LASER Talks in Santa Fe/Telluride: Arts & Sciences: Telluride 2024 “The Nature of Information”

A special series of 12 LASERs over 8 days, with over 25 international presenting artists, scientists, and inspiring contemporary example-setters, diversely addressing “The Nature of Information,” needed creative and ecological understandings of our complex, ever-more-developed, and increasingly jeopardized information environment.

Stewarded by:

Richard Lowenberg, artist, designer, eco-cultural activist.1st-Mile Institute.

Andrea Polli, PhD, University of New Mexico, LASER Santa Fe, SciArt Santa Fe.

EVENT INFO

When: July 26 – Aug 2, 2024       

Where: Arts & Sciences: Telluride 2024 will originate from and be held in the town of Telluride, high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It will feature on-the-ground programs and on-site participants.

Registration via EVENTBRITE

Access Info: Online via ZOOM, The talks will be recorded and published on the LEONARDO & SciArt Santa Fe YouTube channels   

Physical Addresses:

• Wilkinson Public Library, 100 W. Pacific Ave, Telluride, CO 81435 (Public Program Room, Magazine Room,Terrace)

• Ah Haa School for the Arts, 155 W. Pacific Ave, Telluride, CO 81435 (Upper Balcony Room)

Full Program & Website: https://info-eco.art/arts-sciences-2024/

The recorded videos of all talks will be published on SciArt Santa Fe and Leonardo/ISAST YouTube Channels

Arts & Sciences: Telluride 1979, organized by Richard Lowenberg, took place over ten days, with 20 invited participants, NEA support, and no cell or Internet connectivity, 45 years ago.   

To commemorate that seminal program, Arts & Sciences: Telluride 2024 is being held during eight days this Summer, with a number of partnering organizations and the Leonardo LASER network.   

Arts & Sciences: Telluride 2024 will include special programs, partners and participants in Telluride, including the Telluride Institute, Telluride Science Center and Wilkinson Public Library.  It will also feature a series of 12 LASER Zoom presentations and discussions over 8 days, with over 25 invited artists, scientists and inspiring, creative example-setters from around the world.

“The Nature of Information: Towards an Ecological Understanding of the Information Environment” is the program's core topic and theme.  In some of the many ways possible, LASER participants will offer insights and creative hints for ecologies of mind, informed actions and meaningful influence.

PROGRAMME

Fri. July 26, 2:10 – 3:50 pm MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here 

LASER # 1: Arts & Sciences: Series Introductions + Presentations
Los Alamos: Andrea Pollie + Guests, Telluride: Richard Lowenburg + Guests

Sat. July 27,  1:10 – 2:50 pm MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here

LASER # 2: Space, Signs and Signals
Daniela DePaulis, (NL), Dan Goods, (JPL), Agnes Chavez, (Taos), Marton Orosz (Hungary)

LASER # 3: Artful Intelligence – 1
3:10 – 4:50 pm, MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here
Ken Rinaldo (Ohio), Andrea Polli (Santa Fe), Ricardo Dal Farra (Buenos Aires/Montreal)

Sun. July 28
LASER # 4: Bioregional + Indigenous Mapping and Meaning
1:10 – 2:50 pm MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here
Jim Enote, (Zuni/Telluride), Daniel Collins, (ASU/Telluride)

LASER # 5: A Conversation w/ Brothers + Photonic Futures
3:10 – 4:50 pm MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone hereArtist Visakh Menon (NYC), Physicist Vinod Menon (NYC), August Muth (Santa Fe)

Mon. July 29
LASER # 6: Physics, Information and the Origin of Life
2:10 – 3:50 pm MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here
D. Eric Smith (Tokyo), Edwin Valentijn (NL), Mark Neyrinck

LASER # 7 Artful Intelligence – 2
5:10 – 6:50, MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here
Shawn Brixey (VA) (Other Presenters not yet confirmed; stay tuned)

Tues. July 30
LASER # 8: The Sounds and Senses of Life
1:10 – 2:50pm MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here
Tim Collins + Reiko Goto (Scotland), Scott Kildall (San Francisco), Ken Rinaldo (Ohio), Matteo Rini (NYC)

Wed. July 31
LASER # 9: Ecological Economics of Information
1:10 – 2:50pm MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here
Raphael Arar (Portland), Denis ‘Jaromil’ Roio (NL), Vangelis Papadimitropoulos (Athens)

LASER # 10: SIGGRAPH 2024 Connection (Denver)
5:10 – 6:50 MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here
Everardo Reyes (Paris), Tamiko Thiel (Munich), Gustavo Rincon (UCSB), Helen-Nicole Kostis (NASA)

Thurs. Aug. 1
LASER # 11: Artists with Evidence + One
1:10 – 2:50pm MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here
Ali Akbar Mehta (Helsinki), Ines Montalvao (Helsinki), Colin Greer (NYC), Issa Nyaphaga (Cameroon/Albuquerque)

Fri. Aug. 2
LASER # 12: The Information Commons
1:10 – 2:50pm MDT (UTC-6), Find your timezone here
Program Participants and a few special guests will participate in an open discussion on Information, Society, Economy, Technology, Networking, Earth, Space, and some possible Next Steps for the Arts and Sciences.

SPONSORS: Partners and Host Organizations

SciArt Santa Fe / LASER Santa Fe   https://www.sciartsantafe.org/ 

Richard Lowenberg, 1st-Mile Institute   http://www.richardlowenberg.com  

PARTNERS

Telluride Science, Telluride Institute, Wilkinson Public Library, Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride Mountain Village, Leonardo / LASER Santa Fe, University of New Mexico, Los Alamos Main Street, SciArt Santa Fe, 1st-Mile Institute, National Endowment for the Arts, Audiovisual Events Team - ASU

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ABOUT

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. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks

Richard Lowenberg, a longtime Telluride resident, now based in Santa Fe, NM, has spent over 50 years creatively integrating understandings and grounded involvements in non-profit .org development, architecture, environmental/ecosystems design, interspecies communication, rural community + networked society planning, teaching, performances, new media technologies, and eco-arts/sciences practices. He has dedicated his creative life to realization of works exploring and setting examples for an ‘ecology of the information environment’ and resulting opportunities for growing a vibrant cultural economy.