Together we have been dissecting our lungs to better understand one of the mechanism of life as we know it: Oxygen. What is it? Where do we find it? And is it possible to grow oxygen on other planets? This session has investigated potentially habitable planets, how atmospheric circulation patterns might change in the future, how these projections are represented through numerical models; musical instruments making use of wind, singing lungs, breathless and speechless events.
Together, as homo-O2, we have discovered new forms of life and what makes the asphalt and the horizon.
SPECIAL GUEST
NOVIMICHI TOSA OF MAYWA DENKI
Musician & Performer
Tosa formed art unit Maywadenki in 1993. His unit was named after the company their father ran in the past. Tosa’s unit performs, wearing blue work uniform and calling art piece Product and live performance Product Demonstration. In the style of the small-and-medium-sized companies which enabled Japan to achieve such a high rate of economic growth in 20th century. Meiwa Denki make appeals of art pieces including non-sense machine in the fish motif NAKI, original music instrument series TSUKUBA. Not bound by the art standard, Tosa constantly looks for new ideas in expansion of promotions not only exhibition and live performance but also and distribution after turning art pieces into toys and electric devises. Meiwa Denki won Japan Toy Awards 2010 in High Target Toy category. They actively address a variety of activities all over the world such as installation in ARS Electronica and Media Arts Festival in Vienna.
DR. CLARA ORBE
Research Physical Scientist
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Clara Orbe is a Research Physical Scientist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City. She studies large-scale flow patterns on Earth, how they are represented in computer models, and how they may change in the future. She collaborates with other government labs and academic institutions, including NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Johns Hopkins University and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. She received her bachelor's and doctoral degrees in applied mathematics from Brown University and Columbia University, respectively.
DR. NANCY Y. KIANG
Research Physical Scientist
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Nancy Y. Kiang is a research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. She conducts research into the interactions between the Earth's biosphere and its atmosphere, and investigates how “biosignatures” from photosynthesis might be used to detect life on planets in other solar systems.
DR. SONALI BOSE
MD MPH
Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Sonali Bose, MD MPH received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai, serving as Chief Resident. She completed her Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she stayed on as Assistant Professor of Medicine to establish a career development research program centered on air quality and environmental exposures that affect asthma. Her focus is on public health research and clinical trials aimed at improving asthma outcomes for both children and adults.
DJ HERSHE
Musician & Performer
HerShe is a self taught multi-talented Artist/Producer. At a young age she started Beatboxing at 11 and spinning at 14. She incorporates both Beatboxing and DJing into her live sets, diversifying herself from the average performer. HerShe has played at SXSW in Austin, TX three years in a row, is the current Beatbox Battle Champion in New York, is up for World Beatbox Champion in Berlin, is a co-founder of Boston Beatbox, and has spun and performed in various Clubs, Festivals, Shows, Concerts in and around Boston, The New England states, New York, Austin, and LA.
Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun is a designer of extreme experiences that aims to bring the sublime to life. Dubbed the “Willy Wonka of Design,” Ben Hayoun is an award-winning French designer and filmmaker who creates multi-dimensional experiential projects at the intersection of science, theatre, politics and Design. Wired awarded her their inaugural Innovation Fellowship in 2014, and Icon magazine, Dezeen and Creative Review recognized Dr. Ben Hayoun as one of the top 50 designers 'shaping the future' for her pioneering “total bombardment” design philosophy.
Her laboratory, NBH Studios, is on a mission to bring chaos to the world; she is the founder and director of the International Space Orchestra the world’s first orchestra of NASA space scientists and astronauts; and most recently she founded the University of the Underground, a subversive tuition-free educative and cultural programme that is on course to modify the status quo in public institutions and academia.
