Monthly Archives: December 2015
Jung Gi Kim’s Godlike Drawing Show
A contemporary take on old portraits
Ptolemaic system
Interesting thought on how current cultural values may influence how we see the world around us.
The Greeks were stubborn in believing that the stars and planets all had circular paths. It was their belief that heavenly bodies would take the most “perfect” path possible–that of a circle.
And when there were observational discrepancies with this theory, the Greeks would (instead of giving up on the circle idea) think of another supplemental theory to justify the discrepancies!
Hopefully this is a reminder that sometimes the greatest breakthroughs come from actually breaking through cultural norms.
Beauty in math
This is the famous astronomical clock in Prague! It tells the position of the moon, sun, and time of day. Without the context, it might even look like some abstract art masterpiece. I think this is an awesome intersection of two of my classes this semester–art and astronomy!
Architecture is art
Art is everywhere! The beauty in the architecture and purposeful lighting you find everywhere from cities to suburbs is wonderful to see and think about. There’s also probably some mathematical magic formula/number to attain such architectural art masterpieces!
My Halloween Costume!
This comes late…but this was my costume for Halloween this year! (The Rene Magritte background was courtesy of Photoshop.)
Airport public art
The airport in my hometown, San Diego, has been renovating within the past couple years and has started installing temporary public art installations related to travel and San Diego. Since I’m going back home soon I thought I’d share some of the past installations they’ve had.
Mural Arts Program
Someone blogged about the Mural Arts Program, but its particularly interesting to me because the apartment building I currently live in actually has one a mural from the Mural Arts Program painted on the side. It adds a lot of character to an otherwise pretty underwhelming college-residence 
Performance art with Marina Abramovi pt 2
Another one of her works that I found particularly interesting(and a little upsetting) was Rhythm 0. In this piece, she placed 72 different objects, ranging from a gun and a knife to honey and perfume. She occupied the same space as the spectators and remained passive and vulnerable for 6 hours as the spectators grabbed whatever objects they wished to use on her. Description by someone who was there: “It began tamely. Someone turned her around. Someone thrust her arms into the air. Someone touched her somewhat intimately. The Neapolitan night began to heat up. In the third hour all her clothes were cut from her with razor blades. In the fourth hour the same blades began to explore her skin. Her throat was slashed so someone could suck her blood. Various minor sexual assaults were carried out on her body. She was so committed to the piece that she would not have resisted rape or murder. Faced with her abdication of will, with its implied collapse of human psychology, a protective group began to define itself in the audience. When a loaded gun was thrust to Marina’s head and her own finger was being worked around the trigger, a fight broke out between the audience factions.”
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