Can we still believe in magic?

Magic’s just science that we don’t understand yet

Martina Iurlaro

Student
Martina Iurlaro
Academic staff
Shona Kitchen
Course
Artistic Practices

It is stated that by the laws of aerodynamics the bumblebee should not be able to fly: its wings are too small and light in proportion to its thick and round body. The Bumblebee, of course, flies anyway, because she doesn’t know and therefore doesn’t care for what the physics laws deem impossible.

We live in the Era of Knowledge, where everything can be known or discovered by a simple dive into the internet, yet we are only at the beginning of discovering what our reality can truly offer. We live everyday in the illusion that we know how everything works and that we can control everything. I thought so too until I found out that it is exactly when you travel the unknown that you can see and discover the real wonders of life. It isn’t when you are comfortable to not be in control, and accept that things may not be the way you expect them to be, that you can finally grasp the new borders of the vast reality we live in. Life is like a magic show and nature is the greatest magician of all time who created a trick so amazing that some spend their whole lives studying it, while others play the game with her and decide to be fooled too. The greatest discoveries happened by the ones who decided to question the greatest certainties and look at the world from a different perspective, because they realized that living life like a bee’s flight, is not as impossible as it was deemed to be.

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Artistic Practices

Grounded Art Technology Ecology & Science (G.A.T.E.S.) aims to establish an innovative interdisciplinary research hub where students can delve into their unique interests within the broad theme of landscape. By creatively merging art, technology, ecology, and science in nonconformist and poetic ways, G.A.T.E.S. seeks to open pathways to alternative landscapes and new perspectives. Participants engage as passionate yet discerning observers of our physical, natural, and virtual environments, considering the impact of ubiquitous and emerging technologies.
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