This week's lectures and supplemental resources focused on the connection between art and space. This week's material seemed to be the most intuitive material that we have covered thus far. There are many examples of art inspired by space, and there are even whole communities dedicated to depicting astronomy in artistic and creative ways. I personally have always found space to intrinsically be very artistic and creative and I find a lot of the science involving space and its exploration to be fascinating,
One thing I found very interesting was UCLA's involvement with the US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation to establish the Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF) research program. I thought that it was very interesting to learn about such a sophisticated program here at our campus. It really drives home the idea that art is all around us and influences things all around our lives. It is also very interesting to be going to a school that is actively involved in such advanced and groundbreaking science.
I found this module to be very interesting in the sense that it has so much to offer. Space can be seen as nearly infinite and could potentially provide inspiration for the future of technological and even social development. Improvements in technological development have resulted in the beginning steps of terraforming other planets, an idea once thought to be pure science fiction. As our technology continues to develop and draw inspiration from art, we can only wonder where it will head next.
Works Cited
“Arctic Perspective Initiative.” ARCTIC PERSPECTIVE INITIATIVE, API, http://arcticperspective.org/.
“Basic Plasma Science Facility.” Home | Basic Plasma Science Facility, UCLA, https://plasma.physics.ucla.edu/.
“Building.” KSEVT, Cultural Center of European Space Technologies, https://www.ksevt.eu/about.
Holmes, Brian. “Coded Utopia.” Continental Drift, Continental Drift, 18 May 2009, https://brianholmes.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/coded-utopia/.
“The Leonardo Space Art Project Working Group.” Leonardo Space Art Project Visioneers, The Leonardo Space Art Project, https://spaceart.org/leonardo/vision.html.
Hi Juan! I do have to agree with you in the fact that arts and science within the space perspective has so much to offer. I didn't even know about the Basic Plasma Science Facility until you mentioned it, and now will definitely take some time to research more into that. Space influences our past, our present, and definitely our future, and so I'm glad I came across your blog to learn more. Overall, great post!
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