Event 3: Color and Light

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 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 the nanotech field do with atoms. It was really interesting to me because it provided a deep perspective into nanotech from an artistic standpoint. 

Vesna, Victoria. "Nanomandala". Studio Stefania Miscetti, https://www.studiostefaniamiscetti.com/exhibitions/victoria-vesna-nanomandala/.  

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 Another very interesting piece from this event that relates to this class was the artwork by Clyde Lynds called Spectral Winds. This specific piece of art greatly intertwined with the second event I went to, specifically the art piece by Da Vinci. In Spectral Winds, “The shape of a hurricane and other forms of natural spirals… with a tight pearl in the center and extensive curve on the outer edge “ is something that I took away from the illuminated galaxy (Matt Landruss, “Leonardo Da Vinci + Gravity”). I always look for similarities in the things we see on the Earth, whether it is in the form of weather/tornadoes to the things we see in space. I immediately noticed the way it looked like a tornado shape. It also reminded me of blog event 2 specifically A Deluge by Da Vinci which  features a large number of logarithmic spirals . This cosmic galaxy shape imitates the spirals Da Vinci created and further depicts the ways that our environment and existence coincides with art. Da Vinci was inspired by Earth’s weather and tornadoes when he created A Deluge, which really coincides with the galaxy shape and further perpetuates the imitation of life through art. 


Da Vinci, Leonardo. "A Deluge". Royal Collection Trust, 1517-1518, https://www.rct.uk/collection/912380/a-deluge. 

Lynds, Clyde. "Spectral Winds". David W. Bermant, February 1, 1974, https://davidbermantfoundation.org/project/spectral/. 


Works Cited

Gimzewski, Jim. “Nanotech Jim Pt1.” YouTube, 21 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jM6-iqzzE.

Landruss, Matthew. “Leonardo Da Vinci + Gravity .” Zoom Event, 19 May 2023.

Schnugg, Claudia. “Nanomandala.” NANO, nano.arts.ucla.edu/mandala/mandala.php. Accessed 9 June 2023.

Vesna, Victoria, and Jim Gimzewski. “Nanomandala.” NANO, nano.arts.ucla.edu/mandala/mandala.php. Accessed 9 June 2023.












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