Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

Presented by Leonardo Journal of Art, Science, and Technology at Stanford University
Chaired by Piero Scaruffi and prof. Curtis Frank⁠
Featuring Kal Spelletich on his exhibition, Galactic Scale Inquiries into the Nature of the Cosmos

Kal Spelletich has been exploring the interface of humans and machines for 25 years, using technology to put people back in touch with intense, real-life experiences. His work is interactive, requiring participants to enter or operate his pieces, often against their instincts of self-preservation. He probes the boundaries between fear, control, and exhilaration by giving his audience the opportunity to operate fascinating and often dangerous machinery. Spelletich’s work has been included in numerous museum and gallery exhibitions including the De Young Museum, SFMOMA, The Exploratorium Museum and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. He has exhibited internationally in Namibia, Germany, Croatia and Austria. He is represented by the Catharine Clark gallery in San Francisco.

Kim Anno is a painter, photographer, and film/video artist whose work has been collected and exhibited by museums nationally and internationally. Her recent interests and expertise has been in the intersection of art and science, particularly in aesthetic issues surrounding climate change, water,and adaptation. She is currently at work on "¡Quba!", her first feature documentary film, as well as "90 Miles From Paradise" film about adaptation to sea level rise for both southern Florida and Havana, Cuba. In 2018, she is also making "Water City, Ipswich" a short film in her on-going series: Men and Women in Water Cities.

Kōkichi Sugihara is a Japanese mathematician and artist known for his three-dimensional optical illusions that appear to make marbles roll uphill, pull objects to the highest point of a building's roof, and make circular pipes look rectangular. His illusions often involve videos of three-dimensional objects shown from carefully chosen perspectives.

Virj Kan is a designer, engineer, media artist, and entrepreneur. Her work investigates new paradigms for design, through transdisciplinary research and technology development. Whether it is in the domain of business, technology or art, her work centers on reshaping human relationships with the environment and each other. Currently she is based in Berkeley, California and leads a public benefit company called Primitives Biodesign.