The first
place I visited was the Shenyang Science and Technology Museum. I heard that it
used to have the largest robotics exhibition in China, so I thought that it
would help me understand more about the relationship between robotics and art. This museum incorporates a theatre where
science-fictional movies are being shown.
About robotics and art
In the
lectures I learnt that robotics provide a new way of expressing art. The third
hand, for example, showed me an art form that I have never seen before.
I was not
sure about whether robotic art can have an impact on audience until I witnessed
the show in Shenyang Science and Technology Museum. They had a band of robots,
each playing different musical instruments. The music they played was simple
and not even attractive, but the facts that it was played by robots made a lot
of people stop by and listen. Hence, I
realized that currently what is indeed appealing about robotic art is that
people want to see the robots, and to a great extent, art is being promoted
under such circumstances.
The robot band
When we
visit robots at museums, no matter what kind of robots we are looking for, we
are already appreciating art. Somehow I felt that museums are always related to
art, and I did see robots as artistic masterpieces. The appearances of robots
shown in the museum was made high-tech looking. I saw a lot of robots, some of
which are not even charged. However I must admit that robots are creatures that
are carefully crafted by men. Hence, there is no doubt that robots themselves
can be seen as art.
a robot chess player
About the science-fictional movie, ‘tour to the
universe’
This
science-fictional movie, tour to the universe, is a story of a young boy
travelling to the universe by train. In the movie, a lot of concepts relating
to space science are being explained. For example, I learnt how combustion of
fuel occurs in a lack-of-oxygen environment.
The idea of
taking a train to other planets at first seemed ridiculous to me. After the
theory of such an idea was explained in the movie, I realized that most parts
of such an approach are scientifically correct. Art has this function of
visualizing scientific theories. While pure text and diagrams do not make much
sense to people other than scientists, art gives people a basic idea. The
attractiveness of such kind of art has made a lot of people put in much effort
realizing those fascinating scenes in movies, fictions and drawings.
Just a
one-hour visit to the museum gave me more connections between art and science.
As there are always new exhibitions and shows on in this museum, I hope to
visit Shenyang Science and Technology again next summer.
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