Event 3: Color and Light
Nanomandala by Victoria Vesna,related to unit 8 nanotechnology because it connects the micro and the macro. It also connects “different levels of human experience and human realities and different artistic materials and artistic media into a full blown audience experience” (Claudia Schnugg, Victoria Vesna, "Nanomandala"). This installation is very important to my learning about nanoparticles and nanotechnology from chapter 8. From what I learned about nanotech in chapter 8, this sand installation exemplifies the study of nanoparticles. Since nanotechnology is “the study of [particles] 1 to 100 nanometers” sand obviously cannot be a part of this science due to its size 500,000 nanometers (Gimzewski, “Nanotech for Artists Part 1 - Dr. Gimzewski”). This art piece depicts extremely small grains of sand that display an image to offer a better understanding of how nanotech works within the art field. Nanomandala rearranges each grain of sand in the same fashion that scientists in