Week 9: Space + Art

 

  This week's subject is quite mysterious and different yet very interesting. Space is a much larger scale than any other platform we've discussed before. Like the video "Powers of Ten" shows, human are trivial creatures compared to the universe. I feel like with areas like nanotechnology or biotechnology, artists use them as raw materials and create art pieces using these technologies. However, the relationship between space and art is more like as if they provide inspirations for each other, and artists cannot manipulate space like they do with other technologies, they can only explore it.

  Before actual space voyage occurred, people with wonderful imagination already wrote about it in sic-fi novels or drew about it in paintings. These ideas were later utilized by scientists as prototypes for space constructions. After successful space exploration, art forms like movie drew even more inspiration from what people had achieved, and hypothesized scenarios to the next level. Although many of these ideas are only fictional, some of them are actually worth a lot of consideration. For instance, recent movie "Interstellar" introduced the concept than time is just another measure like distance or speed. I believe that this is true and will certainly be investigated more by scientists.

Sources

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Interstellar,. 'INTERSTELLAR - Official Movie Site'. N.p., 2015. Web. 2 June 2015 . <http://www.interstellarmovie.net>.

NASA,. 'National Aeronautics And Space Administration'. N.p., 2015. Web. 2 June 2015 . <http://www.nasa.gov>.

Vesna, Victoria. '8 Space Pt1 1280X720'. YouTube. N.p., 2013. Web. 2 June 2015 . <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZIqTR332l8#t=374>.

Vesna, Victoria. 'Space Pt6'. N.p., 2012. Web. 2 June 2015 . <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYmOtFjIj0M>.

Images Used

Interstellar. 2015. Web. 2 June 2015 . <http://theologygaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/interstellar-3840x2160.jpg>.

Puggioni, Paolo. Spaceship. 2015. Web. 2 June 2015 . <http://www.pllewellynjames.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SpaceShip.jpg>.

Universe. 2013. Web. 2 June 2015 . <https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcua_lA6WEUAQBCdQBzFXYMrA-Nzp7_Dk9_UFjq1CQ2VegnQ8mP-I0k3sGYUq46UZt_VHJF4jUYgss4L04Gi9rG0C8YUNNKUNqpV9565Q-mAWZAZ1vr-r8R3EU6bv51IUI2aaVWK3SKiA/s1600/galaxy_universe-normal.jpg>.