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Human Brain with Neuron System This week’s topic is about Neuroscience. It is a very complicated yet interesting area of discussion that people always seek to understand more. With modern technology , we have more understanding of our complex brain than ever. The key of this week’s topic lies with our brain. The brain is deemed as the most important organ that makes us human. Most living organisms have brain, but we are the only being that utilizes it at a high level. We do not have the biggest brain, nor the biggest brain in proportion to body weight. Our brain is only slightly more complex than that of animals. Yet, we are the only being on Earth capable of achieving our modern society. Portrait of BrainWave by E. Joteva Memory is a key component of our life. Things and events will not last throughout one’s lifespan; at the end of day, all we can recall is the memory of that moment. Like the theme of the past event I have been to, the artist, E. Joteva, showed the...

Typical BioArt of microscopic parasites This week’s topic is on biotechnology and art. Art expands with technology, in biotechnology, artist are also scientists that creates their art through scientific process at cellular level. It is a very interesting topic, but there is much controversy into it. Glowing Flowers in Exhibition in Hong Kong Natural Selection proposed by Charles Darwin has been the one theory defining our evolution for centuries. On the other hand, we have artificial selection where we human interfere and chooses the organism to breed. It was used to be done by cross-breeding and can only success if the organisms used for cross-breeding are closely-related. However, with modern technology, especially biotechnology, we can modify living things at cellular level. So we can literally extract a gene from one organism and put it into another organism. One example can be the flower that glow in the dark. This is an engineer for beauty where fluorescent protein f...

In t he Mnemoawari exhibition by E. Joteva, the artist divides the exhibition into three parts- the past, the present and the future and each part using a different representation of cryo sculptures. The sculptures will melt gradually over 3 days of the exhibition, conveying the process that any physical items will disappear eventually and all we have at the end is the memory and immaterial impressions.  One of the images The past is represented with three image of the cryo sculptures when they were still just made before melting starts. When I first entered the exhibition, I was confused by the images. There were just three huge image of ice ball spinning with some dripping sound(slightly annoying as well). The ice balls are gives mixed feelings. The leaves and flowers gives pattern and colors to the sculpture, making some pleasant to view while one slightly irritating. Standing in the middle of the images, my mind was blank. The other two Me experiencing the scu...