I've recently read an article on the exhibition at the Los
Angeles Country Museum of Art, called “Nano”, as it merges both the art and the
atom. With art-making processes, visitors can experience moving molecules while
manipulating atoms. Nanotechnology focuses on the process in which it studies
the scale of atoms and molecules and their development. What I am intrigued by
is the notion that art can make things easier to understand nanotechnology. The
project itself was actually founded by our very own Professor Victoria Vesna.
Professor Vesna stated, “This new science is about a shift in our perception of
reality from a purely visual culture to one based on sensing and connectivity”.
Art has
its way of making the surreal become a reality. Art puts its light on the idea
that nanotechnology looks at things that are impossible to see with the human
eye. We’ve seen every week that art makes the impossible, possible. In this
case, having individuals interacting with molecules, getting to see atoms with
their own bare eyes, and using these to invest in research and development, is
what the progression of life has come to.
Molecular
inspirations has come about through many artists. “Nanoart” really dives into
the notion that everything is made up of molecules of atoms. These specimens
are the foundations of life itself, and without them, we wouldn’t exist. Art
helps conserve the importance of molecule and atoms by highlighting them in
their natural state. It is only with this conservation and admiration of atoms
and molecules that nanotechnology and grow and thrive from.
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting. I also read the same article as well and taught about the applications of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is used in cancer research, which is extremely clever because a microscope of nano power is needed to observe cells and wavelengths. Appreciating nanoart is very interesting and I agree that appreciation of this helps nanotechnology grow.
Hello Rachel,
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