Event Blog #2

This past week, I attended the show “mnemoawari” by Eli Joteva.  From the moment I walked in the room, the show captivated my attention from the use of spotlights to highlight the spheres in conjunction with the acoustics of the water drops echoing throughout the space and the large 360 projections of the spheres.  

But, my favorite part of the show was the fact that was dynamic.  Every minute I spent there, the pieces were changing, whether it was the ice melting off to expose more of the plants or pieces of plants falling to the ground.  The ever changing nature of the pieces in the show is reflective of the way things on our plant are constantly changing from interactions with the environment.  This theme is especially relevant now not only with the climate change crisis facing our planet but also with the scaling back of the EPA in the United States and the cutting back of environmental regulations. 
I also thought this show was very relevant to many of the things we have learned in the course so far throughout the semester and demonstrated well the overarching theme of the course- that art intersects with science and society through many different aspects.  For example, the show touched on art and math through the suspension of the spheres from the ceiling and figuring out how big the objects placed under the spheres needed to be in order to catch all the water.  Another example of course material can be seen through the virtual reality system that was also a part of the show.  This is an example of the intersection between art and robotics because virtual reality is a both form of mechanization and art since you are literally building a new “world” when using it.


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