Week 9: Space and Art

This week, Professor Vesna's lecture and discussions were about the history of space and how all the topics from the whole quarter come together through space and art. I was personally interested in Professor Vesna's talk about the history of space, the atomic bomb. and the race to the moon. Along with a hint of history, the class supports the idea of how art and other subjects are able to be connected.

In some research online, a man named Floris Bannister wrote an essay called, "Revolutions in Time, Space, and Art". He says in his essay that us as a people have the ability to imagine a life in space due to our artistic side of the brain. A huge influence on the world has come from Copernicus and his ideas for the scientific community and for all of us. Copernicus shows the world how the galaxy is heliocentric and that Earth revolves around the sun. It was not easy for Copernicus to come out and share his findings due to the chance of being mocked and patronized, yet all his findings have proven to be true. 

After more research, Roger Malina said that, "one of the defining achievements of the twentieth century was the birth of space age. For the first time in history, humans escaped the gravity of the earth, walked on other celestial planets and establish the first outposts in space" (The Leanoardo Space Art Project). It amazes me how much has been truly accomplished in space overtime. Relating back to a movie I saw called "Elysium" and there was a space station where people lived and due to all the problems within our atmosphere today, we could all end up living in a space station soon enough.



Resources:

"Powers of Tenâ„¢ (1977)." YouTube. YouTube, 26 Aug. 2010. Web. 1 June. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0>.

"8 Space Pt1 1280x720." YouTube. YouTube, 29 July 2013. Web. 2 June. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZIqTR332l8>.

Forde, Kathleene. "Dancing on the Cieling: Art and Zero Gravity." zerogravity.empac.rpi.edu. N.p.. Web. 2 June  2017. <http://zerogravity.empac.rpi.edu/>.

Carillo, Joe. "Copernicus’ heliocentric theory as the mother of all paradigm shifts."josecarilloforum.com. N.p., 16 Oct 2009. Web. 4 June 2017. <http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=330.0>.

"Leonardo Space Art Project Visioneers." Leonardo Space Art Project Visioneers. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2017.

Comments

  1. UnknownJune 8, 2017 at 12:00 AM

    What a great blog. I really enjoyed your perspectives on space and technology, I have the same opinion on outposts in space. I think that man will yet again make it out into space. Good work

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