Ani Liu: Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology
آني ليو: صور سميلفي، وتجارب أخرى في البيولوجيا الاصطناعية
Ani Liu explores the intersection between technology and sensory perception. Full bio
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levels in the soil
بدرجة السموم في التربة
through the color of its leaves?
remove those toxins from the soil?
هذه السموم من التربة؟
of mass-produced commodities?
المنتَجة على نطاق واسع؟
and researcher at MIT Media Lab,
في مختبر الوسائط MIT ،
and unique group called Design Fiction,
تسمى الخيال التصميمي،
between science fiction and science fact.
والحقيقة العلمية.
to rub shoulders with scientists
there's truly brilliant scientists
يوجد بحق علماء بارعين
"How can I make the world a better place?"
"كيف أجعل العالم مكانًا أفضل؟"
likes to ask is, "What is better?"
about the work-life balance at your office
في الحياة العملية في مكتبك
on the first day?
في أول يوم عمل؟
of artists and designers
and feel the future,
time to be a designer,
as a design problem.
على أنها مشكلة تصميم.
and responsibilities
التي تقع على عاتق
scientist or businessman?
أوالعالِم أو رجل الأعمال؟
of what it means to be a human?
عن ما هو منسوب للإنسان؟
on society, on evolution
at the current moment
في الوقت الحالي
as a design space,
في مجال التصميم،
a smell selfie, a smelfie?
سيلفي تعبر عن رائحة، سميلفي؟
your own natural body odor
رائحة طبيعية منك
was a 19th century Austrian tradition,
التقليد النمساوي في القرن 19،
would keep a slice of apple
بإبقاء شريحة من ثمرة التفاح
she most fancied her used fruit,
الفاكهة المستعملة خاصتها،
many love letters to Josephine,
العديد من رسائل الحب لجوزفين،
is this brief and urgent note:
المختصرة والعاجلة:
adored violets.
تفوح منه رائحة البنفسج،
entombed them in a locket
ودفنهم في قلادة
to smell just like Josephine?
ليشبه في عبيره جوزفين؟
just as Napoleon loved her?
transgenic crops
محاصيل محوَّلة وراثيََا
but resist pests,
of nutritional value.
for an emotionally sensitive output?
للحصول على نتيجة عاطفية؟
what makes a human smell like a human?
ما الذي يجعل رائحة الإنسان تعبر عنه؟
your medications, your lifestyle
والأدوية و أسلوب حياتك
is mostly odorless,
ليس له رائحة،
your mood, your identity
وتغير مزاجك وتحديد هويتك
of molecules that you emit
30 percent underarm,
و30 بالمئة تحت الذراع،
I let researchers from other labs
how smell of the body
كيف أن رائحة الجسم
of the context of the body.
a set of carnivorous plants
من النباتات المفترسة
fleshlike odors to attract prey,
لجذب الفريسة،
this symbiotic relationship
I'm at MIT and I'm in a bar,
و ذهبت إلى حانة،
and a plant scientist,
like botany for lonely women."
علم النبات لامرأة وحيدة."
that can love me back?"
قادر على حبي؟"
he was like, "Sure, why not?"
can we get a plant to grow towards me
الحصول على نبات ينمو باتجاهي
in plants such as phototropism,
مثل ظاهرة الانتحاء الضوئي،
to grow towards the sun
on the shady side.
في الجزء الظليل.
a set of lipsticks
on its own chemical signatures --
على أساس بصمته الكيميائية --
to grow where I kiss it,
حيث أقبلها،
where I kiss the bloom.
when we can reengineer its properties,
إعادة تصميم خصائصها،
لأجل الربح، لأجل الفائدة؟
to create work as moving as music?
لإنتاج عمل مؤثر كالموسيقى؟
our emotional landscape?
الوجدانية الخاصة بنا؟
that form follows function.
أن الشكل يتبع الوظيفة.
between science, design and art
بين العلم والتصميم والفن
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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