TatecDESMA9 Event #2

I attended the event at the the beginning of the year.  It was a symposium talking about Art and research.  There were many professional and guest speakers that attended the event to share with the audience what they have learned and enjoy studying.  The event was called "Understanding Arts Based Research: Symposium.  There was multiple speakers and I had the pleasure of being able to listen and hear two of them speak about interesting topics. 


Initially upon arriving at the symposium, there was a speaker who was talking much about Art for the future and specifically "Artistic responses to global challenges."  She explained that art is pertinent and vital to the success of our future.  There was talk of many social challenges and economic challenges as well.  According to the guest speaker, we should invite students to articulate and explore their own assumptions about "the future" and their ideas about what to do when change happens.  In the middle she emphasized the fact that people need to create opportunities for students to inhabit different orientations toward the future, by giving opportunities to engage in experimentation.

In the picture above you can see that there is a piece of art being displayed on the screen at the event as an example of why we need art to be important in our future.

Next and lastly the speaker talked about Understanding Global Cultures--Art for the Future.  Talking about this topic, the speaker covered some key understandings about facing global challenges in our world today and in the future.  Understanding cultures when faced with global challenge today is a key issue because it is necessary to understand some of the principle consequences of globalization for cultural identities.

“Art & Research .” UCLA Arts: School of the Arts and Architecture, www.arts.ucla.edu/single/art-based-research-symposium-exhibition/.

“ARTS Based RESEARCH in TIMES of CLIMATE and SOCIAL CHANGE.” ARTS Based RESEARCH in TIMES of CLIMATE and SOCIAL CHANGE | UCLA Art | Sci Center Lab, 1 Jan. 1970, artsci.ucla.edu/node/1424.

“California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA |.” California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, cnsi.ucla.edu/.

Eliasson, Olafur, and Olafur Eliasson GmbH. “Why Art Has the Power to Change the World.” World Economic Forum, www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/why-art-has-the-power-to-change-the-world/.

Lescaze, Zoë. “12 Artists On: Climate Change.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 22 Aug. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/t-magazine/climate-change-art.html.