Science Meets Art: June LASER event

6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking. Anyone in the audience is welcome to describe in 30 seconds what they are working on.

7:00-7:30pm: Robert Lang (Origami Artist) on 'From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes'

Origami, the ancient Japanese art of has undergone a renaissance over the last few decades, in part due to the contributions of scientists and mathematicians to the art. Mathematical techniques can give rise to both artworks of remarkable beauty as well as real-world applications in medicine, space, and more.

7:30-8:00pm: Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison on 'How Can Art Help Create a Sustainable World?'

'The Force Majeure' is a work to reflect on the oncoming effects of Global Warming from a whole systems perspective. What can culture do, specifically the artist, as a response to the loss of glaciation and the ensuing problems with rivers and droughts in a region like Tibet? This work suggests a sweeping, but possible, biological response to the 2.4 million square kilometers of the Tibetan plateau as well as to other regions of the world.

8:00-8:15: BREAK

8:15-8:45pm: Victoria Scott and Scott Kildall (Zer01 Artists in Residence) on 'Imaginary Gifts'

Gift Horse is a sculpture constructed almost entirely of recyclable materials, which depicts the mythological Trojan Horse, as originally modeled in and exported from the virtual world of Second Life.

8:45pm-9:15pm: Tom McKeag (BioDreamMachine) on 'How Would Nature Do That?'

Teaching science through design to natural-born inventors.

Admission is free but limited. Please RSVP to p@scaruffi.com