Ani Liu: Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology
Ани Лиу: Смелфи и другие эксперименты в области синтетической биологии
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?
через цвет своих листьев?
remove those toxins from the soil?
удалять токсины из почвы?
что урожай мог бы собрать
запатентованные машины?
of mass-produced commodities?
с товарами массового производства?
and researcher at MIT Media Lab,
в Медиа-лаборатории МТИ,
and unique group called Design Fiction,
группе «Дизайнерская фантастика»,
between science fiction and science fact.
научной фантастикой и научными фактами.
to rub shoulders with scientists
вместе с учёными
искусственная жизнь
there's truly brilliant scientists
по-настоящему гениальные учёные
"How can I make the world a better place?"
«Как я могу сделать мир лучше?»
likes to ask is, "What is better?"
вопросом: «Что значит лучше?»
about the work-life balance at your office
работы и личной жизни в вашем офисе,
on the first day?
of artists and designers
and feel the future,
и чувствуете будущее,
time to be a designer,
для дизайнеров,
as a design problem.
как дизайнерскую проблему.
and responsibilities
каковы роли и сферы ответственности
scientist or businessman?
учёного или бизнесмена?
генетическую инженерию,
of what it means to be a human?
что значит быть человеком?
on society, on evolution
at the current moment
исследования в области дизайна
as a design space,
a smell selfie, a smelfie?
селфи запаха — смелфи?
your own natural body odor
взять запах своего тела
was a 19th century Austrian tradition,
в Австрии была традиция,
would keep a slice of apple
держали ломтик яблока
she most fancied her used fruit,
свой использованный фрукт,
many love letters to Josephine,
множество любовных писем Жозефине,
is this brief and urgent note:
было это короткое и срочное послание:
Не принимай ванну».
adored violets.
перед своим изгнанием
entombed them in a locket
положил их в медальон
to smell just like Josephine?
фиалку, пахнущую, как Жозефина?
just as Napoleon loved her?
той Жозефины, которую любил Наполеон?
новые способы скорби,
transgenic crops
трансгенные злаки
but resist pests,
но устойчивые к вредителям,
of nutritional value.
питательной ценности.
for an emotionally sensitive output?
для решения эмоциональных проблем?
what makes a human smell like a human?
почему человек пахнет, как человек?
довольно сложный вопрос.
your medications, your lifestyle
ваши лекарства и образ жизни —
is mostly odorless,
в основном не имеет запаха
your mood, your identity
вашу индивидуальность
of molecules that you emit
только подсознательно.
30 percent underarm,
I let researchers from other labs
исследователям из других лабораторий
how smell of the body
of the context of the body.
a set of carnivorous plants
насекомоядные растения,
fleshlike odors to attract prey,
запах плоти, привлекая жертву,
this symbiotic relationship
I'm at MIT and I'm in a bar,
and a plant scientist,
и исследователем растений.
like botany for lonely women."
для одиноких женщин».
that can love me back?"
которое ответит на мою любовь?»
he was like, "Sure, why not?"
«Конечно, почему нет?»
can we get a plant to grow towards me
растение расти ко мне,
in plants such as phototropism,
такие механизмы, как фототропизм,
to grow towards the sun
в направлении солнца,
on the shady side.
на теневой стороне.
a set of lipsticks
on its own chemical signatures --
с растением на его химическом языке —
to grow where I kiss it,
расти там, где я их целую,
where I kiss the bloom.
когда я целую бутон.
when we can reengineer its properties,
когда изменяем её свойства,
для выгоды, для удобства?
to create work as moving as music?
для создания музыки?
our emotional landscape?
наш эмоциональный ландшафт?
that form follows function.
что форма следует за функцией.
between science, design and art
дизайном и искусством,
would we ask together?
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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