February LASER Event

The LASER series began in 2008 in San Francisco under the aegis of Leonardo ISAST as a local forum for presenting  art and science projects underway in the Bay Area. The LASERs now alternate between USF and Stanford, with a parallel series in DC at the National Academy of Sciences. The mission of the LASERs is to provide the general public with a snapshot of the cultural environment of a region and to foster interdisciplinary networking. Each evening presents four artists, scientists, philosophers, historians, inventors, scholars who are working on paradigm shifts. Each evening also allows the audience to socialize and encourages people in the audience to briefly introduce their work.
Evening's program:
* 6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking.

* 7:00-9:00: Presentations * Visual artist Carina Earl will present her "Labyrinth of Infinite Doorways"

* Luke Muehlhauser, executive director of the Singularity Institute, will argue promise and peril of "Superhuman Artificial Intelligence"

* Shadow artist Christine Marie will show "Cinematic shadows and stereoscopic objects"

* Designer Jeremy Mende and William Hsu of SF State University will discuss "Confrontational Strategies - The Social Mirror"

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.