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DESCRIPTION:The LASERs (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) are an int
 ernational program of evening gatherings that bring artists and scientists
  together for informal presentations and conversation with an audience. Th
 is evening\, chaired by cultural historian Piero Scaruffi\, will feature t
 wo talks:\n\nHarpreet Sareen (New School) on "Post-Human Design / The Grea
 t Decentering"\n\nAlexander Sorenson (Binghamton University) on "Hidden He
 arts: On Selfhood and the (Un)sayable in Rilke's Poetry"\n\nHarpreet Saree
 n is an Assistant Professor of Interaction and Media Design at Parsons Sch
 ool of Design\, New York and Director of the Synthetic Ecosystems Lab that
  focusses on biological futures and their implications in interaction desi
 gn. A graduate of the MIT Media Lab\, Sareen is interested in the cybernet
 ics of organisms and materials. His work is situated at the intersection o
 f Material Science\, Biology and Electronics. Sareen terms this as 'Conver
 gent Design' to create hybrid substrates and bionic materials that lend th
 emselves for future ecological machinery\, sensing systems and interaction
  design.\n\nAlexander Sorenson is an Assistant Professor of German Studies
  at Binghamton University. His book "The Waiting Water: Order\, Sacrifice 
 and Submergence in German Realism" (2024) examines the relationship betwee
 n water imagery\, law\, and sacrifice in 19th-century German literature. H
 e is currently working on a new book project\, tentatively titled "Ecologi
 es of Transience"\, which explores the poetic roots of modern environmenta
 l consciousness.\n\nDetailed bios at: www.lasertalks.com\n\nRegister here:
  https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x5NW0HjoRlik71fweYVj_Q\n\nTh
 e Stanford LASERs are co-sponsored by the deans of Humanities and Sciences
 \, Engineering and Medicine\, and by Chemical Engineering.
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SUMMARY:Two  L.A.S.E.R. talks: Post-human Design\, Rilke’s poetry
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 design-rilkes-poetry
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