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Week 8 - Nanotechnology + Art

Being a south campus major, I always walked by the CNSI building but never knew what was inside. In this week's lecture, I was given an insider's perspective by Dr. Gimzewski, and as Dr. Vesna introduced the topic, and through learning about the various applications of nanotechnology, I believe nanotechnology is a good idea that supports the shifts in paradigms and the merge of science and art!

An idea that stood out to me the most was the diverse uses of nanosized materials. Even before the terminology of nanotechnology, there was already the use of nanotechnology with the purpose of creating art in a daily and religious atmosphere. Before the lecture, I did not know the stained glass I see at church is a product of nanosized materials that appear differently on a normal scale and nanoscale! It is due to the laws of physics changing to follow laws of quantum mechanics when things get too small (Pechkova 460). Ceramic glazings could fit in this setting as well.

In modern techniques, to describe and visualize nanotechnology, an expert is technically using art to 'represent the invisible' (Gimzewski). Although many of these concepts are abstract, their purpose is to have a purpose, "We wish to construct supramolecular structures with device-like properties at the macroscopic level" (Gómez-López et al. 183). Again I believe this helps reinforce the fact that science that requires art! As society changes, the uses of nanotechnology start to expand, similar to the previous topic of biotechnology, according to Cevc and Ulrich, there is a use of biotechnology in agriculture and many other fields, but again the issue of ethics arises (Cevc and Ulrich 287).

As a science major, it is the scientific applications that interest me, but to learn the significance of art in the science environment helps me appreciate the various types of art in different spaces and areas.

Sources: 

Cevc, Gregor, and Ulrich Vierl. "Nanotechnology and the transdermal route: a state of the art review and critical appraisal." Journal of controlled release 141.3 (2010): 277-299.

Gimzewski, James. “Nantech Jim pt3” Nanotechnology + Art. Desma 9, 26 May. 2018, Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0HCNiU_108

Gómez-López, Marcos, Jon A. Preece, and J. Fraser Stoddart. "The art and science of self-assembling molecular machines." Nanotechnology 7.3 (1996): 183.

“Nanotechnology – the Future of Modern Clothing.” Whtshirtmakers.com, www.whtshirtmakers.com/blogs/news/nanotechnology-clothing-future.

“Nanotechnology.” History, nano--tech.blogspot.com/p/history.html.

Pechkova, Eugenia, and Claudio Nicolini. "From art to science in protein crystallization by means of thin-film nanotechnology." Nanotechnology 13.4 (2002): 460.

Shotton, Duncan, et al. “8 Contemporary Stained Glass Artists Who Are Redefining the Ancient Craft.” My Modern Met, 18 Apr. 2018, mymodernmet.com/contemporary-stained-glass-art/.

Vesna, Victoria. “Nanotech intro” Neuroscience + Art. Desma 9, 26 May. 2018, Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ3y6TkXJ6Y



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