UCLA Design | Media Arts 9 - Art, Science, and Technology: 2015

Friday 1 May 2015

Four contemporary cases of body modification

Amalia Ulman - Instagrams of Plastic Surgeries

Valeria Lukianova

biohacker Tim Cannon and his Circadia 1.0 computer chip implant

Anthony Antonellis - Rfid Implant

Wednesday 22 April 2015

UPCOMING: QUIZ, MIDTERM!

Hello DESMA 9 students!

The quiz will only be available to take form 9am to 9pm on Friday May 1st. You will only have 7 minutes from when you open the quiz to finish it and there will be 20 questions. You won't be able to log off for a long time and then get back on again with all the same time left to spare. Once you start it, the countdown clock starts. So be sure your Internet connection is stable! We will not be accepting any excuses!

Be sure to read/watch the med tech + art unit. This will be covered in the quiz along with the first 3 units (2 cultures, math + art, and robotics + art).

Also, remember that your midterm is due on May 3! You should start coming up with ideas NOW, and you may want to meet with your TAs during office hours or send us emails if you want some feedback.

Finally -- don't forget about events! The quarter is basically half way over (can you believe it?) so you will soon run out of time if you are not on top of this.

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Hi all,

Come out tonight and see one of your TA's work in his solo show!

Mathew Dryhurst
Solo Show Opening reception 5pm – 7pm
Grad Gallery, EDA, room 1250, The Broad Art Center

Wednesday, April 22, Noon to 5pm
EDA (Map)<http://dma.ucla.edu/information/directions/>
Broad Art Center

This would count as an event for your blogs too, and is a great chance to attend an event on campus.

Cheers,

Rita

Wednesday 15 April 2015

A note about your blogs

Hi everyone,

I wanted to give you all some general feedback about your blogs this week. I have to say that overall we are not very pleased with the quality of the writing we have seen so far. We need you to be original in your thoughts and writings...just rehashing exactly what you read in the articles and saying "it's really cool" or it "opened your eyes" or that "connecting art and science is really important" is NOT going to cut it. We've not been grading down too much for it so far since the first two weeks are really about settling into the material, but starting with the week 3 blogs we're going to be expecting a lot more from you. We need to know that you've gone to outside sources and made an effort to understand and relate the material to yourself and to the bigger picture.

I also want to remind you that we will start grading down harder for blog posts that aren't properly cited in MLA format. That includes the works cited list as well as in-text citations. I have to stress that images are not sources, and there should only be one or two sources MAX that are actually from the course material, so remember that for next week. We need to see you going the extra step. That is the whole point of the blog.

A quick reminder: there is an Art|Sci Center exhibition on Thursday (tomorrow) that can count towards your events. I recommend you go and check it out! I'll be there. Come say hi if you like.

http://artsci.ucla.edu/?q=events/exhibition-waste-matters-you-are-my-future

Thanks!
Rita

Friday 3 April 2015

Peter Lu's solo show

Peter Lu is a first year graduate student at DMA. His solo show Amanita opens next tuesday and is a great opportunity for you to check out the art event on north campus. It promises to be exciting and a great exposure for all of you so make some time :)

DESMA9 SPRING 2015 Section 1D (TA: Theo Triantafyllidis) Blog Roster

Wednesday 1 April 2015

Art Science & Technology group meeting -- to discuss your class!

Saakshita, Rita, Kate, Prof. Victoria Vesna, Matt and Theo

DESMA9 SPRING 2015 Section 1B (TA: Kate Parsons) Blog Roster

Tuesday 31 March 2015

DESMA9 SPRING 2015 Section 1E (TA: Mat Dryhurst) Blog Roster

MAT DRYHURST - http://matdesma9.blogspot.com

CALVIN SUNG - http://calvinsungdesma9spring2015.blogspot.com/

RUBY LUK - http://rubylukdesma9.blogspot.com/

SETH AHLQUIST - http://sethadesma9.blogspot.com/

EMILY BUCK - http://emilybuckdesma9.blogspot.com/

BLAKE SELIG - http://blakesdesma9.blogspot.com

TIANHAO CHU - http://tianhaochuddesma9.blogspot.com

MADELINE POTEET - madelinepdesma9.blogspot.com

GRACE REEGO - http://gracerdesma9.blogspot.com/
JUNYI HU - http://junyihdesma9.blogspot.com/

KAYLIE TANNIA - www.kaylietdesma9.blogspot.com

HOLLY PHAM - http://hollyphamdesma9.blogspot.com/

ELENA TORRES - http://elenatdesma9.blogspot.com/

MARKUS RAIMONDI - http://markusraimondidesma9.blogspot.com/

SUSAN HERNANDEZ - http://susanhdesma9.blogspot.com/

LAUREN FRAVOR - http://laurenfdesma9.blogspot.com/

RACHEL AQUINO - http://racheladesma9.blogspot.com/
MARY ROSE WIGHT - http://maryrosewightdesma9.blogspot.com/
EUNICE CHOI - http://EuniceCdesma9.blogspot.com
AISLINN DUNN - http://aislinnddesma9.blogspot.com/
ALAN TRAN LY - alanldesma9.blogspot.com
NICOLE CHUHAK - NicoleCDESMA9.blogspot.com
SAVANNAH THURBER - http://savannahtdesma9.blogspot.com/

JAMIE HO - http://jamiehdesma9.blogspot.com/

BIJUN LIANG - BijunLdesma9.blogspot.com

MELINDA LEUNG http://melindaldesma9.blogspot.com/

NICHOLAS ADAIR - http://nickadesma9.blogspot.com/

SIMON LEVINSON - http://simonldesma9.blogspot.com

IVAN PETKOV - http://ivanpdesma9.blogspot.com/

DAVID BERG - http://davidbergdesma9.blogspot.com/
VICTOR SIA - http://vsiadesma9.blogspot.com/
TRENT KERSTEN - http://trentkdesma9.blogspot.com/2015/04/two-cultures.html

CARLA WOHLFORTH - http://carlawdesma9.blogspot.com/.
JI HYUN PARK - JihyunpDESMA9.blogspot.com

ERIK SHIBOSKI - http://eriksdesma9.blogspot.com
MARTHA GALAN - http://marthagalandesma9.blogspot.com/
SHIZUKA YOKOZUKA - https://shizukaydesma9.blogspot.com
BROOKE ITURRARAN - http://brookeidesma9.blogspot.com/
LARA CAUWELS http://laracdesma9.blogspot.com (Links to an external site.)
SARAH SCHWARTZ - http://sarahschwartzdesma9.blogspot.com/
VENUS WANG - http://wanchungvenuswangdesma9.blogspot.com/

Send me your blogs!! :)

DESMA9 SPRING 2015 Section 1C (TA: Saakshita Prabhakar) Blog Roster

Monday 30 March 2015

DESMA9 SPRING 2015 Section 1A (TA: Rita Blaik) Blog Roster

Name	Blog URL
AMARAL, JESSICA JEAN	http://jessicaadesma9.blogspot.com/
ANDERSON, ROBIN KIMBERLY	http://robinandersondesma9.blogspot.com/
ARIAS, NANCY CAROLINA	https://nancyariasdesma9.blogspot.com
BEEBE, ERICA LINDSEY	http://beebe13blog.blogspot.com/
BROWNING, ROB TOM (ROBERT)	http://robtombrowningdesma9.blogspot.com/
CHOI, HEE DONG	http://harrisoncdesma9.blogspot.com/
DALTON, STEPHANIE ANNE	http://stephanieddesma9.blogspot.com
EGOZI, BLAKE ARIEL	http://blakeedesma9.blogspot.com
FELIX, ANGELICA MARISSA
FERRARO, DANIELLE ELIZABETH	http://danielleferrarodesma9.blogspot.com/
FONG, MATTHEW	http://matthewfdesma9.blogspot.com/
GHIAEE, SHAYAN	http://shayangdesma9.blogspot.com/
GONG, JING	http://jinggongdesma9.blogspot.com/
HAO, YIRAN ANGELA	http://angelahdesma9.blogspot.com/
HEFLINGER, THOMAS GREGORY	http://thomashdesma9.blogspot.com/
JAO, ARIEL	http://arieljaodesma9.blogspot.com
JAYSON, ZACHARY FORD	http://zachjdesma9.blogspot.com
JELENICKI, MADELINE MARIE	http://maddyjelenickidesma9.blogspot.com/
KLINEMAN, MADELEINE ANNE	http://madeleinekDESMA9.blogspot.com
LAMKIN, NICHOLAS ALDO
LEI, DUANDE	http://duandeleidesma9.blogspot.com/
LI, MEIRUN
LIENH, BRENDA	http://brendalienhdesma9.blogspot.com/
LIM, AMANDA JIN MEI	http://amandaldesma9.blogspot.com/
LIU, HAOTIAN
LOK, PIK WA	http://pikwalok-desma9.blogspot.com/
MAURICE, GABRIELLE LEE	http://gabriellemaurice.blogspot.com
MEAD, BRITTNEY CRUZ	http://brittneymdesma9.blogspot.com/
MOK, TSZ KI	http://tszkimokdesma9.blogspot.com/
MONTI, GABRIEL KAZUO	http://gabrielmontidesma9.blogspot.com/
MOON, JIYEONG	http://jiyeongmdesma9.blogspot.com/
MUNOZ, JAIME	http://jaimemdesma9.blogspot.com/
NGUYEN, CAROLINE PHUONG TRINH	http://www.carolinenguyendesma9.blogspot.com/
O'KEEFE, KATELYN LEE	http://katelynodesma9.blogspot.com
ON, KATHY QUANG	http://kathyontop.blogspot.com/
PHILLIPS, GREGOIRE LOREN	http://gregoirephillipsdesma9spring2015.blogspot.com/
PHILLIPS, LYSSA MARY	http://lyssaphillipsdesma9.blogspot.com/
RAM, LAUREN ELIZABETH	http://lramdesma9.blogspot.com/
ROMANOLO, KATHERINE DANIELLE	http://katherineromanolodesma9.blogspot.com
SAMPSON, MORGAN JEAN	http://morgansampsondesma9.blogspot.com/
SANTILLAN, DAVID	http://davidsdesma9.blogspot.com
STREIPS, ANDREA NICOLE	http://andreasdesma9.blogspot.com/
SYWE, ABBY WEN-HSIN	http://abbysywedesma9.blogspot.com
TIMBERLAKE, FORD SCOTT	http://fordtimberlakedesma9.blogspot.com
TOM, EMILY WEN	www.emilytomdesma9.blogspot.com
TRAN, CECILIA VAN	http://cecetdesma9.blogspot.com
WANG, PENG	http://hahaveryfunnygoodone.blogspot.com/
WIEBER, JORDYN MARIE	http://jordynwdesma9.blogspot.com
WILLIAMS, CORY THOMAS	http://corywdesma9.blogspot.com
ZHANG, DANIEL DANCHING	http://danielzhang-desma9.blogspot.com/

DESMA9 SPRING 2015 Section 1E (TA: Mat Dryhurst) Blog Roster

CALVIN SUNG - http://calvinsungdesma9spring2015.blogspot.com/

Welcome!

Welcome to the blog for DESMA 9: Art, Science & Technology. Here you will find announcements and relevant posts from Professor Vesna and the TAs. Happy learning!