DESMA WEEK 5 - NANO TECHNOLOGY + ART

DESMA WEEK 5

This week we had the topics of NanoTech + Art and Space + Art.

Diving into NanoTech was something I had zero idea about, aside from seeing nano-tech on cartoon shows like the "Justice League" etc. 

Nano-technology is a faucet of science and technology who's full potential has yet to be tapped into.

The part that struck me the most about Dr. Gimzewski's lecture, is part four. The use of nano-technology in medicine, and the potential that it holds. I wasn't aware of the fact that nano-drugs even existed, or were in applicable in cancer treatment. As I've had someone in my family suffer from cancer around the time that Abraxane was introduced, this hit home for me.

Artabase.net also had some great works to see and were pretty fascinating on their own. The two that caught my eye were "Transjuicer" and "A Mote it is". The concepts behind the two and the application of nano-technology are astounding. While I don't completely understand the logistics behind the work, I am in awe of the sheer multifaceted applications of nano technology. Mote explores a more conceptual notion of nano-technology. The fact that we cannot see it. The objects in front of us become invisible, such as nano-tech is invisible to the naked eye. 

https://www.tumblr.com/search/nano+technology
http://www.artabase.net/exhibition/2104-art-in-the-age-of-nanotechnology
http://www.celgenecanada.net/en/research/nab-technology.aspx