So today is the last day of the sci | art nanotechnology summer program! It’s weird to think about the fact that after tomorrow, i will be leaving the place I’ve called home for two weeks. I’ve learned so much from this program, learned about so many relevant topics, and experienced hands-on so many technologies that […]
Today we had another lecture given by my very own counselors, Rita and Gao. They talked to us about shape and how it was applied to different aspects of the world as we know it. The categories within shape were nature, engineering, and art. The most important thing that I absorbed from the lecture was […]
Friday was an interesting day just because it was our very own Victoria giving us our lecture. I really liked learning about how she started with her passions for the arts and science and somehow, along the way, ended up working in a field that incorporates both. Lucky girl. We also had our midterms […]
In Harry Potter, the term they use to describe the force that allows them to do so many amazing things and that powers their devices is referred to as magic. But what exactly is magic? Is it a mystical force? Or is it something so technologically advanced that we cannot hope to comprehend it at […]
For this day, I am going to talk about art. I have with me this awesome art magazine named Juxtapoz Magazine and I would highly recommend it for anybody who wants to keep up to date with the most awesome contemporary art from around the world. I happen to have with my a magazine that […]
Today was the first day I saw a direct connection between art and science. Regardless of the fact that it was the most obvious and straightforward correlation one we’ve witnessed so far, the message of this program has finally settled in my head. A skeptic in the beginning, I can now see that […]
When I first arrived the ART / Sci NanoLab I was unaware of the heavy theme of Art in the program, and how, indeed, the joining of art and science was the main focus. I learned about art/sci through my highschool chemistry teacher and the way he had described the program had been in purely […]