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| Lecture |
This past Thursday, May 26th, I attended the lecture
by Maria Antonia Gonzalez, director of the interdisciplinary collective Art +
Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The goal of the
collective is to produce art and knowledge in the intersection of art, science,
and humanities. It provided a foundation in Mexico for the creation of various
interdisciplinary works. Much of the lecture covered the intertwining of
natural and artificial art.
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| "Artistic investigations into Robots and Plants” (2015) |
For example, the collective organized a workshop
titled “Artistic investigations into Robots and Plants” (2015). Gonzalez
further explained how the collective also pioneers this art as activism. They
do this through exhibitions/festivals, performances, labs, and workshops.
Gonzalez illuminated how workshops have the unique capability to build a
community of knowledge.
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| Lecture |
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| GM Corn |
The collective has done research regarding transgenic
corn and its abilities to cause cancer and other illnesses. They worked towards
the abolishment of genetically modified corn in Mexico, specifically with corn
roundup ready. This is a specific type of genetic modification done to increase
the preferred characteristics of corn. However, the herbicide has been proven
to have serious impacts on human health. This discovery is just one of the many
ways that the collective has done its part to improve lives while combining the
art and knowledge of the arts, sciences, and humanities.
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| Me at the Lecture |
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