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MODERATOR: Kevin Slavin, Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences and the Benesse Career Development Professor of ... MODERATOR: Bettina Stoetzer, Assistant Professor, Global Studies and Languages, MIT. Stoetzer is an anthropologist interested ... MODERATOR: Azra Aksamija, Associate Professor, Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of ... Benjamin Bratton, Professor, Visual Arts and Director of the Center for Design and Geopolitics, University of California, San Diego. As an entrepreneur, Kevin Slavin has successfully integrated digital media, game development, technology and design. He is a ... Ben Fry is principal of Fathom Information Design, a design and software consultancy located in Boston. He received his doctoral ...

Nadya Peek develops infrastructures of fabrication. She does this by deploying unconventional digital fabrication tools, small ... Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor and Chair, Music and Theater Arts, and Faculty Director of MIT Rebecca Uchill is an art historian and independent curator whose work focuses on the institutional conditions for art production, ... In 1995, MIT's Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “ Claire Pentecost is an artist and writer who researches the living matters of food, agriculture and bio-engineering; her Soil-erg ... Azra Aksamija, Associate Professor, Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Akšamija's ...

MODERATOR: Sandy Alexandre, Associate Professor, Literature Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alexandre ... Manu Prakash, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, Stanford University. Prakash is a scientist and physicist working at the ... Lisa Parks, Ph.D. is a media theorist who writes on television, satellites, drones, and infrastructures of surveillance. Parks ... Natasha Dow Schüll is a Cultural Anthropologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and ... Bill Maurer, Dean, School of Social Sciences and Professor, University of California, Irvine. Maurer is a cultural anthropologist of ... Leila Kinney is the Executive Director of Arts Initiatives and of the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (

Christina Agapakis, Creative Director, Ginkgo Bioworks. Agapakis is a biologist, artist, writer and creative director at Ginkgo ...

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2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Kevin Slavin, PROGRAMMABLE
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2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: PROGRAMMABLE Panel Discussion

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: PROGRAMMABLE Panel Discussion

MODERATOR: Kevin Slavin, Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences and the Benesse Career Development Professor of ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: LIVABLE Panel Discussion

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: LIVABLE Panel Discussion

MODERATOR: Bettina Stoetzer, Assistant Professor, Global Studies and Languages, MIT. Stoetzer is an anthropologist interested ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: WEARABLE Panel Discussion

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: WEARABLE Panel Discussion

MODERATOR: Azra Aksamija, Associate Professor, Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Benjamin Bratton, PROGRAMMABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Benjamin Bratton, PROGRAMMABLE

Benjamin Bratton, Professor, Visual Arts and Director of the Center for Design and Geopolitics, University of California, San Diego.

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Kevin Slavin, PROGRAMMABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Kevin Slavin, PROGRAMMABLE

As an entrepreneur, Kevin Slavin has successfully integrated digital media, game development, technology and design. He is a ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Ben Fry and Casey Reas, PROGRAMMABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Ben Fry and Casey Reas, PROGRAMMABLE

Ben Fry is principal of Fathom Information Design, a design and software consultancy located in Boston. He received his doctoral ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Nadya Peek, PROGRAMMABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Nadya Peek, PROGRAMMABLE

Nadya Peek develops infrastructures of fabrication. She does this by deploying unconventional digital fabrication tools, small ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Evan Ziporyn, AUDIBLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Evan Ziporyn, AUDIBLE

Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor and Chair, Music and Theater Arts, and Faculty Director of MIT

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Rebecca Uchill, LIVABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Rebecca Uchill, LIVABLE

Rebecca Uchill is an art historian and independent curator whose work focuses on the institutional conditions for art production, ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Nicholas Negroponte Opening Remarks

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Nicholas Negroponte Opening Remarks

In 1995, MIT's Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Claire Pentecost, LIVABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Claire Pentecost, LIVABLE

Claire Pentecost is an artist and writer who researches the living matters of food, agriculture and bio-engineering; her Soil-erg ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Azra Aksamija, WEARABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Azra Aksamija, WEARABLE

Azra Aksamija, Associate Professor, Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Akšamija's ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: INVISIBLE Panel Discussion

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: INVISIBLE Panel Discussion

MODERATOR: Sandy Alexandre, Associate Professor, Literature Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alexandre ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Manu Prakash, PROGRAMMABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Manu Prakash, PROGRAMMABLE

Manu Prakash, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, Stanford University. Prakash is a scientist and physicist working at the ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Lisa Parks and Trevor Paglen, INVISIBLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Lisa Parks and Trevor Paglen, INVISIBLE

Lisa Parks, Ph.D. is a media theorist who writes on television, satellites, drones, and infrastructures of surveillance. Parks ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Natasha Dow Schüll, WEARABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Natasha Dow Schüll, WEARABLE

Natasha Dow Schüll is a Cultural Anthropologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Bill Maurer, LIVABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Bill Maurer, LIVABLE

Bill Maurer, Dean, School of Social Sciences and Professor, University of California, Irvine. Maurer is a cultural anthropologist of ...

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Leila W. Kinney, WEARABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Leila W. Kinney, WEARABLE

Leila Kinney is the Executive Director of Arts Initiatives and of the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Christina Agapakis and Lucy McRae, WEARABLE

2017 CAST Symposium BEING MATERIAL: Christina Agapakis and Lucy McRae, WEARABLE

Christina Agapakis, Creative Director, Ginkgo Bioworks. Agapakis is a biologist, artist, writer and creative director at Ginkgo ...