Featuring:

Kapa Kimono This artist duo will explore the cultural exchange inspired by a desire to work with a combination of Japanese and Hawaiian natural dye with Kapa and Kimono garments.

R. A'ia'i Bello is a cultural practitioner and native Hawaiian artist, specializing in kapa making and feather work who integrates her art with spiritual healing.

Shiori Abe is a Japanese artist whose pursuits have brought her to study glass at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa's graduate program where she is inspired by Hawaiian theme and motifs because of her love for hula.

Chaos + Order This artist mathematics due will explore the role of chance in systems of knowledge.

Lane McIntosh is a National Science Foundation fellow and a graduate student in the mathematics department at UH Manoa, who worked as a neuroscientist at the University of Chicago and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ before coming to Hawaii.  His research synthesizes findings in statistical mechanics and information theory to better understand how the brain processes information.

Noah Matteucci is a second-year graduate student at UH Manoa studying printmaking.  He uses chance procedures to generate imagery that comments on the complex relationship between the analog & digital, the natural & artificial.

Cloud Chambers Cosmic rays are energetic charged subatomic particles that originate in outer space and  produce secondary particles upon penetration of the Earth’s atmosphere and surface.  Together This artist/physicist duo are investigating modest ways to make these invisible yet abundant particles visible by means of a supersaturated atmospheric device known as a cloud chamber.  

Rishi Meyhandan is Australian physicist specializing in cosmic ray detection with additional interest in low frequency- high amplitude sounds, ie. earthquakes.  He is currently working with the University of Hawaii doing research in Oahu, Argentina, and beyond.

Jonathan Swanz is an American artist specializing in manipulation of molten glass.  He is currently a graduate student at the University of Hawaii exploring the capacity of glass to capture and reveal the energetic dynamics of existence.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for this exciting evening!

Featuring:

Bioengineering of Agriculture Using a synthesis of diagrammatic and artistic imagery, this artist and bioengineer duo will attempt to cover some of the current practices of industrial farming, covering major topics such as genetic engineering, agrochemical use, social and environmental impact, and finally an alternative method of farming using modern organic practices.

Juanita Matthews, PhD, 2010.  Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii.  Dr. Matthews is a research scientist with a background in genetic engineering. She is co-founder of Sustainable Saunders and co-founder and director of programs and research for MUSE - Make us a Sustainable Earth, a nonprofit organization that strives to create a more sustainable earth by empowering the public through educational programs which integrate the arts and sciences.

Sheri Lyles, MFA Candidate, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Sheri's education and career in the healthcare sciences as an ARDMS registered cardiovascular technologist influences her work as an artist as her initial interests in human health have directed her toward food and the natural environment as one of the basic necessities for disease prevention.  Along with some images of her artwork, she will share some of her research and experiences in organic farming in India.  

Q: How Does Lava Flow? This artist & geologist duo will be exploring the physics of “flow.”  Mary Elise will present on the physics of lava flow on earth in comparison to the moon.  Gideon Gerlt will be exploring the creative flow between creator, viewer and art.

Mary Elise, PHD Geology.  Elise explores the physics of lava. Two billion years ago lava actively flowed on the surface of the moon. Much like the Earth, the moon once had a heated core and a moving surface. She is trying to figure out how the lava interacted with the lunar soil.

Gideon Gerlt, MFA sculpture candidate.  Gerlt is interested in the scientific exploration of abstract figuration. What is it that happens between the creator, the viewer and the art work? How does this question become important in a relational art context?

Archeology This archeologist/art duo will discuss how the insights of career field work in archeology informs and overlaps with a contemporary art dialog.

Moana Lee.  Contract archeologist who assesses the impact of development projects within the Hawaiian islands, and on the Hawaiian culture.

Michael Hengler.  An artist investigating and exploring cultural, economic, ecological, and sociological borders, and their intersections.

Thanks to everyone who came out for an exciting evening!!!