Final project

Event Blog: LACMA

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Although the circumstances for my impromptu Los Angeles trip were unfortunate, I left the hospital for a trip to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where I enjoyed the numerous and varying exhibits available. 

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The first thing my girlfriend and I saw was the city like moving art piece. Chris Burden's Metropolis II  (3) immediately reminded me of a smaller scale version, Eurydice, made by George Rhoads that I saw at Discovery Cube a few weeks ago (4). Similarly to Eurydice, the movement in this piece was never the same and the use of science and mathematics as well as some mechanization was needed to build this piece.  However, on a much larger scale, Metropolis II had the added sense of "sound".  The artist, Chris Burden strived to "produce in the viewer the stress of living in a dynamic, active and bustling 21st century city" (Burden 1). My guest wanted to leave because the noise and all the movment gave her "anxiety", providing proof of the success of the piece. 

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 The most apparent example of the use of mathematics in Art was in the sub section of Fauvism, Cubism and Purism. This portion featured paintings that contained all different types of lines and shapes. This painting named "woman in front of window", by Fernand Leger, was made from "a style intended as a rational, mathematical, correction to the decorativeness of late cubism" (6). This style was also






REFERENCES:
(1) Personal Photo. Degerstedt, Emma. 29th July, 2014

(2) Personal Photo. Degerstedt, Emma. 29th July, 2014

(3) Burden, Chris. "Metropolis II." Los Angeles County Museum of Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Aug. 2014. <http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/metropolis-ii>.

(4) "42nd Street Ballroom"." Sculptures by George Rhoads. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2014. <http://www.georgerhoads.com/Monumental.html>.

(5)  Personal Photo. Degerstedt, Emma. 29th July, 2014

(6) "Woman in Front of the Window (Femme devant la Fenêtre)." LACMA Collections. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Aug. 2014. <http://collections.lacma.org/node/235773>.

Discovery Science center

Event Blog: Discovery Cube and Mythbusters Explosive Exhibition

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On Sunday July 20th, my boyfriend and I visited the Discovery Science center in Santa Ana, where the Mythbusters Exhibit is currently located. Since "guests know [them] by ‘discovery’ and ‘cube," (2) the president of the Discovery Center, Joe Adams renamed the exhibit "Discovery Cube". 

There was one point of the exhibit that had a squeeze handle that was connected to a fake heart in a glass case. There is a beeping light next to the case that represents a standard healthy heart rate.  The observer watches the amount of blood filling the case as they squeeze the handle. My boyfriend has a heart disorder that requires daily medicine to control.  His heart sometimes starts to beat out of rhythm, also known as A-fib, or atrial fibrillation (). I hadn't really understood his disorder so he explained it to me by pushing the handle in the way that his heart malfunctions, showing his heart was pumping blood at random pace and amount.

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The first sculpture we found was titled, Eurydice, made by George Rhoads in the 1990's. (4) He was fascinated with the concept of using mechanization that had gravity encouraged movement other than the power generated to push the balls back up to the top where the process begins again. This experiment reminded me of an early form of robotics and art collaboration.

Perhaps the most important example of how the exhibit utilized art and science together was the live show in the Mythbusters Exhibit (6). Two workers at the exhibit did a live performance type experiment where they wanted to find out if humans respond faster to light or a sound cue. Once we deciphered that we respond faster to light, the man who volunteered for the experiment had to dodge a paintball from various distances. 

References:
(1) Personal Photo. Degerstedt, Emma. 20th, July, 2014.

(2) "Discovery Science Center changes name to Discovery Cube." The Orange County Register. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2014. <http://www.ocregister.com/articles/discovery-630123-science-center.html>.

(3) Personal Photo. Degerstedt, Emma. 20th, July, 2014.

(4) ""42nd Street Ballroom"." Sculptures by George Rhoads. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2014. <http://www.georgerhoads.com/Monumental.html>.

(5) "Atrial fibrillation." Treatments and drugs. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2014. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/atrial-fibrillation/basics/treatment/con-20027014>.

(6) Personal Video. Degerstedt, Emma.  20th, July, 2014