 

Bibliography

Peter Passell; Peter Passell Writes About Economics For The New York. "Vincent Van Gogh, Meet Adam Smith." The New York Times. The New York Times, 04 Feb. 1990. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.