Friday, October 18, 2013


Industrialization has made it seem like nowadays that art without technology is nonexistent.  Computers have so many different programs to make art and photographs have seemed to replace artwork in houses.  Professor Vesna explains that there are some cases where art such as movies and shows, have influenced new technological advances.  Such things such as Samsung’s new phone, animation movies, and video games show this idea.    Although nobody seems to be inventing robots anytime soon, the “futuristic gadgets” seen in movies and shows have influenced scientists and inventors.  “Watch phones” have been in almost every futuristic movie out there.  The Samsung galaxy commercial explains how these movies and TV shows over the year have been an influence to their phone.   This watch phone is a huge step for technology.  Samsung is also trying to appeal to its viewers of how by buying this phone they are stepping into the future
(samsung watch phone commercial)
 Walter Benjamin says, “The painter maintains in his work a natural distance from reality the cameraman penetrates deeply into its web.”  This is seen in all animation movies, they each show science and art together at its finest.   As Disney says animated films sometimes use over 50,000 different drawings (the animation process).  Each different piece of artwork is its own masterpiece.  Because of new technology that has come out producers are able to put these pieces of art into one to make it flow.  At Disneyland this is explained in their exhibit called animation kingdom.  The exhibit shows how different masterpieces of art are combined to flow together.  Although the production of movies is amazing, no animation movie would be successful without unbelievable artwork.  This idea also shows up when it comes to video games.  As this E:60 clip shows video games have gone from games like pong that are so simple to games like madden where the players look real.  This is because the designers are able to combine art and science perfectly.  In video games cases the art would be the play of the professional players. The designers are able to put signature moves the players make in real life, to the video game they are creating.  Video games nowadays are amazing works of art.


(evolution of video games)

(toy story animation, disneyland)
 I have learned that industrialization has made it so that pieces of art can now be actually produced.  Each of the examples I explained would not be possible without science and art.   


Works Cited"E:60 - Sports Video Games." YouTube. YouTube, 09 Oct. 2013. Web. 17 Oct. 2013. 


The Animation Process." The Animation Process. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2013. 


Disney's Animation Academy Zoetrope - Real Time Toy Story Animation." YouTube. YouTube, 21 Sept. 2013. Web. 17 Oct. 2013


Samsung Galaxy Gear: Evolution." YouTube. YouTube, 06 Oct. 2013. Web. 17 Oct. 2013. Benjamin, Walter, and J. A. Underwood. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. London: Penguin, 2008. N. pag. Print.



3 comments:

  1. I agree with you (and Davis) that technology has really enhanced art. Literally speaking, even if you strip a piece of art of all its stylistic uniqueness, there is also art in the way masterpieces like movies and video games are produced from a manufacturer perspective. The invention of machinery to help mass produce pictures, film, and models as well as the schematics, logic, and science that go into these inventions is art in itself, though not in the most stereotypical form.

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  2. I agree in a way that technology has grown and has enhanced art. I agree also with video games in which it is art. The technological aspect in how everything goes into the game and the surroundings and the movements of the players, its honestly like watching live football when you play a football video game now a days. I have been to disneyland and yes the exhibit really shows how well the artwork flows with eachother and truly is a masterpiece. Overall I agree with what you are saying.

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  3. Your post this week was particularly interesting to me because i love cartoons and i love video games. The important point here is that art and technology are evolving to improve societies functionality as well as improve the quality of entertainment we enjoy. I also like the use of the samsung commercial in this post because it shows the evolution of technology through movies. Good post, i like your ideas.

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