(I'm sleathily taking a photo in uniform which is forbidden -thunder and lightning-)
While between shifts, I had just enough time to check out an
ArtSci exhibit at our very own California Neuroscience Institute in south
campus! I was only able to stop by for around twenty minutes, but it was plenty
of time to read through all the pieces! The honorable mentions include a map
where everyone was prompted to trace out their walking path of the day on a map
of campus using yarn and map pins, and a neat piece with sections of the brain
displayed with flip-book paper pieces that people had drawn on.
The piece I found the most intriguing, was Rahul Iyengar’s
“Origins”. Mr. Iyengar was not present while I was at the exhibit, but he did
leave a nice description next to his piece. It had three images with different
swirls on them: one that represented the golden ratio, one with an ammonite
fossil, and one with fractal spirals. Each piece has inspirations from the
golden ratio spiral that we saw in our lectures, as it appears in natural
circumstances such as weather patterns, nautilus shells (to an extent), etc. He
noted that the swastika is also similar in appearance, but in the context that
in Hindu, it represents the creation of the universe and the “arms of time.” I
found the last comment very fascinating considering that it is a very taboo
symbol in our culture, so it was nice to see it from a different (and much more
pleasant) perspective!
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