Bonus Event 1

I went to the the seminar of the state of the environmental humanities held in the Humanities building in UCLA. It is a seminar which allow professional and also participants to discuss the significance of ecology and raise the awareness of people in society. I have noticed that importance of environmental impact that human brings but I did not know there are connection with feminism, culture and literature as well.

This seminar illustrates the combination of different culture. They talked about diverse culture, literature and environment. They also criticize the environment nowadays, which affected by human activities. Basically, this seminar examines diverse issues but mainly focus on our environment and ecology. The professional made the point that environment actually connect with many other fields such as humanism, culture and geography. I think it is very useful and crucial for students to participate because new generation do not realize the importance and impact of environment and they somehow destroy the environment and affect the next generation. It is essential for them to understand what is happening in our environment right now. Despite those are long terms impact, we have to consider the influence in our next generation but not only our generation. Additionally, the scholars also mentioned how politics connect with our environment, such as policy that possibly protect or damage our environment. The relationship between environment and others deepen my comprehension of the issue in contemporary world. I very much agree with what they said about environment and how interacts with other cultures and literature. I did not know other fields would have so much impact and associated with environment as well.

In my perspective, I think it is very practical and meaningful because environmental issue is one of the huge problem we have to face currently. Through the conference, I am able to understand more about our ecology system and aware of the issue. I think it's a good idea to learn something outside the lecture because real experience can help people to get to know more about the thing you have to learn. 

I do not get the chance to take photo with the staff so I just took the photo in the seminar to prove. 

Event 1

The first event that I went to is "waste matter: you are my future" by Kathy high. This event is basically about immune system of human beings and function of bacteria in our bodies. Kathy high is an artist who combine art with other elements such as science and technology. Her artistic work definitely help me to understand more about the lecture.

For example, we can see the picture with something like our digestive system. She applied medical elements in art, which is similar to our lecture in week 5. The lecture was about how art can be used in medical treatment such as MRI.  In my point of view, it is very interesting to use painting to represent our ecological system because it would be more concrete and easier for people to understand. These three pictures below are very similar, which is mainly about human body function. It demonstrates different part of our body and how they can function in our system. Kathy high used the similar idea to show the interaction between art and medicine. She used imbalance of internal biomes as a mirror to illustrate imbalance ecological sphere. Recall from the article " Magnetic Resonance Imaging as mirror and portrait", the writer also described how MRI functions as a mirror to diagnosis patient. Hence, I would say the exhibition enhance my comprehension about medical technology and art. Those paintings portrait the idea vividly and it is always great to experience the idea from another ways, rather than just reading the articles.

In conclusion, I think this gallery is worth to visit because its art work is very creative and special, which do help people to get to know more about our internal digestive and ecological system. If we just focus on articles or books, we may not able to comprehend what it really means. With the pictures and explanation in the gallery, I am more interested in art and its relations with other science field, and have a deeper understanding of the lecture.

Event 2

The second event that I went to is "making strange" in Fowler museum by Gagawaka and postmortem by Vivan Sundaram. The theme of this gallery is human body and fashion. It comprised different elements such as anatomical structure and mannequin. This exhibition primarily aim at raising public concern of human illness and aging.

According to these photos, we can see that artist attempted to use waste material to create art, with extraordinary creativity. The artist use garment and broken object to make another configuration. For example, this photo remind me of what we have learned about medical technology and art. It divided human body into different part and enable us have a better acknowledge of our own body. There are different internal system in our body and Vivan exactly demonstrate them in a piece of art work. Another photo also illustrate the example between medical technology and art. The placement of the head and our body is very special and capture my attention. In my perspective, this artwork also combines technology and art, which make me fully understand the relations between these two.

On the other hand, i am also impressed by the design of this dress. Vivan made use of different material to create the dress, which put fashion and waste material together. By using waste material and recycle it, Vivan is able to make a dress, in the meantime, alert the contemporary people that environmental problem is a huge concern in society nowadays. Using a different way to show the issues that we have to concern is more unique and impressive to visitors. This demonstrate the interaction between two cultures.Therefore, I have a better understanding of how two cultures rely on each other. The most important thing is Vivan is not only an artist, he also think of the idea he want to express in his artwork, which is really amazing.

Generally, this exhibition is really good for student to visit because it can let us know more about human body and how it relates to art. The art work show how art can be used with human body, which enable people to have a new vision towards art. Therefore, it would be a great experience for those who have interested in research in human body. For this reason,I absolutely recommend students to take a look in the exhibition, in order to have a brand new idea toward art, fashion and medical technology.

I cannot take photo inside the museum so I take photo with the staff outisde.

Event 3

For event 3, I went to the exhibition of singular spaces: from the eccentric to the extraordinary in Spanish art development in Fowler Museum. It was presented by Jo Farb Hernandez. The exhibition comprised lots of photos of buildings, sculptures and garden. It made use of what is available in our surrounding. Something interesting about this exhibition is that all artwork are placed on the wall so you have to walk around to appreciate different art.

This photo exemplifies the interaction between art and math. The pattern and geometry of the artwork remind me of the lecture in week 2. The lecture mainly focus on the relations between math and art, as well as how people can make use of math to create art. It reminds me of something we have learned in week 2. Math and art can be linked together and it is able to create another meaning of the art. Before, I would not notice the pattern of art when I appreciate a piece of art work but now I would take a look of the form and shape of an art work, rather than just the appearance of it. If we pay attention to each artwork, there are actually many deep meaning behind the artwork.

This photo includes different words and shapes. There are flowers and words formed by words. I am impressed by this artwork because it is special to make use of the nature (stone) to produce the artwork. I think it comprises art with other cultures, which recall my memory from two cultures. In fact, artist always apply different cultures, rather than using art alone. When they combine different cultures together, it makes the artwork more impressive and interesting. Hernandz illustrate the example of two cultures. His artwork is absolutely inspiring.

It was a great experience for me to visit the gallery and I think it is worth to go to spend some time to understand more about art culture. Generally, we would not notice the connection between art and math because we think these two filed are totally not related. After the lecture and visiting the exhibition, I definitely have deeper acknowledgement about math and art.