Ani Liu: Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology
Ani Liu: "Smelfies" e outras experiências em biologia sintética
Ani Liu explores the intersection between technology and sensory perception. Full bio
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levels in the soil
de toxicidade do solo
through the color of its leaves?
através da cor das suas folhas?
remove those toxins from the soil?
também eliminar essas toxinas do solo?
patenteadas dos seus donos?
quando a conceção biológica
of mass-produced commodities?
da produção em massa de mercadorias?
and researcher at MIT Media Lab,
e investigadora no MIT Media Lab,
and unique group called Design Fiction,
novo e especial chamado Design Fiction,
between science fiction and science fact.
e a ciência factual.
to rub shoulders with scientists
de trabalhar ao lado de cientistas
de áreas de tecnologia de ponta
a vida artificial,
there's truly brilliant scientists
brilhantes que perguntam:
"How can I make the world a better place?"
um lugar melhor?"
likes to ask is, "What is better?"
gosta de perguntar: "O que é melhor?
um homem homossexual,
para uma criança com uma prótese?"
e reflete um contexto.
about the work-life balance at your office
entre o trabalho e a vida no emprego
on the first day?
no primeiro dia.
of artists and designers
dos artistas e "designers"
and feel the future,
ver e sentir o futuro,
time to be a designer,
altura para ser "designer",
se tornarem acessíveis
as a design problem.
como um problema de "design".
and responsibilities
quais os papéis e responsabilidades
scientist or businessman?
de um cientista ou de um empresário.
da engenharia genética,
of what it means to be a human?
noções do que significa ser-se humano?
on society, on evolution
na sociedade, na evolução
at the current moment
de pesquisa, no momento atual,
as a design space,
enquanto espaço de conceção,
com esta ideia:
a smell selfie, a smelfie?
com cheiro, uma "smelfie"?
your own natural body odor
o nosso odor corporal
was a 19th century Austrian tradition,
era uma tradição austríaca do século XIX,
would keep a slice of apple
mantinham uma fatia de maçã
she most fancied her used fruit,
ao rapaz que mais apreciara
many love letters to Josephine,
muitas cartas de amor a Josefina,
is this brief and urgent note:
é esta nota breve e urgente:
Não tomes banho."
adored violets.
com cheiro a violetas,
ele plantou violetas na sua campa
entombed them in a locket
colocou-as num medalhão
que pensei:
to smell just like Josephine?
violeta cheirar como Josefina?
just as Napoleon loved her?
tal como Napoleão a amou?"
transgenic crops
culturas transgénicas
but resist pests,
mas resistem a pragas,
of nutritional value.
for an emotionally sensitive output?
essas mesmas tecnologias
what makes a human smell like a human?
"O que faz uma pessoa cheirar a humana?
your medications, your lifestyle
os medicamentos, o estilo de vida,
is mostly odorless,
geralmente é inodoro,
o nosso microbioma,
your mood, your identity
pelo humor, pela identidade
of molecules that you emit
que emitimos
subconscientemente.
do meu corpo.
com um cientista, pensámos:
30 percent underarm,
e assim por diante.
I let researchers from other labs
investigadores de outros laboratórios
how smell of the body
como o cheiro do corpo
of the context of the body.
de rojões de vaca".
a set of carnivorous plants
um grupo de plantas carnívoras
fleshlike odors to attract prey,
odores como o de carne para atrair presas,
this symbiotic relationship
e este organismo.
I'm at MIT and I'm in a bar,
and a plant scientist,
e cientista de plantas.
e ele disse:
like botany for lonely women."
para mulheres solitárias".
that can love me back?"
que retribua o meu amor?"
he was like, "Sure, why not?"
"Claro, porque não?"
can we get a plant to grow towards me
uma planta crescer na minha direção,
in plants such as phototropism,
em plantas, como o fototropismo,
to grow towards the sun
crescer em direção ao Sol
de hormonas, como a auxina,
on the shady side.
no lado da sombra.
a set of lipsticks
on its own chemical signatures --
com uma planta na sua própria química
to grow where I kiss it,
crescerem no sítio em que beijo,
where I kiss the bloom.
onde eu beijo o botão.
when we can reengineer its properties,
podemos recriar as suas propriedades,
pela sua utilidade?
to create work as moving as music?
para criações comoventes como a música?
our emotional landscape?
a nossa paisagem emocional?
that form follows function.
de que "a forma segue a função".
between science, design and art
entre a ciência, o "design" e a arte
would we ask together?
como a resposta,
pergunto:
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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