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This week, I attended the Pigeon Art Studio event where pigeons were used to create digital art. Through studying the processes of pigeons’ pecks as well as their cognitive functions, it combines both art and science together, a combination of two cultures. Seeing this collaboration between art and science in-person was a perfect example for me to understand real-world applications. As we have learned in the first module, the two cultures of science and art should work together in collaboration in order to help our society advance. Seeing this example in real life where scholars are able to collaborate together inspires me. Fig. 1: Pigeon creating digital art As I walked into the studio, I was immediately intrigued by the artwork that pigeons have made as well as how this related to psychology, the field of my study. Looking through the human brain in relation to art, it is a form of expression and interpretation. It is interesting to investigate pigeons’ brains rather than human brain...

In this age of pop culture, everyone has heard of plastic surgeries that celebrities have done, such as Kylie Jenner and her lip injections (“Kylie Jenner Before Plastic Surgery”). This is a great example of how medicine, technology, and art come together. Just as makeup is a form of art and creativity, plastic surgery is as well. As the lecture mentioned, plastic surgery is used by celebrities to sculpt themselves and comment on society (Vesna).  Fig. 1:  Kylie Jenner before and after plastic surgery The particular lecture about plastic surgery allowed me to understand the collaboration between medicine, technology, and art. With Orlan’s art as an example, I was able to see how medicine and the intricacies of science with the help of advancing technology could be used to create beautiful things. Orlan uses her face as a canvas to comment on questions regarding beauty, self-image, and consent by integrating medicine, technology, and art together. She uses plastic surgery as me...

The age of industrialization transformed society into a mass production rather than agriculture, signifying the start of mass communication and power. This period was when one of the most prominent machines jumpstarting industrialization was created – the movable type and printing press (Vesna). These two machines were the starting point of how music was produced as well. With the printing press, amateur musicians were able to use this new market to earn more income, even jumping up to the middle class (Lumenlearning “Music 101”). Fig 1. Recreated Gutenberg press at the International Printing Museum, Carson, California Ever since I was four years old, I started learning piano, and was exposed to the classical piano music we all know and love. I was introduced to various composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, and Haydn throughout my piano playing career. As I got older, I also had to learn about music theory and how different time periods and events happening in society changes the ...

Art and science are seen in conjunction to one another throughout history. Personally, I remember learning about the vanishing point in middle school and was intrigued by the art piece of history. Learning about math and art now eight years later and how they work in conjunction with each other allowed me to recognize the interweaving of different subjects. Math and art intersect with each other through calculations to design objects, shapes, perspectives, and capture a moment in reality. It is even more intriguing to me that all these calculations and precise measurements create wonderful and beautiful shapes as art. For example, through the vanishing point, we are able to use precise measurements and lines through math to create a realistic picturesque depiction of a scene. The golden ratio utilizes the precise measurements for the visual aesthetic, making visuals appear relaxing and satisfying. I thought that the use of the floor tiles as a grid in science and architecture is also i...

Hello everyone, my name is Gillian and I am part of mainly the North campus community as a Psychology major. This course will allow me to better understand the bridge between art and science, which Psychology is a part of, and use that with the growing technological advancements in this day and age.  Snow and Vesna’s perspective as writers in the articles shows a common theme of integrating the two cultures: science and art (Snow 12). They both believe that scholars of science and art should collaborate to bridge the gap and solve problems (Vesna 124). At UCLA specifically, we see the two cultures of art and science in the North and South Campus. Many of the building we see correlate with the architectural patterns as described in the lecture, where the art buildings of the South campus have more church-like features (e.g. Powell library and Royce Hall) (See Fig. 1 and Fig. 2) and the North campus has more corporate-style buildings (Vesna) (See Fig. 3). The articles revealed the im...