Skip to main content
Class/Seminar

Three L.A.S.E.R. talks: Impressionism as a Function of Techno-shock, The Neurocultural Landscape, The New College Circle

Sponsored by

This event is over.

Event Details:

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:

- Caroline Jones on "Impressionism as a Function of Techno-shock"

- Amy Ione on "Neuroscience and Art: The Neurocultural Landscape"

- Meredith Tromble on "The New College Circle: The Lifelong Impact of a Creative School"

Amy Ione, Director of The Diatrope Institute,  has studied the extensive linkages between art and neuroscience for over thirty years and her sixth book, Neuroscience and Art: The Neurocultural Landscape, was released in 2024. Earlier books include Innovation and Visualization (2006); Art and the Brain (2016); and Nature Exposed to Our Methods of Questioning (2002).

Caroline Jones is Professor of art history, Director of the Transmedia Storytelling Initiative, and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives in the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT. She has curated exhibitions such as Sensorium (2006), Video Trajectories (2007), and Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere (2022). Her publications include Machine in the Studio (1996/98), Eyesight Alone (2005/08),  The Global Work of Art (2016).

Meredith Tromble is an intermedia artist working with digital media, installation, drawing, and performance. Her art about the interplay between imagination and knowledge has sparked deep collaborations with scientists, including the Vortex series of artworks with geobiologist Dawn Sumner. In 2024 she presented a trilogy of art exhibitions related to research and learning. She is a professor emeritus of Interdisciplinary Studies at the San Francisco Art Institute.

Detailed bios at: www.lasertalks.com

Register here:  https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F-_KPmZLS6CNWYFwY_t5OQ

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