Recently opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: “nano,” a cool art/science exhibit for geeks of all ages:
nano [is] an exhibition that merges the arts and the atom by
presenting the world of nanoscience through a participatory aesthetic
experience. The
exhibition, a collaboration between LACMALab and a UCLA team of nanoscience,
media arts, and humanities experts, is free to the public and runs through
September 6, 2004 in LACMA’s Boone Children’s Gallery.This groundbreaking project provides a greater understanding of how art,
science, culture, and technology influence each other. The exhibition
addresses sophisticated subject matter that is especially relevant for the
next generation. Modular, experiential spaces using embedded computing
technologies engage all of the senses to provoke a broader understanding of
nanoscience and its cultural ramifications. The various components of nano
are designed to immerse the visitor in the radical shifts of scale and
sensory modes that characterize nanoscience, which works on the scale of a
billionth of a meter. Participants can feel what it is like to manipulate
atoms one by one and experience nano-scale structures by engaging in
art-making activities.
