Two Cultures

  This week’s content on the relationship between medical technologies and art covered a variety of intriguing connections between two subjects that could not seem more unconnected. The Hippocratic Oath’s explanation of the importance of art to medicine, and the report on the portraiture aspect of MRIs, both offered insight on how these disciplines are more alike than I initially perceived. I took particular interest in Donald Ingber’s “The Architecture of Life.” In his article, he writes that medical technologies have allowed scientists to learn more about biological organization. As a result, it has been found that molecular structures rely on a common form of architecture known as tensegrity.  A molecule model to represent Biotensegrity In addition to exploring the presence of tensegrity in biological organisms, he also highlights a number of architectural structures that rely on this framework. Structure supported by tensegrity  I have recently taken up an interest i...

In his 1936 essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” Walter Benjamin writes about the enormous impact that mechanization had on art. For a long period of time, before the turning point age of industrialization, art and its value was defined by its authenticity. Through its ritualistic basis of determining what qualified as art and what didn’t, the Renaissance establishes that “pure” art only existed in its original form. This “pure” art manifested itself in original paintings, sculptures, and drawings; such as the painting exhibited here:                                                           Heinrich III.  With the introduction of  mechanical reproduction, the total function of art was revolutionized. With photography and ...

I initially applied to UCLA because of its incredible film program, but once I started my freshman year and explored the Psychology Department I found a second reason to love UCLA. Despite being informed by the school of theater, film, and television that film majors aren’t permitted to double major, after numerous petitions and a letter to the board, I’ve been approved to study psychology alongside film. I’ve also taken on a minor in entrepreneurship because I believe that a background in business will greatly aid my future career path. Ultimately, my goal is to work as an Executive Creative Producer at a media/tech company like Disney, Apple, or Google.  Top Presentation Design Trends of 2022 It is interesting to see how these two cultures are separated at UCLA. When I travel across campus from a film class to a psychology class, North and South campus feel like two different worlds. Buckminster Fuller’s statement that “the further art advances the closer it approaches science,...