Hammer Museum
I’ve driven by the Hammer Museum many times on my way to UCLA or even just around Westwood, but I am just now experiencing all the museum had to offer. The Museum has a free entry but you are given a blue sticker that says Hammer on it so they know that you are there to see the museum and not a straggler. I was pretty surprised by the different pieces of artwork and some of them were even interactive. I was able to see a lot of the science and math in the art pieces from learning about it in Unit 2. Normally I would not have noticed any of this but I am now more aware of it. One of the pieces that drew my attention was a piece called “Unspeakable.” This piece had three parts to it. One part of it was a video of forty-four sunsets all compromised onto one wall projected on a screen. While the video of the sun is setting there is a voice over of the legendary drag queen Lady Bunny delivering a message of her ranting about life. At the same time there is a huge clock that corresponds with the forty-four sunsets and the voice over. The digital clock counts down from eighteen minutes to zero which is the approximate length of time it takes for the sun to set. We see the science of sunsets and the science behind time correlating all into one piece of art. The two pieces complement each other and together make the art piece what is it, embracing the magic of time and sunsets.
The museum also had some simpler art pieces with motivational take home messages. On a huge canvas in one of the hallways there was a painting that said “Give More Than You Take”. As jaw dropping as the other art pieces were and the beauty of science, simple phrases like these I always have a lot of appreciation for. They are simple reminders to be a better person and think about others and everyone could use a little dose of that. This museum was quite fun and they had a couple other interactive art pieces that my sister and I enjoyed.
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