Week 8: Nanotech+ Art

Week 8 discusses nanotechnology with the art of new technologies on a smaller scale. There was a focus on the various stages of the science, which is stated as “[N]anotechnology predates nanoscience … the dreams of a new technology were proposed before the actual scientific research specifically aimed at producing the technology existed”(Gimzewski and Vesna). It shows how much detail goes into building a new technology and how important it is to learn the small details because they matter in a new world of science and art. Recently, Nanotechnology has been seen in its development in the science field, especially in the fight against cancer to create a better treatment instead of killing cells by making better cells (Boerner). I enjoyed this week's topic of science and technology relationship compared to the recent weeks. I find it very interesting how nanotechnology can be on such a broad spectrum, from developing better health to the simple art of it. 

https://art.base.co/event/2104-art-in-the-age-of-nanotechnology#9

What surprised me the most, discussed in the week’s TED talks, was how simple nanotechnology can be to understand. For instance, Paul Rothemund explains, “DNA origami, you can see that what it really is, even though you think it's complicated, is a bunch of double helices that are parallel to each other” (Rothemund 6:27-6:44). It is simple terms that most people learn it middle school which makes it show how much simple things can change the game for the future.

https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_rothemund_dna_folding_in_detail?language=en

The world of art and technology is on a different level, leading to it getting traction in museums for people to see. Many articles discuss the various exhibits. For example, “The Fetter Museum of Art and Nanoscience…expose the visitors to the live, dynamic research at dozens of BIU labs and the dialogue between researchers and artists”(ILH Staff). Most notable was the reoccurrence of Professor Vesna being at the lead in starting such technologies of art. NanoArt was stated to be the most prominent with the nano landscapes of natural material structures ( El Sayegh 38). Overall, this topic was fascinating. It has led me to search a couple of local museums, especially the one Professor Vesna set up in New York, to see this new technology. 

httpsq://www.eajournals.org/wp-content/uploads/The-impact-of-Nanotechnology-On-Nanoart-to-Create-Artwork.pdf

References

Boerner, Leigh. "Nanoparticles Show Big Promise in Fight Against Cancer." NOVA Next, 2 July 2013. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/nanoparticles-in-cancer-treatment/

El Sayegh, Abdul Mohsen. "The Impact of Nanotechnology on Nanoart to Create Artwork: An Analytical Study." International Journal of Education, Learning and Development, vol. 10, no. 10, 2022, pp. 29-47. https://www.eajournals.org/wp-content/uploads/The-impact-of-Nanotechnology-On-Nanoart-to-Create-Artwork.pdf 

Gimzewski, Jim, and Victoria Vesna. The Nanomeme Syndrome: Blurring of Fact & Fiction in the Construction of a New Science. 

ILH Staff. "What Does Nanotechnology Have to Do with Art?" Israel Hayom, 7 May 2021. https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/07/05/what-does-nanotechnology-have-to-do-with-art/

Rothemund, Paul. "DNA Folding, in Detail." TED, Feb. 2008, https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_rothemund_dna_folding_in_detail?language=en.