Three L.A.S.E.R. talks: Asian-American Women, Mandalas, Internet Art

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 three talks:

Christina Hiromi Hobbs (Curator) on "Collective Histories of the Asian American Women Artists Association"

Kurt Behrendt (Art Historian) on "The Mandalic Aesthetic"

Maya Man (Internet Artist) on "Chance Encounters: Internet Art, Algorithms, and Authenticity"

Christina Hiromi Hobbs is an independent curator and a PhD candidate in the Art & Art History department at Stanford focusing on modern and contemporary art of the Asian diaspora.  She has held research and curatorial positions in Los Angeles and Shanghai and curated "In the Presence Of: Collective Histories of the Asian American Women Artists Association" at Berkeley Art Center (2024).

Kurt Behrendt has curated more dozens of exhibitions, notably at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including Buddhism along the Silk Road (2012), Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations (2014), Bodhisattvas of Wisdom, Compassion and Power (2021), and Mandalas:  Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet (2024), and has published widely on Buddhist art and architecture.

Maya Man is an artist focused on contemporary identity culture on the Internet. Her websites, generative series, and installations examine dominant narratives around femininity, authenticity, and the online performance of the self. She has exhibited internationally. She currently runs a DIY space out of her studio in Soho called HEART.

Detailed bios at: www.lasertalks.com

Register here:  https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2ufZz0gmTX6IUVwyHZU_hg#/registration

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