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Extra Credit #1: Coyotes in Two Directions Coyotes in Two Directions was quite the captivating artwork created by Sarah Roselana Brady. I got the chance to check this same artwork and the Weak or No Signal exhibit but one of the sections was different to the one she showcased at her individual show. Me with other DESMA 9 students. I am the guy in black, to the right of Sarah. (Asian male) I was able to speak and interact with Sarah, she explained to me what influenced her to create such artworks. She told me that she is drawn to coyote's history and mythology, specifically fascinated by their evolution and how they have been able to survive for centuries astonishingly in a human-ruled world. Thier ability to survive in different environments ranging from deserts to cities like Los Angeles, amazed her a lot. Using postcolonial technology like aluminum, 3D scanner and printer she was able to create her art pieces. And so, Sarah decided to use biological forms and recreate them...

Event 3: Weak or No Signal The Weak or No Signal Exhibition located at the Wight Gallery at UCLA, was puzzling yet interesting. This art exhibition challenges the sightseer to think about the theme these art pieces express. I think a big factor of interpreting this exhibition was up to the viewer's imagination and using their own knowledge to aid with their interpretation. Me and one of the art pieces at the Weak or No Signal exhibit Without further ado, one of my favorite pieces of art from the exhibit was the one labeled as Apptopia. This segment of the exhibition showcased two clouds and on them projected this app-dominated world. Projected onto one of the clouds was apps doing all kinds of distinct motions and traveling from one destination to another. The other cloud was a virtual world with a robot as a building and apps moving as if they were cars. You get the message, it is an app themed art piece. This made me think back to the lecture on robotics and art. T...

Week 9: Space + Art In my opinion, out of all the exploring humans have done, space exploration has been one of the most remarkable achievements. Copernicus a name most of us are familiar with, known to be a famous mathematician and astronomer. Copernicus came up with the heliocentric theory that illustrated the sun as the center of the solar system and with a few scientific modifications, it is the idea we all study today. His theory was just the start of space exploration. Human's endless curiosity to find answers to the unknown, in this case outer space, has led to many to come up with ridiculous visions. These visions we will be calling science fiction, were actually the backbone blueprints scientists followed and aimed for as a possible end product. Science fiction novelists like Jules Worm or Konstantin Tsiolkosvsky discussed these space stations in which floated in space that could hold living organisms (Vesna). Their creative ideas, which can be seen as a form of expressi...