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.