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Week3 Robotic+Art

This week we learned about how Robotic and Art correlate. Professor Vesna expand on the history, as well as the impact of robotics, and how they influences art as a whole. She mentioned that the industrial revolution was an important change back in the history, as it transits to a newer manufacturing processes. There's no doubt that it was an exceptional advancement of technology. However, it wasn't the greatest thing that happened for employees who lost their job due to the robotic replacements. Instead, it develops the Luddites; a member of workers who destroyed machineries that they claimed to have taken their jobs away from them.

Destruction of machinery by Luddites in the early 1800's

The idea of a negative response of an individual continuing the progression of technology can be seen in movies like the Matrix and the Terminator. They portray both robots and machinery as more advance and powerful then humans, which trigger the destruction of mankind.

Evil robot from the future
By looking at technology in another perspective, technology has shown us that they are beneficial to the human's society. Wimmer talked about how recent advancement of robotics enable medical crews to perform a higher precision surgery, by using robots that performs a cochlear implantation. Another example of these kinds of efficient can be seen in the Pixar movie, Big Hero 6. The movie portrays robots as lovable and aims to take care of other people; Baymax. In the movie, Baymax diagnoses everyone and known to be one of the heroes.



Baymax- from Big Hero 6
In addition, Walter Benjamin review the enhancement of technology in the world of Art. He touched on its "aura", which was being taken away by the technical reproduction of an artwork. As time progresses, I agree that the development of technology can hugely influence art, but I believe that it is somehow a positive impact.

Sources:
Account, T. G. (2018, March 08). Terminator Genisys (@Terminator). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/terminator
“Advanced Graphics Disney Big Hero 6 Baymax and Hiro Standup, As Shown from Jet.” Parenting.com Shop, 24 Feb. 2018, www.parenting.com/shop/advanced-graphics-disney-big-hero-6-baymax-and-hiro-standup-as-shown-p2865b5b9499f57245e84d064ea0324ac.html.
Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. London: Penguin, 2008. Print.
Merchant, Brian. "You've Got Luddites All Wrong." Motherboard. N.p., 02 Sept. 2014. Web. 22 Apr. 2018.
Vesna, Victoria. "Lecture Part 1." Youtube. Youtube, 15 Apr. 2012. Web. 22 Apr. 2018. 

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