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LASER talks Fortaleza

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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 40 cities around the world.

 

WE ARE NOT ALONE

Asynchronous LASER series / LASER Fortaleza, Brazil

Online on IG TV @clarissa__ribeiro @lasertalks
LASER chair: Clarissa Ribeiro

What can a CAS's element do to reduce the destructive impacts of self-organizing processes it is part of and that are leading to environmental catastrophes and the definitive eliminations of tens of species from the face of the Earth every day? We are not alone on this planet; we do not own it -- we are just one among an astonishing estimated number of 8.7 million species on Earth -- with 6.5 million species on land and 2.2 million in oceans. Nevertheless, having our senses and abilities extended by media, by technology, we invite all the species to face the extinction crises. Promoting the understanding we are somehow detached from nature is showing not to be an intelligent strategy to ensure life a sustainable future. Ars simia naturae - once birds made us dream of flying, marine mammals and fish inviting our curiosity to dive deep into the oceans, and now we pay back endangering their lives. Why are we so limited in getting the impact of our daily choices? How can we enlarge, improve our perception of the whole? Is social media the answer? Will AI help or make the unawareness even worse? If there is still a chance that we can revert the disaster, what behavioral changes, adjustments we human beings need to perform? Referring to Roy Ascott’s visionary didactic experiment from the 1960s -- can COVID-19 pandemic be seen as the ‘ultimate calibrator’?

LASER TALKS AS INTERVENTIONS / February-March 2021

Welcoming 2021, we invite artists and scientists to participate in an asynchronous LASER talks series – LASER TALKS AS INTERVENTIONS, featuring works that dialogue with the proposed theme -- WE ARE NOT ALONE. The invitation is for producing/sharing 1-5 minutes videos, IGTV friendly but not restrict to recommended IGTV format, potentially having the intention of attracting, reaching and influencing a larger audience.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the featured artists for February-March – Maru Garcia (Mexico/US), Mick Lorusso and Frida Cano (US/Mexico), Hector Isaias (Brazil), Rewa Wright (Aotearoa - the Māori name for New Zealand/Australia), Fabio FON (Brazil), Walmeri Ribeiro (Brazil), Cinira d’Alva (Brazil) and Claudia Jacques (US/Brazil).

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Pb. Put it Back (2019) by Maru Garcia

February 5, 2021

https://marugfierro.com/about/

Maru García is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher working across art + science + environment. Her methodology includes both the social and hard sciences, combining a versatile laboratory and fieldwork from her background in plant chemistry and the chemical industry. Her use of media includes research, installations, performance, sculpture, and video, usually with the presence of some kind of organic matter to help understand the biological processes occurring in complex systems. Her areas of interest are explorations on biosystems, interspecies relationships, and the capacity of living organisms (including humans) to act as remediators in contaminated sites. Her work highlights the importance of eco-aesthetics, where relationships and community are proposed as a way of building a sustainable culture. At the same time, she questions the ways science and technology have influenced the relationship between humans within the natural world. Since 2017, Maru has collaborated with the Art-Sci Center and Counterforce Lab at UCLA. She has participated in conferences, solo and group exhibitions in North America, Europe, and Asia. She was an artist in residence in the National Center of Genetic Resources in Mexico and received awards from Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative, Clifton Webb Scholarship for the Arts, and Fundación Jumex. She worked at the Getty Research Institute in the 2019-2020 Scholar program titled “Art and Ecology”. Currently, she is based in LA and is an artist in residence at the Pando Populus Campus in Monrovia, CA, an accelerator for environmental initiatives. She is a 2020 Sci-Art Ambassador for Supercollider. Maru holds an MFA in Design & Media Arts from UCLA as well as an M.S. in Biotechnology and a B.S. in Chemistry both from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico.

 

 

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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 40 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks

When
February 5th, 2021 10:00 AM to March 31st, 2021 10:00 PM
Location
UNIFOR Campus
Av. Washington Soares, 1321 - Edson Queiroz
Online / Fortaleza (BR), 60811-905
Brazil
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