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EVENT #1 LASER


I had the honor of attending the LASER event last week. It was such an eye-opening experience that taught me an entire different perspective on the bridge of art and science. The Bread Diaries was super interesting to me, because of the multi-meaning of the bread. I loved that it symbolized freedom and homeland and how people were able to use this to show their stance. I also found it mesmerizing to watch the machine draw out the bread from all over the world.  I think this was a great specific example of how scientific machinery can be used for artistic means.
The next presenter I was a little confused on honestly, but I think I grasped a few concepts that helped further my understanding. He focused on making the fake real. I found it very interesting that he would take things that were already real somewhere and recreate a fake version of them somewhere else. He would construct them using technology, if it were logistically impossible to go film where the object actually existed.
The third guy recorded sounds and vibrations from artistic sculptures all over the world. He took the vibrations from huge bridges or bells, objects you wouldn’t expect to have such extraordinary sound patterns associated with them. This was the presentation I found the most interesting, just because it was something that I had never thought of or ever heard of someone doing. He even expanded his repertoire to waterfalls and mountains that also picked up unbelievable noises.

The final presenter was a woman from the only University in the world specifically for people who are deaf. She bridged technology and art by creating videos as a way to depict some of her everyday life experiences. She wanted to portray how hard it is to communicate with hearers and how she picks up some, but not all of the words that people say. This was beautifully illustrated through a compilation of a series of broken up conversations people have had with her. This was one of the best ways I have ever gotten to get a glimpse of what it is like to be deaf and try to converse with someone.


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