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| Rollercoaster |
Initially I figured we would be learning just about robots and how art transformed how society perceives them. However I actually learned that robotics has to deal with computers, graphic design, the internet and much more. The industrializations of the different mechanisms used to create art have expanded over the centuries. To the left is a picture of myself on a rollercoaster, it wasn't until I read this week's readings and lectures that I admired the art. Not only is the rollercoaster a symbolic portion to robotics and the way society uses technology but the photograph itself and the digitalized animations. This image made me think about what Walter Benjamin argued about in his essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”. He said,"Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element it's presence in time and place...". This line was very powerful to me because as I looked at this image I realized that every single person had the same exact one, just with their face. Professor Vesna talked about Gutenberg and how the printing press was sort of like a bases for mass production and assembly. There was no individualism and no creativity. The art work was just being displayed. Benjamin talked about how the mass production of art can remove the creativity and originality from the artist from the piece of work. I think this is shown in the photo to the top left. Douglas Davis talked about pure and original. He talked about how the computers allow for the manipulation of art and its form. In the movie Big Hero6 the robot interacts with humans in a way to aid them from danger. Professor Vesna also spoke about how Karel Capek coined the term robot. This was sort of a bases and now that technology has advance the robots shown in dramas and movies have have become more elaborate. The people in Big Hero 6 responded to the robot as a member of society because the robot was helpful. However in other featured movies of robots, for example Irobot, the town responded based on how the robots treated them. Art has many realms and can be analyzed, perceived and created in many different ways. Art has only grown and will continue to do so.
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| Irobot |
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| Big Hero 6 |
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| Iron Man[humanized robots] |
References
Benjamin, Walter. “The Work of Art in Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Marxists. N.p.. Web. 17 April 2016. <http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm>Davis, Douglas. “The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction.” The MIT Press, 1995. Web. 17 April 2016. <http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1576221uid=3739560&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101286048881>
Uconlineprogram. “Robotics MachikoKusahara 1.” YouTube. YouTube, 14 Apr. 2012. Web. 17 April 2016. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded>.
Vesna, Victoria. “CoLE.” CoLE. N.p.. Web. 17 April 2016. <https://cole.uconline.edu/~UCLA-201209-12F-DESMA-9-1
http://bpar.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Big-Hero-6-Movie-54.jpg
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