August LASER Event at Stanford

7:00-7:25: Lynn Rothschild(NASA Astrobiologist) on "Synthetic Astrobiology"Abstract... Read more
7:25-7:50: Jonathon Keats(Philosopher) on "A Dilettante's Guide to the Universe"How do you develop real estate using string theory? How can you improve a marriage with quantum mechanics?... Read more
7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please present your work as a teaser so that those who are interested can seek you out during social time following the event.
8:10-8:35: Stuart Kendall(California College of the Arts) on "Domestic Arts: A Fable"What would it mean to shift our aesthetic inquiry away from the galleries and museums toward the domestic sphere?...Read more
8:35-9:00: Indrani Baruah(Architect and Visual Artist) on "Cultural Re-Imaginations : Experiments in Creative Placemaking"Cultural Re-imaginations challenges the traditional boundaries between art/architecture, artist/artisan, crafts/arts, public/private and inside/outside... Read more
9:00pm-9:30pm: Discussions, networkingYou can mingle with the speakers and the audience