The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 40 cities around the world.

The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 50 cities around the world.

Join artists Vanessa Cruz, Selwa Sweidan, Olivia Ting, Antonella Mazzoni, and Petra Kuppers in exploring the intersections of disability, haptics, and immersive storytelling.

This event activates a set of experiments in creative access and immersive storytelling incubated in the Touch Aesthetics Fellowship, a collaboration between Leonardo CripTech Incubator and the Haptics for Inclusion Lab, under the Narrative and Emerging Media Program at Arizona State University (ASU NEM Program). Touch Aesthetics features a “crip-vibro” interactive performance and several multi-sensory VR activations that center creative access. Celebrating disability innovation, these works harness the transformative power of touch and haptics to prototype accessible and inclusive immersive experiences.

S+T+ARTS is the European umbrella project for Art Science and Technology. Our S+T+ARTS4WATER event will present a selection of our awarded artists presenting how their work on water, oceans and ports supports innovation and impacts society.