Event 2 The Museum of Jurassic Technology

ME awkwardly taking selfie with the Museum's sign 

On May 12th, I decided to go to the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles for my second event. I wanted to go to this one in particular because I have heard this place from TA Kit. My experience was insightful and totally different than my first one. However, I could not collect any photographies because visitors were asked to turnoff their phone while visiting. The experience was much more interesting, but at the same time tempting. The museum was set up was very dark, which made it really hard to see. The walk way was very narrow in a square maze-like feature. Some of the stuff that was shown seems very gothic, yet it was put in the dark with only a flash of light shining.

A sneak peak of what it looks like at the entrance

I have listed two things that amazed me most during my visit, and that they are somewhat applicable regarding to out class materials:

1. The Micromosiacs of Henry Dalton

This piece of art that you art beholding, is beyond human's visual ability. This is seen through a microscope. Henry Dalton was an artist who has passion in science. This form of art required a remarkable patients, which is something I am very admire about Dalton. Plus, he utilized the scientific machine in the combine of this successful art form, as a tool that helps people see them.

When I was looking at it, I thought it was a piece chunk of colors, very little that I can identify the difference in colors. It's very fascinating to see how science tech can really help building such unique art work.

2.Theories of Forgetting and the Problem Matter by Geoffrey Sonnabend

This is even more mind blowing when Sonnabend talked about our memories in a form cone and plane. He explained his phenomena as if there's a cone of obliscence and plane of experience. He stated that all living things have a cone of oblisecence. The cone is also known as "the Cone of True Memory", as if it's a part of a living thins's organ, which was composed into two elements: 1) the Atomic Disc (field of consciousness) and 2) Hollows (the interior of the cone).  Not only that, there's also the Characteristic Cone, which is the Spelean Axis, or an imaginary line that passes through the top of the cone and the center of the Atmonic Disc as seen in the picture below. 

The Place of Experience is somehow always in motion, moving from the observing experience to the preserving experience. 

I honestly could not think of anything when watching this VTR presentation in the museum. I was not able to comprehend the intention of Sonnabend. However, it compelled me to finished watching it all, and listen to how he think of our memories as a form of shapes. A Cone of Oblisecence and the Plane of Experience are by far the most interesting thing I've encountered in relating to this class. I feel enlighten with the idea of how science, psychology, art and math can be combine to interpret this phenomena.

I would recommend you my classmates to take a visit because of all others cool things I yet have not mention in my blog. This place is worth a visit due to its uniqueness collections of things and after 6 weeks of lectures, you can really see the collision of Technology, Art and Science.

Sources:

"Obliscence, Theories of Forgetting and the Problem of Matter."The Museum Of Jurassic Technology, n.d. Digital Image. Web. 13 May 2018. http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/delson/oblisci.html

“The Life and Work of Henry Dalton.” The Museum Of Jurassic Technology, n.d. Digital Image. Web. 13 May 2018. <www.mjt.org/exhibits/dalton/dalton.html.>