Nanotech + Art

In this weeks lecture we discuss how nanotech and art coexist with one another. First Dr. Gimzewski explains what nanotech actually is. He starts off by saying "nano is greek for dwarf"(Lecture). The study of nanotechnology has evolved dramatically, within a 10 year span about 450 nanotech based companies have developed in countries all around the world. Nanotechnology "is a branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers, especially the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules." In the visual aspect of nanotech, it influences artists to create new shapes and designs.
https://www.mskcc.org/research-areas/topics/nanotechnology

The relation between nanotechnology and art is very difficult to understand due to the fact that nano science is something that humans cannot technically see with just our eyes. Advanced technology is required to be able to visually explore nano science. However Paul Thomas  Kevin Raxworthy have developed an interactive audio-visual "where the viewer interfaces with the visual and sonic presentation through his or her own breath." This concept is very intriguing because of the fact that is allows nano science to be experienced with different senses.
http://riskheads.org/nanotechnology-insurance/

Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau take a different approach to nanotech, rather that an audio-visual they try to make the nano-world accessible through touch with Nano-Scape. Nano-Scape  is "a wireless magnetic force-feedback interface allows users to touch invisible nano particles, creating an ever-changing invisible sculpture". This enables artists to access nanotech on a more physical scale.

https://www.cen.eu/work/areas/nanotech/Pages/default.aspx

Vensa, Victoria. "Nano Tech + Art." Nanotech for Artists Part 1,2,3,4,5,6. 2017.

Gimzewski, Jim, and Victoria Vesna. "The Nanomeme Syndrome: Blurring of fact & fiction in the construction of a new science ." N.p., n.d. Web. 

"Art in the age of nanotechnology." Art.Base. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2017. 

"Nanotechnology ." CEN. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2017.

"Nanotechnology." Memorial Sloan Kettering. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2017.

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