Extra Credit Event 4: Pop Up Exhibition by Joy Yang at the UCLA Art Sci Gallery at CNSI

 A few weeks ago, I attended an exhibition held by Joy Yang at the UCLA Art Science Gallery. The art piece that was put on display was unlike any other I have seen. The basis of the art piece was to create the ability to perceive sound frequencies that humans cannot naturally hear. As explained by Joy and her partner in creating the art piece, James, they used capacitors, which filtered and distorted the sound frequencies, changing them from frequencies we are able to hear to frequencies that we are unable to hear. Then these frequencies were filtered through a vector network analyzer to then project the frequencies onto a graph where they could be visually seen through a graphic display.

 

Image of the capacitor and vector network analyzer

The art work integrates science and art through the use of capacitors, which are typically used in the study of current and resistance and are more particularly used for blocking direct current while allowing alternating currents to pass (Bureau). This reflects what has been stressed in class and by Professor Vesna, that art can not only be a medium to display science but that both disciplines can coincide and actually amplify one another. This was also seen in the people working on this art piece. Joy is an art major at UCLA, while her partner on this project, James, is a math major. I would definitely recommend anyone check out the art piece they have created because of not only its ingenuity but also how captivating the piece was.

Image of the visual depiction of sound 


Citations 

Rosenthal, R. (n.d.). All The Sound We Can Not Hear. https://transom.org/2019/sound-can-not-hear/

Yashasvini Razdan, Vaishali Yadav, & Laveesh Kocher. (2020, July 10). Why capacitors are important components in electronic circuits. Electronicsb2b. https://www.electronicsb2b.com/important-sectors/components-fast-growing-sectors/why-capacitors-are-important-components-in-electronic-circuits/ 

Vesna, Victoria. “Mathematics Pt. 1 - Zero Perspective Golden Mean.” Bruin Learn, 9 Apr. 2012, https://youtu.be/mMmq5B1LKDg, Accessed 14 Apr. 2023.

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