September LASER Event

Schedule:

6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking.

7:00-7:25pm: Hana Mori Bottger (USF Architecture) on "At the Intersection of Beauty and Strength: Earthen Structures that Survive Earthquakes"

An overview of the variety of earth-composite structures throughout the world.

7:25-7:50pm: Jennifer Dionne (Stanford Univ) on "Lights, Nano, Action!"

Imagine a world where cancer is cured with light, objects can be made invisible, and teleportation is allowed through space and time.

7:50pm-8:10pm: 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.

8:10-8:35pm: Jesse Houlding on "Phenomena as Material"

Installations that use light and other natural phenomenon to explore perception.

8:35pm-9:00pm: Vijaya Nagarajan (USF) on "Embedded Mathematics in Women's Ritual Art Designs in Southern India"

The kolam and the key ideas embedded within this ephemeral ritual.

Building and room TBA.  Check weblink below for updates.

RSVP at contact address below.