Category: Talks

Moana digitalities: a talanoa September 12-18 Ars Electronica, LASER Talk Garden What can digitalization offer Moana communities towards a more equitable and inclusive future? In this talanoa, artist Nooroa Tapuni, author Lana Lopesi, and Janine Randerson, co-host of Tāmaki Makaurau LASER, will converse on their respective practices as non-cis male and part of the digital native generation, in Aotearoa New… Continue reading September 12-18 2021 – Moana digitalities: a talanoa

Sensory Intermediaries: biochemistry, images and imagining at non-human scales Friday 30th July 2021, 4pm – 5:30pm NZT Zoom discussion Alicia Sometimes, Swaminatha Iyer, Andrea Rassell and Deirdre Feeney will discuss aspects of their varied practices, all of which occur in part at non-human scales. Alicia’s presentation will look at the use of poetic language across non-human scales,… Continue reading 30th July 2021 – Sensory Intermediaries: biochemistry, images and imagining at non-human scales

2 June, 2021 Time’s Strange Tissue  Presenters: Sue Jowsey, Dr Andrew Denton (artists), Dr Len Gillman (Biogeographic Scientist, Drone Lab, AUT) Chaired by: Dr Janine Randerson This panel discussion between artist and science collaborators focuses on their shared project Time’s Strange Tissue, currently on exhibition in the Auckland Festival of Photography.  The work explores aura… Continue reading 2 June, 2021 – Time’s Strange Tissue

LASER Virtual: Mapping movements: data, space, and place Date: Friday 4 December 2020 1:00pm (NZ Time) Location: LASER Virtual via Zoom Presenters: Rachel Shearer, Leon Gurevitch Laser Chairs: Andrew Denton and Janine Randerson This discussion is the sixth Auckland LASER talk (Leonardo Art This discussion is the seventh Auckland LASER talk (Leonardo Art Science Evening… Continue reading 4 December 2020 – Mapping movements: data, space, and place

LASER Virtual: Immersive Experiences: Time, Place, and Identity Date: Friday 25 September, 3:30pm (NZ Time) Location: LASER Virtual via Zoom Presenters: Maree Sheehan, Barbara Bollard, and Gregory Bennett Laser Chairs: Andrew Denton and Janine Randerson This discussion is the sixth Auckland LASER talk (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous), an International platform for informal conversations that… Continue reading 25 September 2020 – Immersive Experiences: Time, Place, and Identity

The Observatory Project… Revealing a Hidden Universe Date: 22 May 2020 Location: LASER Virtual via Zoom Presenters: Dr Ziggy Lever, Eamon Edmundson-Wells (artists and collaborators) and Dr Tim Natusch (astrophysicist and the Deputy Director of the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research (IRASR) Chaired by: Dr Andrew Denton and Dr Janine Randerson The collaborative Observatory Project engages… Continue reading 22 May 2020 – The Observatory Project… Revealing a Hidden Universe

Date: 6th March 2020 Location: LASER Virtual via Zoom Tidalectic Rhythms: A Durational Performance with Te Manukanuka O Hoturoa Presenters: Dr Marama Muru-Lanning (James Henare Research Centre, UoA), Sarah Cameron Sunde (U.S based artist, activist), Dr Nicholas Vigar (scientist and the Safeswim programme manager, Tāmaki Makarau). LASER Chairs: Janine Randerson and Valance Smith, with assistance from… Continue reading 6th March 2020 – Tidalectic Rhythms: A Durational Performance with Te Manukanuka O Hoturoa

Dark Matter Wonder: An Art-Science Indigenous Astronomy Panel Date: 30 November 2019 Presenters: Parbin-ata Carolyn Briggs  (Boon Wurrung Foundation), Jeremy Mould (Australian astronomer) Lucy Bleach (Tasmania based artist), Duane Hamacher (cultural astronomy researcher), Felipe Cervera (Performance Studies Space Program, theatre researcher, Singapore). Chaired by: Dr Janine Randerson and Dr Mick Douglas at the RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne. https://spaceaustralia.com/events/dark-matter-wonder-art-science-indigenous-astronomy-panel-discussion

AIR: the invisible and the visible Date: 13 September, 2019 Presenters: Dr Malte Wagenfeld, (Designer, RMIT University), artist Dr Layne Waerea (artist, Vā Moana Research centre, AUT) and Jennifer Salmond, (urban meteorologist, School of Environment, UoA), and F4 Collective (artists). Chaired by: Dr Janine Randerson and Dr Christina Houghton https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2019/air-the-invisible-and-the-visible/auckland

Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa: our ocean still in need of warriors Date: 5 July, 2019 Presenters: Jane Chang Mi (Artist/Ocean Engineer and diver), Dr Dan Hikuroa (Earth Systems Scientist, UoA) and Dr Billie Lythberg (Sustainability Researcher and anthropologist, UoA). Chaired by: Dr Janine Randerson and Charlotte Huddleston https://aut.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=536ed251-2a67-40bf-a7c1-aa7d002e3921

Design, Ecology, Politics: Towards the Ecocene Date: 10 May, 2019 Presenters: Dr Joanna Boehnert (U.K Communication designer and Author) Dr Barbara Bollard and Dr Sebastian Leuzinger (directors of the Institute for Applied Ecology New Zealand (AUT). Chaired by: Dr Janine Randerson and Dr Andrew Denton https://www.thebigidea.nz/events/223216-design-ecology-politics-towards-the-ecocene