Event 1

For my first event, I went to Linda Weintraub's lecture based on "What's next? Eco Materialism and Contemporary Art". She believes that the current vanguard is propelled by environmental consciousness that is not only the defining characteristic of contemporary manufacturing, architecture, science, ethics, politics, and philosophy. It is delineating contemporary art.

Group Photo taken after the lecture

One interesting point Linda made during the lecture is that art is remoted. This is quite different from the traditional way of creating art. Compared to the traditional work of art, when an artist goes to google map and takes a satellite picture of a landscape then shares it through social media with detailed explanation, the artist himself has not visited the site that is the subject of his work of art and the imagine is not generated by himself. His physical organism has not connection with his work of art and he is not even the observer of the event itself. He does not compose the imagine and does not convey any personal emotion. The work of art does not require any materials and is finished in a second.


Traditional Acrylic Landscape Painting Lesson 


A satellite photo showing the landscape to the southeast of Charlottesville


In this week's course materials, we focus on the impact of the modern technologies on art. We are concentrated on industrialization, knowledge production, mechanization, and robotics and art. All topics are heavily related to art reproduction. However, Linda's lecture suggests that the work of art can exist in a completely different format, which can be considered as a supplemental to the impact of the industrial age one art.



References 

"Acrylic Landscape Painting Lesson-Morning in Lake by JmLisondra." YouTube, uploaded by John Magne Lisondra, 6 January 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=60zhX909jmQ.

Diaz-Etchevehere, Eddie. "Some Landscape Analysis" Found, Eddie Diaz-Etchevehere's ARCH 3230 Blog, 14 September 2010, eddiediazetchevehere.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/some-landscape-analysis/.

Weintraub, Linda. "Linda Weintraub-Whats next? Eco Materialism and Contemporary Art." YouTube, uploaded by UCLA Design Media Arts, 18 April 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgUM2stnLOM.

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