LASER Talks in Buffalo, NY: FEMeeting Sister Labs: Women in Art, Science and Technology

Convened by Professor Stephanie Rothenberg with panels moderated by University at Buffalo faculty.

Daylong symposium of women and women identified folks across art, technology and science with local and international artists, scholars, faculty, students and community members 

EVENT INFO

• When: April 26, 2024 from 10:00-5:00 EDT (UTC-4). Find your timezone here
• Where: Hybrid: University at Buffalo, Student Union/210 Landmark Room and online via ZOOM.

     To attend in person please register here

     To attend online please register here

• ZOOM Access HERE , Passcode: 077031
• Website: FeMeetng Sister Labs Symposium at Buffalo

“FEMeeting Sister Labs: Women in Art, Science and Technology” in partnership with Leonardo Laser Talks is hosting a daylong symposium at the University at Buffalo that includes presentations by faculty, students, artists-in-residence at the Coalesce Center for Biological Art, members of the FEMeeting and community members. The symposium is part of a 3-day event that also includes an exhibition, BioArt workshop and performance at Buffalo’s Torn Space Theater. 

The full event is a collaboration of the University at Buffalo’s Department of Art and Coalesce: Center for Biological Arts and the FEMeeting Network with support from the University’s Humanities Institute TechnoCulture Research Workshop.

FEMeeting Sister Labs: Women in Art, Science and Technology is part of a larger network of women and women-identifying folks working at the intersection of art, science and technology. FEMeeting is driven by the desire to develop and promote more direct collaborations. The goal is to disseminate projects being undertaken by women worldwide and, as a result, to contribute to the development of art-science research methodologies and to the growth of cooperation strategies that can increase knowledge sharing and bring communities closer.

In 2021, FEMeeting Sister Labs launched as an hybrid model of interaction between local and global, between digital and physical: where FEMeeting members address to the community of women in art, science and technology an invitation to their lab spaces. In addition to Buffalo, two other Sister Lab events have taken place -- through the ArtSci Salon in Toronto and the Sanctuary For Independent Media/Nature Lab in Troy, NY. These events are a lead up to the annual conference happening June 23-29, 2024 through Incubator Labs in Windsor, Ontario.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE & SPEAKERS 

10:00 -10:30 Opening, Led by Stephanie Rothenberg, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Art, University at Buffalo

• Marta de Menezes, Artist, Director, Cultivamos Cultura
• Roberta Buiani, Artist, Scholar, Co-founder ArtSci Salon
• Kathy High, Artist, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

10:30 – 11:45 Witchcraft, Porcupines and the Gaia Hypothesis, Moderated by Mishuana Goeman, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Indigenous Studies, University at Buffalo

• Cecilia Vilca Ocharan, Artist, Founding Member, MyAP Electron Microscopy Laboratory
• Kristina Tome, Board Member, Onöhsagwë:de' Cultural Center
• Claudia Ford, Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies, SUNY Potsdam

11:45-1:00 Break

1:00-2:45 Love, Embodiment and DNA, Moderated by Crystal Z. Campbell, Visiting Associate Professor of Art & Media Study, University at Buffalo.

• Marta de Menezes and Cosima Herter
• Marisa Manheim, Assistant Professor, UB Dept. of Environment and Sustainability
• Emma Akmakdjian, Artist, Program Manager at Supercollider Art

2:45-3:00 Break 

3:00 - 4:45 Matter, Aesthetics, and the Microbiome, Moderated by Christina Corfield, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Media Study, University at Buffalo

• Daniela Brill Estrada, Artist, Co-organizer of Suratómica
• Jennifer Surtees, Professor, Co-Director of the Genome, Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence, University at Buffalo
• Kathy High
• Roberta Buiani

4:45 - 5:00 Closing Remarks and Responses, Led by Stephanie Rothenberg, Marta de Menezes, Roberta Buiani, Kathy High

For speakers bios please see FeMeetng Sister Labs Symposium at Buffalo

SPONSORS:

FEMeeting Sister Labs Buffalo event is made possible by the University at Buffalo’s Department of Art, Coalesce: Center for Biological Arts, Humanities Institute Technoculture Research Workshop, and Julian Park Professor and Ewa Ziarek.

Organized by UB Department of Art Chair, and Faculty for Graphic Design, Art & Technology, Stephanie Rothenberg with support from Department's Art Resource Manager Whitney Kehl, Faculty and Coalesce Director Paul Vanouse, Coalesce Lab Manager Solon Morse, and MFA Candidate and Coalesce Graduate Assistant Aidelen Montoya.

The Department of Art at the University at Buffalo is dedicated to developing creative and academic skills in studio art, post-studio art, graphic design, aesthetics, critical theory, and art history. Since its founding, our department has been committed to shepherding innovative approaches and new practices. We empower our students to represent their unique visions within a contemporary cultural environment.

Coalesce: Center for Biological Arts is a hybrid studio laboratory facility dedicated to enabling hands-on creative engagement with the tools and technologies of the life sciences.

Since its founding in 2005, the University at Buffalo’s Humanities Institute (HI) has quickly established itself as one of the most important entities supporting the humanities in Western New York.  HI provides a forum for conversations among humanists of all disciplines

The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 50 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalk