Event 1: LACMA Museum

I decided to go to the LACMA museum for my first event. It was my first time going to LACMA and I was very excited to see the exhibits and their famous restored cast iron antique street lamps that everyone has seen in the movie No Strings Attached. As I entered the museum I was handed a brochure that informed me of all the exhibits and Art and Technology resonated most with Desma 9.

The Art and Technology exhibit at LACMA had an array of art illustrating a strong interconnection with technology. There were array of examples that varied from photography to more technical construction art. The artist that I was most intrigued by was Robert Whitman. Whitman was matched with Philco-Ford (the technology arm of Ford Motor Company), where he worked with optical engineer John Forkner of the company's Aeronutronics Division. Together, Whitman and Forkner designed an environment for Expo '70 in Osaka consisting of a wall of corner cube reflectors and floating reflective Mylar.

A version of this was recreated in LACMA and I was able to watch a video of his creations that is shown below. The film was amazing as it demonstrated the thought process of interrelating art and technology. There was also an exhibit on photography that magnified the ability of art telling a story through photography. Artist, Larry Sultan had an exhibit on a series of photos that told a story about his life. He documented his family over the course of a decade that documented the delicacy of life and the progression of life through an artistic lens.

 I would recommend this exhibit because not only was it very interesting, but it also addresses many topics that we learned about it class. The exhibits delved into the idea of art and science and the understanding of dimension. Whitman and Sultan's exhibits were an excellent example of how art and technology are truly interrelated.