Week 4 Assignment
When I saw this weeks blog assignment, the first thing that I noticed throughout the pictures and artwork was the impression of body modification. This can range from small modifications like earrings or rings attached to the body, all the way to more extreme cases like breast augmentation or full body tattoos. This combination of medicine, technology, and art is a prime example of how all three different skills can come together.
Another feature that is more prominent in my life is a Virtual Reality headset. This piece of technology allows people to feel as if they are actually experiencing in real life what is going on in their headset. By using artistic graphic design and the use of brand new technology, this new style of gaming is going to be extremely popular in the near future.
A type of medical procedure that is mentioned in lecture that I have taken part in is an MRI. I have had about 2 MRIs on my back and 1 on my shoulder. This process seemed very simple as I lied down in the MRI tube, but after I was finished the doctor showed me all of the scans that were taken of my body. I did not realize how intricate each part of the machine was and how much of an impact it had on the rendering of the MRI images.
Works Cited
“Art.” Virgil Wong,
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Radiological Society of North America, et al. “Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Body.”
Howard, Jacqueline. “WATCH: Blind Men See Again After Getting Experimental Implant.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 7 Dec. 2017,
I like your point on how art, medicine, and technology comes together through small things such as tattoos and piercings, or large body modifications such as breast augmentation. I had always thought about the large scale changes and looked past the smaller ones such as a tattoo.
ReplyDeleteI myself have also had an MRI and also didn't think about it as a type of art. I think you bringing in the use of virtual reality is one that is very surprising to me. I feel like that is an up and coming thing and truly describes the interaction between art and technology. I think the point about body modifications is also very true. Even things such as haircuts or painted nails is a form of art. I like the way you make the point of these interactions with everyday things.
ReplyDeleteI like how you talked about the virtual reality because I feel that of all of these that is the most important to you given how much you play video games. It truly is a seamless connection between technology and a medium to view art and I think you articulated that well
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