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Event 3 || Bergamot Station

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at Bergamot station with an art proctor at the station Ryan Travis Christian at Bergamot Station. Bergamot Station in Santa Monica is a train station that houses various art exhibits. One particular exhibit I explored there was Ryan Travis Christian’s art gallery. Ryan Travis Christian is a Chicago native artists who uses two-dimensional animation for provocative pieces of artwork. His juxtaposition of Disney-like cartoon drawings with erotic graphics of sexual organs, sexual intercourse, and violence highlights Christian’s distorted perception of time. Christian himself desires to incorporate dark and mature content in his initially seemingly light-hearted drawings as a means of prolonging childhood cartoon joy with adult themes. midlife crisis in America betrayal and trust In two of his colorful paintings of dogs, He uses bright colors and big eyes on animals to create endearing cartoon-like creatures. However, upon further inspecti
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Week 9 || Space + Art

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As one of the last discussions, the influence that space and art have on each other combine the many lessons that we have learned about this past quarter quite perfectly. Whether it be through science, nanotechnology, or even robotics, the effort that it takes to understand and better explore space can contribute to artistic expression. For example, “Dancing on the Ceiling” is an art and zero gravity exhibition that beautifully combines art to space. There are two components to this exhibit. The first component explores the artistic and metaphorical theme of the weightlessness of gravity. This is achieved through the videos played in the room. These videos have strong metaphorical themes of transcendence and freedom within the mind which portrays the weightlessness and freeing nature of anti-gravity. The second component uses science to mock zero gravity illusions in the room. For example, there are black balls filled with helium and oxygen that float in the mid
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