Creative Disturbance

Scot Gresham-Lancaster meets with colleague Bert Barten to touch bases on a decade-long project called Talking Trees. The project studies the ability of 'mother trees' communicating with their forests through chemical reactions in mycelium. 

Scot Lancaster and Greg Kramer discuss the field of sonification--the use of non-speech audio to convey information or perceptualize data. This conversation deals with its origins and possible uses in the future.

Defining himself as a curator interested in transgenre aesthetics and art and technology, art curator Jens Hauser engages a discussion with Danielle Aviles, student in biology; on the relationships between art and science. He defines what ‘Wetware’ - the title of the exhibition he curated with David Familian (2016) - is, as an extrapolation of softwares and hardwares, a convergence between technologies, or an evolution of mixed-media. With the rise of synthetic biology, the aim is to apply engineering principles to the biological realm and create aliveness from scratch. Do art and science deal with the same medium?

Christa Sadeghian in conversation with Roger Malina as they discuss how working spaces and study environments have evolved over time owing to the makerspace movement. Christa gives a sneak'Peek' of her idea for an app dealing with breaking walls between research spaces so that students from any discipline can know about each other's projects.

Engagée dans une recherche doctorale, l'artiste Lia Giraud revient sur les enjeux de la production et de l'exposition d'oeuvres conçues à partir de matériaux vivants. Des plantes qui dansent, des photographies créées à base d'algue : les oeuvres évoquées sont parfois surprenantes. C'est également l'occasion de revenir sur sa collaboration avec des scientifiques.

Christa Sadeghian and Roger Malina discuss about work environments for STEM women and Christa's experiences in the Co-working Place.

Artist/architectural historian Azra Aksamija, art historian Nada Shabout and multimedia artist/designer Shafaq Ahmed share their experiences with intercultural art, politics and influence of technology on heritage. Azra Aksamija shares more on her latest art installation- The Memory Matrix , which is a living monument raising awareness about the destruction of cultural heritage in the Middle East, while supporting the education of Syrian refugees and preservation of their cultural memory.

Artist/architectural historian Azra Aksamija, art historian Nada Shabout and multimedia artist/designer Shafaq Ahmed share their experiences with intercultural art, politics and influence of technology on heritage. Azra Aksamija shares more on her latest art installation- The Memory Matrix , which is a living monument raising awareness about the destruction of cultural heritage in the Middle East, while supporting the education of Syrian refugees and preservation of their cultural memory.

A conversation with Ashton Brillante who was the project manager of the Creative Disturbance Platform from Spring 2015 to Spring 2017.

Janeil Engelstad speaks with cross-disciplinary artist Mick Lorusso about his work at the intersection of art and science addressing global warming, as well as how collaboration and social media can impact environmental and social issues.