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Week 8


This week in particular, I had a hard time picking a topic that I wanted to focus on. Even after watching all of the video lectures I still had a hard time connecting the idea of nanotechnology to art, as I felt many of the topics covered didn’t completely relate to the art sector. Then after I read more about art and nanotechnology I found Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau’s work of creating an invisible sculpture. The way they were able to achieve this was with a wireless magnetic force-feedback, which let viewers interact with invisible nanoparticles in order to create a malleable sculpture that changes as people interact with it. They must wear a magnetic ring that allows them to physically feel the repulsions, attractions, and sometimes even shock to help them discover the foundation of the sculpture. The shape of this invisible sculpture changes based how people interact with the magnetic rings and how many people are viewing it (John Curtain Gallery).


There are many different kinds of waves in the world, and the ones that make up visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum are just a small part of what there is in the world (Krug). Many waves are invisible, but still present and many scientists are working on making these waves visible to us (Markoulakis).



            Another way that nanoparticles can be used directly in art is in the process of making paints. Kate Nichols attempted this process by using silver nanoparticles (Ouellette). She put the solutions she created into glass tubes and watched as the nanoparticles changed color, and she was able to use this solution and make it stick to glass, as shown in this piece of art (Miller).


Krug HF and Wick P. “Nanotoxicology: An Interdisciplinary Challenge.” Agnew Chem.

“John Curtin Gallery.” Art.Base, 11 Mar. 2010, art.base.co/event/2104-art-in-the-age-of-nanotechnology.
Markoulakis. “Seeing the Invisible.” Journal - Elsevier, 6 Feb. 2018, www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-magnetism-and-magnetic-materials/highlighted-articles/seeing-the-invisible.
Miller, Anita. “Science as Art.” Science as Art | Galleries of Winning Images from Past MRS Meetings, www.mrs.org/science-as-art.
Ouellette, Jennifer. “This Artist ‘Paints’ With Nanoparticles Inspired by Butterfly Wings.” Gizmodo, Gizmodo.com, 18 Dec. 2015, gizmodo.com/this-artist-paints-with-nanoparticles-inspired-by-but-1746583925.
Roper, Will. “Rise of Nanoscience among UNL Community Promotes Creativity.” The Daily Nebraskan, 15 May 2018, www.dailynebraskan.com/arts_and_entertainment/rise-of-nanoscience-among-unl-community-promotes-creativity/article_10f8d55a-8616-11e7-b3e0-a35783900d08.html.
Rugani, Lauren. “Kate Nichols: Color by Physics.” Symmetry, 1 Aug. 2010.
“Silver Nanoparticles on Glass.” KATE NICHOLS, www.katenicholsstudio.com/#/in-them-we-see-ourselves/.






Comments

  1. UnknownMay 27, 2018 at 2:55 PM

    I agree that it was difficult to connect nanotechnology and art even with the materials provided. Good job finding something that was intriguing and doing some extra research about it!

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  2. SophieMay 29, 2018 at 10:14 AM

    Hi Maddy, I really enjoyed the examples you found of nanotechnology in art, they are very unique from the examples I found--especially the interactive invisible sculpture. I found the topic of nanotechnology difficult to grasp, but your post helped me think about it from a different approach.

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