During Week 1, I had the opportunity to attend Haytham Nawar’s exhibit, Collective Bread Diaries: A Taste of Protest. In his exhibit, Nawar asked people around the world to sketch a picture of the bread in their home country using Amazon Mechanical Turk, and compiled the sketches he got into a collection. He told us about how in Egypt, holding up a loaf of bread was a sign of protest, and he noticed that the kind of bread eaten in different regions has some political significance. For example, many people from countries that had been colonized by France drew a baguette, despite the fact that this may not have been the bread that originated from their area. This example demonstrates how politics and world events influence the spread of culture and thus, the spread of the types of bread eaten in different regions. Nawar’s art unites art and science, existing not in either the cultures of science or humanities, as described by C.P Snow’s two cultures, but instead exists in the third cult...
I thought it was very interesting how you related the readings at first to your family, and then to your work life! It goes to show how these topics can be applied to many aspects of our life. I also enjoyed your attachment of the door photo, it gave a very practical view of the subject.
ReplyDeleteIt seems you were able to be exposed to both cultures of art and science while growing up, and I think it's interesting that you are now blending them both together as you pursue your own path. I enjoyed your discussion about your experience at ZipRecruiter; you were really able to illustrate how art and science not only work together, but are also indispensable to each other, as well as the role of technology in bridging the two. I especially liked your point about utilizing Gestalt psychology concepts to execute design elements - it made me think about how an understanding of human perception is truly at the essence of art. And in the same way, your door example illustrates how the application of scientific concepts must blend together with artistic creativity in order to succeed.
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