Interdisciplinary Interviews

in the San Francisco Bay Area

See also the Stanford Interdisciplinary Panels and the Leonardo Art Science Evenings (LASERs) Jaron Lanier (Writer, composer, computer scientist), Cyberculture and counterculture Cybernetic totalism Digital maoism You are not a gadget Chris Chafe (Director of Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics) Summary of career CCRMA, IRCAM, Banff music centers Distributed improvised music James McClelland (Director of Stanford's Center for Mind, Brain and Computation) Summary of career Modeling the brain Tracking neurons Deborah Aschheim (Multimedia artist) Summary of career The theme of memory Louise Bourgeois (1911), Eva Hesse (1936), Christian Boltanski (1944), Mark Lombardi (1951), Sophie Calle (1953) Jean-Pierre Changeux (neuroscientist) [27 january 2012] The neuroscience of Art There is a history of art, but no progress: one can't define one age as "better" than a previous age. They are different. However, evolution is critical to the definition of art: art has to be unique. The first sign of aesthetic activity are the symmetric tools of prehistory. Literacy reorganizes the brain at the physical level: reading and writing hijack a brain. So do other symbolic activities and art. Slide show Lynn Hershman (San Francisco Art Institute) [4 january 2012] Interactive multimedia art Identity and privacy in a high-tech society We are cyborgs Feminist art movement David Sloan Wilson (Binghamton Univ) [8 december 2011, lecture] Compassion Altruism Group-based selection Social engineering Play: Paul Rabinow (UC Berkeley, Dept of Anthropology) [30 Oct 2011] Foucault Synthetic Biology Epistemology of Anthropology Play: Brian Arthur (Santa Fe Institute) [5 Aug 2011] The silent and unseen digital economy Processors and sensors Play: Leonard Susskind (Stanford Univ, Dept of Theoretical Physics) [2 Aug 2011] Holographic principle Quantum vacuum Life sciences and physical sciences Play: Jeremy Bailenson (Stanford Univ, Human Virtual Reality Lab) [28 july 2011, lecture] Virtual Reality Psychology of the Self Communication Play: Pamela Z (Multimedia Composer) [11 july 2011] Extended vocal techniques and electronic music Interactive installation Avantgarde music Play: Jan English-Lueck (San Jose State Univ) [6 july 2011] Anthropology of Silicon Valley Busier than ever Health in the high-tech world Play: Gail Wight (Stanford Univ) [1 july 2011] Art and Science Electronic sculpture Living art Play: Tanu Sankalia (USF Department of Architecture) [13 september 2010] Megalopolies and slums The architect as an activist Cities of the West vs cities of the developing world Play: Anthony D'Agostino (SFSU Department of History) [2 march 2010] Russia Euro crisis Global economic crisis China Play: Robert Buelteman: a visual interview [12 december 2010] John Chowning (Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics) [13 may 2010] What is computer music How it was born Sociological relevance Interaction with Silicon Valley Play: Bruce Damer [21 june 2010]: EvoGrid for studies on life origins Telepresence for space exploration History of computing Virtual worlds and psychedelic worlds Part 1 Part 2 Sonya Rapoport (Interactive and Web-based Art) [24 january 2010]: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Interactive art: art as a collaboration between the artist and the audience Interactive art: art as a recapitulation of the artist's process of creation Reconciling technology and aesthetics The cultural role of the Internet Thought-provoking art vs art as entertainment Art that reflects society at a point in time Gender-conscious art: the female as a displaced person Science in art Cross-cultural art before the advent of globalization Interactive art as gradual refinement of the artist's autobiography Play part1: Play part2: Play part3: