My focus is on music. As I continue on the new journey of putting more time into creating music through different sounds based out of synth and electronics, I consider the two cultures of science and arts as one form. From the different programs being created such as Ableton Live, Pro Tools, and Logic, to the different guitar pedals being made that are now midi controlled, everything feels like it is in a big mush pot of science and arts. The different algorithms different technicians have to make to be able to adjust live audio is a science in itself. All of them wrap around each other.
I look forward in this class to see other ways in which these two categories have become partners.
John Brockton says its a spectacle to discover someone “who can take the materials of the culture in the arts, literature, and science and put them together in their own way…” To me as an artist the only way to make now is to use every tool at your disposale to create the ultimate art. This video is a great example of different mediums to create a statement.
The idea of the "Two Cultures" of science and artists, or literary intellectuals, had never really dawned on me. I have always viewed them in a similar category of creating. As I read through Snows writings, and other peoples point of views on the separation, I don’t know if I can agree on the thoughts in my personal experience. On campus, sure there are people that have their strengths and they tend to focus on that, thus the north and south campus majors don’t come across each other very much. But what gathered more of my attention was the writing of D Bohm.
“Thus, he wishes to find in the reality in which he lives a certain oneness and totality, or wholeness, constituting a kind of harmony that is felt to be beautiful.”
I sit well with this idea that everyone is creating. As well I have a few friends who are scientists and part of the arts, and it seems second nature. The concept Vesna brings up of the "/," where it is a blend makes most sense to me.
Works cited
Photo 1:http://www.vitalvoiceanddata.com/partnership/
Photo 2: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ed1f/
Bohm, David. "On Creativity." Leonardo 1.2 (Apr., 1968): 137-149. Web. 2 Apr. 2015.
Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. New York: Cambridge UP, 1959. Print.
Vesna, Victoria. "Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between." Leonardo. 34 (2001): 121-125. Print.
Brockman, John. “Introduction: The Third Culture.” Edge. John Brockman. 1 Jan 1996. Web. 4 Apr 2015.
State of the Art. Dir. Greg Sharp and Ivan Dixan. Youtube. Wally De Backer, 13 Aug. 2011. Web. 3 Apr. 2015.
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