WEEK 1

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TWO CULTURES 

The perspectives on the topic of “two cultures,” also known as the disciplines of art and science, is the idea that these two topics are very much divided. Charles Snow, the first person to contribute commentary on the separation of the two disciplines speaks on how “literary intellectuals [are] at one pole […] at the other [are] scientists, […] and [both] have a curious distorted image of each other” (Snow, 4). However, the perspective of Vesna in Third Culture, offers an interesting idea in the linkage of the two topics, more or less a build to Snow’s ideas of “two cultures”. Vesna suggests that the bridge between the two disciplines are artists who utilize technology — they “delicate[ly] bridge” arts and sciences together to create “a new, mutant third culture” (Vesna,122). 

Like Professor Vesna mentioned in lecture, this split of disciplines is very apparent in several universities across the United States. On the UCLA campus, we can see the North side of campus containing most of the arts and humanities classes, while the South side (the opposing side) of famous has mostly math and science classes taking place. If someone were to take both arts and science courses, they would have to walk from one side of campus to the other to do so. 

the science vs. art brain (linear vs. creative)

The two and three culture perspectives offered in the readings allowed me to reflect on how the intersection of arts and sciences impacts my own life. For me in particular, I enjoy the process of design — and most recently in the topics relating to the intersection of art and technology. My perspective on my passion for design shifted especially when reading Victoria Vesna’s article. I find myself to be on the bridge of the “third culture” that utilizes technology with art. 

Here is a link of a video about artist Refik Anadol. Anadol utilizes Artificial Intelligence to create art.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-EIVlHvHRM  


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CITATIONS:

Creative Bloq. “Floppy Disks Used as Canvas for Amazing Futuristic Paintings.” Creative Bloq, Creative Bloq, 17 July 2013, https://www.creativebloq.com/art/floppy-disks-used-canvas-futuristic-paintings-7133590.

Snow, C.P. Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge University Press, 1987.

“The Art & Science of Print - Commercial Printing Services.” HardingPoorman, https://hardingpoorman.squarespace.com/art-and-science-of-print.

Vesna , Victoria. “Toward a Third Culture: Being in between.” Leonardo, vol. 32, no. 2, 2001, pp. 121–152., https://www.jstor.org/stable/1577014. Accessed 29 Mar. 2022. 

Wired. “How This Guy Uses A.I. to Create Art | Obsessed | Wired.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Jan. 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-EIVlHvHRM.








Comments

  1. Alec GoodwinApril 3, 2022 at 2:51 PM

    Alexandra,

    I absolutely loved reading your blog post. Your understanding of the required readings and analysis of citation texts really showed how great of a writer you are. Along side your thoughts on the North vs. South campus debate, I included the stereotypes of south campus students not being great writers and north campus students being bad at math. Of course, none of this is true. We all have our own individual interests and are shown through our areas of study.

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  2. Megan RonanApril 3, 2022 at 7:30 PM

    Hi Alex! I really enjoyed your blog post! I like how you incorporated how these "two cultures" play a role in your own life with your interest in design. Additionally, I agree with your statements that most students, whether knowingly it or not, have stereotypes for those in south or north campus majors. In my blog post, I talked about some of the physical differences like building structure between the two sides of campus! Good Job! -Megan Ronan

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