Event #3 Assignment

Event #3

     For Event #3, my friend Zach Sweeney and I went to the MFA Thesis Exhibition at the UCLA Broad Art Center. I have to say seeing these pieces of art was very strange for me. It was almost like there was no explanation as to what any of the pieces meant. I soon learned that these works of art are for you to figure out the meaning. 

     This next work of art features technology. It is a coat that has a tablet and other electronics on it. Like I said before, I have no  idea what the intended meaning of this piece is, so I left it up to my own interpretation. I imagined that the coat was a symbol for war and how it will always exist in our world. But the tablet and other electronics on the coat symbolize the advances that we are making towards more efficient and more powerful technology and weapons. 

     Another piece of art on display was a medical table and when I walked in and saw this I was really confused as to what art truly is. It is literally a seat that looks like it could be used for a dentists office or a hospital. At first I had no clue what to think about what I saw, but I decided that the piece meant, for me, that medicine is extremely important in our world. I think the lamp shining down on the table emphasizes the importance of the seat and how important the patient is to the medical company as a whole. I may be way off on my approaches to these works of art but I certainly gained a new appreciation for this kind of artwork. 

Week 9 Assignment

Week 9 Assignment

Space and Art

     When I saw that this weeks assignment was about Space and Art, I instantly thought of the stars in the sky. I am talking about the Big Dipper and other constellations that are shown in the sky every night. These constellations are completely natural and are major forms of art. I think that it is amazing that you can notice something so far away so vividly and clearly. The stars in space are truly amazing works of natural art. 

     I think that some of the topics talked about this week that were very interesting to me was the space race. The space race between the U.S.and the Soviet Union was a very cool concept to me. Now, we do not think the inventions made during that time are all that special, but back during the space race, these inventions were some of the most significant inventions of their time. The Space Race has evolved into big space companies and now NASA and even Elon Musk's SpaceX are formidable companies that study space. 

     Lastly, I think that extraterrestrial life is another interesting concept that I think has actually turned into a pretty cool artistic opportunity. We see shows like "South Park" depicting aliens as long stick like figures and we have the movie "E.T." which shows the alien as more of a shriveled human formed being. I think the mystery in the truth of extraterrestrial life is what is really interesting and I think that humans using their imaginations to create artistic renderings of what these aliens might look like is a very cool concept in the space/art world.

Works Cited

Vesna , Victoria, dir. Space Part 1. 2012. Film. 30 Nov 2012.

 Vesna , Victoria, dir. Space Part 3. 2012. Film. 30 Nov 2012. 

“Powers of Ten™ (1977).” YouTube, 26 Aug. 2010

“Space pt4.” YouTube, 30 May 2012,

“Space pt6.” YouTube, 30 May 2012