Note:  Free parking at 3165 Porter Dr.

The LASERs (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) are an international program of evening gatherings that bring artists and scientists together for informal presentations and conversation with an audience. This evening, chaired by cultural historian Piero Scaruffi, will feature four talks:

- Judy Dater (Photographer) on "Tell me who you are: My Life in Photography" 

- Daiane Lopes da Silva (Kinetech Arts) on "DanceHack - The Intersection of Dance and Technology"

- Danika Cooper (UC Berkeley) on "Dry Matters: How desert landscapes are essential to our collective futures"

Judy Dater is a photographer and a feminist. She uses photography as an instrument for traditional conceptions of the female body. She was influenced by the vital cultural intersection of photography, feminism and the second wave of feminism which started in the 1960s and lasted up until the 1980s. Dater is also known for her self-portraits.

Daiane Lopes da Silva (Dai) is the co-founder and artistic director of Kinetech Arts, where she explores the intersection of dance, science and technology. Daiane often incorporates biometric devices and nondeterministic technologies in her work. Since 2013, she has created 12 full-length performances, which have been performed in South America, Europe and the U.S.

Danika Cooper is associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where the core of her research centers on the geopolitics of scarcity, alternative water ontologies, and designs for resiliency in the global aridlands.

No RSVP required;  

Detailed bios at: www.lasertalks.com

The Stanford LASERs are co-sponsored by the deans of Humanities and Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and by Chemical Engineering.