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Episode 6 Part 1: Our Beginnings: Science Poetry with Nomi Stone

Recorded on 2020-07-02

Immerse yourself into the journey of a poet and scientist in discovering the joy of Poetry, Science and Poetic science. “What would it be like to be a field worker of the Natural World and the sciences?”  Nomi Stone, Anthropologist, Poet, designer, and teacher of the undergraduate course, Ways of Knowing: Science and Poetry, challenges […]

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Poetry, Nature and Science: A Conversation with Frederick Turner Part 2

Recorded on 2019-04-17

Our guest on this episode is Frederick Turner, whose new book of translations, The Golden Goblet: Selected Poems of Goethe (with Zsuzsanna Ozsváth), will be released by Deep Vellum Publishing in 2019. Reading the poem “Ride This One Out” (0:30) — Smartphones and cultural evolution (2:00) — Gardening as a model for engagement with nature […]

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Poetry, Nature and Science: A Conversation with Frederick Turner Part 1

Recorded on 2019-04-13

Our guest on this episode is Frederick Turner, whose new book of translations, The Golden Goblet: Selected Poems of Goethe (with Zsuzsanna Ozsváth), will be released by Deep Vellum Publishing in 2019. Childhood influences: brother Robert Turner, father Victor Turner (1:15) — The conflict between literary-humanistic and scientific-positivist values at Oxford and The Two Cultures (3:30) — The generativity, richness and abundance of the […]

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Bacteria Singing- Willy wonka or Theranostics?

Recorded on 2017-01-05

Jeremiah Gassensmith speaks to Roger Malina and Ritwik Kaikini about the mechanisms and application of proteins, bacteria and bioluminescence in the present world. If bacteria sing what would it sound like? How do we hear them?

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Inspired by Nature: Swarm of robots and artificial life works, meeting with Vicky Isley & Paul Smith (Boredom Research) and Thomas Schmickl

Recorded on 2016-12-13

Vicky Isley and Paul Smith forming the artist duo Boredom Research and Thomas Schmickl, the project leader of the scientific research project subCULTron talk about their respective approach of artificial life, both “in vitro” (artificial virtual creatures in a computer environment) and “in vivo” (robots and more precisely swarm of robots in natural environments). They […]

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Bacteria as an Art Medium, meeting with Anna Dumitriu

Recorded on 2016-11-30

Anna Dumitriu talks about her creation with bacteria and contemporary biomedicine and bioresearch, explaining how she combines high end bioresearch with craft techniques in her work. She presents and discusses her approach to art and to art and science collaborations and detail her specific project in relation to the FEAT residency. Recorded by Annick Bureaud […]

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Bacteria as an Art Medium, meeting with Anna Dumitriu

Recorded on 2016-11-30

Anna Dumitriu talks about her creation with bacteria and contemporary biomedicine and bioresearch, explaining how she combines high end bioresearch with craft techniques in her work. She presents and discusses her approach to art and to art and science collaborations and detail her specific project in relation to the FEAT residency. Recorded by Annick Bureaud […]

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Heirloom and The Body Collected, as seen by the curators, meeting with Louise Whiteley and Malthe Bjerregaard

Recorded on 2016-09-19

Louise Whiteley and Malthe Bjerregaard present the exhibition The Body Collected and the artwork by Gina Czarnecki & John Hunt Heirloom a living portrait of the artists’s daughters based on the own cells, within the framework of the Medical Museion [http://www.museion.ku.dk/] in Copenhagen scope and aims. They discuss the specific and ethical issues raised by […]

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