I have recently participated in the 2nd gathering of the Making_Life workshop at Biofilia, Helsinki. The workshop focused particularly on xenobiology, protocells, liposomes and other forms of synthetic encapsulations. I have taught a session on liposome creation and cell-free protein synthesis.
Paradigms in Computing
I am excited to be part of Paradigms in Computing: Making, Machines, and Models for Design Agency edited by Dr. David Jason Gerber of and Mariana Ibanez. The book is launched at ACADIA' 14 and can be purchased here.
CULTURERUNNERS @ MIT
I will be participating in the Majlis symposium during CULTURUNNERS @ MIT. This is a week of workshops and public events with artists, designers, filmmakers, scientists, curators, and scholars whose practices inspire novel approaches towards cross-cultural exchanges specific to the United States and the Middle East. (October 1st to 6th, 2014). Thanks to Azra Akšamija for her invitation.
People's Biennial at MOCAD
I am participating at the People's Biennial 2014 curated by Harrell Fletcher and Jens Hoffmann. The curators asked 17 recognized artists or artist duos/collectives from around the United States to connect and collaborate with creative individuals who are known to them but not part of the mainstream art world. I was invited by Ken Lum.
The exhibition will open on Sept 12th at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
Designing for Civic Engagement
Artishock.cl covered our "Designing for Civic Engagement" workshop held at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Santiago, Chile). This workshop was conducted together with Krzysztof Wodiczko and Sergio Araya. The next ones will be at Harvard and Penn. You can listen extracts from our roundtable conversation here.