Week 4 Blog

RoboCop (1987) - IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/

Growing up, I remember watching RoboCop and being truly amazed by the biotechnology of the cyborg (RoboCop). In this week's teachings, I learned about the relation and impact that art and technology have on medicine. In the text “Synthesizing Fields: Art, complexity and the space beyond now,” written by Patricia Olynyk, she uses a quote that states, “My work as a microbiology technologist during the 1980s and 90s heightened my awareness of Alexander Fleming (discoverer of penicillin) and his germ paintings.” (Olynyk). In her writing, she also mentions “Dark Skies,” which helped blend visible human perception, light, and darkness, as well as other multisensory experiences. This was an example that truly changed my perception of how art can help explain and grow our awareness of scientific knowledge.
Cybernetics Technologies for Symbiosis ...
https://www.rd.ntt/e/research/JN202110_15635.html

In the BBC article “Meeting a real-life cyborg was gobsmacking,” I learned about the scientific advancements in cyborg technology, and I was truly in awe. Neil Harbisson was colour blind, and through the use of cybernetics, he was able to hear colours through a headphone that transformed light waves into sounds. “Harbisson seized on this experience, but wanted more, by merging the technology with his own body” (Bushby). 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intelligence

Steven Spielberg’s film A.I. is also a fascinating story that highlights the interconnected importance of art, medicine, and technology. David, the highly advanced robot, was able to experience emotional attachment despite not being human. This delves into the deeper topic of whether the idea of “love” programmable or just a living organism experience (A.I.).  Furthermore, in the film eXistenZ by David Cronenberg, we see a gaming system that is directly connected to the gamers. The film also explores ideas of how technology has started to take over parts of the human mind and body experience (eXistenZ) I find this cool because a film from the 1990s was able to predict how visual arts and technology would advance in the 21st century, where we would begin to have VR games and also other body motion games similar enough to the film.

Sources:

eXistenZ. Directed by David Cronenberg, performances by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law, Dimension Films, 1999.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Directed by Steven Spielberg, performances by Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, and Frances O'Connor, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2001.

RoboCop. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, performances by Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, and Ronny Cox, Orion Pictures, 1987.
Bushby, Helen. “‘meeting a Real-Life Cyborg Was Gobsmacking’ Says Film Director.” BBC News, BBC, 20 Sept. 2024, www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg58r70yj43o. 
Olynyk, Patricia. "Synthesizing Fields: Art, Complexism and the Space Beyond Now." Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, vol. 14, no. 1–2, 2016, pp. 83–93, https://doi.org/10.1386/tear.14.1-2.83_1.

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