Ani Liu: Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology
Enija Liu: Smaržpašbildes un citi sintētiskās bioloģijas eksperimenti
Ani Liu explores the intersection between technology and sensory perception. Full bio
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levels in the soil
through the color of its leaves?
remove those toxins from the soil?
šos toksīnus no augsnes izvadīt?
of mass-produced commodities?
and researcher at MIT Media Lab,
un pētniece MIT Media Lab,
and unique group called Design Fiction,
un unikālā grupā, ko sauc Design Fiction,
between science fiction and science fact.
fantastiku un zinātnisko īstenību.
to rub shoulders with scientists
strādāt kopā ar zinātniekiem
dažādās jomās,
there's truly brilliant scientists
ir tiešām spīdoši zinātnieki,
"How can I make the world a better place?"
"Kā es varu uzlabot pasauli?"
likes to ask is, "What is better?"
patīk uzdot: "Kas ir labāk?"
about the work-life balance at your office
darba un brīvā laika īpatsvaram,
on the first day?
of artists and designers
un dizaineru loma
and feel the future,
un sajušanas veids,
time to be a designer,
ir aizraujoši,
as a design problem.
kā dizaina problēmu.
and responsibilities
kādas lomas un atbildība
scientist or businessman?
zinātniekam vai uzņēmējam.
gēnu inženierijas ietekme,
of what it means to be a human?
ko nozīmē būt cilvēkam?
on society, on evolution
at the current moment
spekulatīvās izpētes projektā
as a design space,
a smell selfie, a smelfie?
smaržas pašbildi jeb smaržpašbildi?
your own natural body odor
savu dabisko ķermeņa smaržu
was a 19th century Austrian tradition,
šo 19. gadsimta austriešu tradīciju,
would keep a slice of apple
iespiestu ābola daivu.
she most fancied her used fruit,
šo šādi izmantoto augli,
daudz mīlestības vēstuļu Žozefīnei,
many love letters to Josephine,
is this brief and urgent note:
ir šī īsā un steidzamā zīmīte:
adored violets.
dievināja vijolītes.
entombed them in a locket
ieslēdza tās medaljonā
to smell just like Josephine?
vijolītes, kas smaržotu kā Žozefīne?
kad vien jūs apmeklētu viņas kapu,
kā tas tik ļoti patika Napoleonam?
just as Napoleon loved her?
jaunus sērošanas veidus,
transgenic crops
but resist pests,
bet nepiesaista kaitēkļus,
of nutritional value.
for an emotionally sensitive output?
emocionāli juteklīgiem mērķiem?
what makes a human smell like a human?
kas liek cilvēkam smaržot kā cilvēkam.
your medications, your lifestyle
zāles un dzīvesveids
is mostly odorless,
pārsvarā ir bez smaržas,
your mood, your identity
noskaņojumu, identitāti
of molecules that you emit
Enijas novārījums
30 percent underarm,
30 procenti paduses,
I let researchers from other labs
no citām laboratorijām
how smell of the body
of the context of the body.
"pēc vistas gaļas",
a set of carnivorous plants
augus-kukaiņēdājus,
fleshlike odors to attract prey,
spēj izplatīt miesai līdzīgu smaržu.
this symbiotic relationship
savstarpējas attiecības
I'm at MIT and I'm in a bar,
and a plant scientist,
like botany for lonely women."
pēc botānikas vientuļām sievietēm."
that can love me back?"
kas sniedz man pretmīlu?"
he was like, "Sure, why not?"
"Jā, kāpēc gan ne."
can we get a plant to grow towards me
vai augs varētu tiekties pēc manis,
in plants such as phototropism,
ko sauc par fototropismu,
to grow towards the sun
on the shady side.
a set of lipsticks
on its own chemical signatures --
izmantojot tā ķīmiskās īpašības.
to grow where I kiss it,
kur es to noskūpstu,
where I kiss the bloom.
kur es noskūpstu tā pumpuru.
when we can reengineer its properties,
inženieriski mainīt tās īpašības,
vai noderīguma vārdā?
emocionālu mērķu vadīti?
to create work as moving as music?
tikpat aizkustinošs kā mūzika?
our emotional landscape?
that form follows function.
ka forma seko funkcijai.
between science, design and art
dizainu un mākslu,
would we ask together?
uz tehnoloģiju kā atbildi,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ani Liu - Designer, artistAni Liu explores the intersection between technology and sensory perception.
Why you should listen
Ani Liu is a transdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of art and science. Currently at MIT Media Lab, she creates research-based art that explores the social, cultural and ethical implications of emerging technologies. In the search to link scientific innovation with emotional tangibility, her work has spanned the scales of architectural installations, wearable prosthetics, augmented reality and synthetic biology.
Liu's work has been presented at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Asian Art Museum, MIT Museum, MIT Media Lab, Wiesner Gallery, Harvard University, Open Gallery, Powerhouse Alliance Conference, Buildings as Cities Inaugural Conference and TEDxBeaconStreet. Her work has been featured in several publications, including See Yourself X: Human Futures Expanded and Solid: Design Techniques.
In 2014-15, she led the research program in Sensory Mediation at the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities, which explores how information visualization, augmented reality and other emerging technologies can be harnessed to extend the human sensorium to redefine spatial experience.
She taught as an Associate Instructor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she co-taught an advanced-level architectural studio called Architecture of Cultural Prosthetics: Tools for Communication and Expression in the Public Space with Krzysztof Wodiczko.
Liu has a BA from Dartmouth College and received a Masters of Architecture degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, earning a distinction for her thesis in wearable technologies, responsive environments and cultural prosthetics. She continually seeks to discover the unexpected, through playful experimentation, intuition and speculative storytelling.
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