In the UMAverse Roundtable Discussion – Episode 4 – DRAFT Description. This will be filled in before recording date, May 9.
A conversation that explores how we engage with the natural environment, the role of art in shifting how we think of the environment, and artificial intelligence and its relevance in understanding common themes in how creative people navigate mental and natural spaces.
Guests
Josh Sarinana – Neuroscientist, Artists, Writer, who combines his media communications practice with his neuroscience and art background. Josh is currently exhibiting his project Mental Mappings at UMA. https://www.joshuasarinana.com/bio
Xavier Taylor – Designer, podcaster, futurist currently working on a book about AI and design thinking. https://linktr.ee/sap_network
karen Krolak – Executive Director of Monkeyhouse, founder of “Dictionary of Negative Space, karen Krolak is a multi-dimensional artist and visionary who explores how dance inform how we think about and interact with our spaces and each other. · Xavier Taylor – Designer, podcaster, futurist currently working on a book about AI and design thinking. https://karenkrolak.com/
Mavi Ruiz (Maria) – Brain-Computer Interface researcher | From designing EEG experiments to analyzing those beautiful but noisy signals. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maviperu/. Article about her reesearch. https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/2317/painting-reality-phd-candidate-explores-how-our-brains-construct-the-world. “Think of the mind as a painter rather than a photographer, explains Mavi Ruiz-Blondet, who is researching perception for her doctorate in cognitive psychology.”
Marissa Zampino – Community Organizer at Mystic River Watershed Association, Rollerblader and one of the interviewees participating in Josh’s project. https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissa-zampino-abb184150/
About the Mental Mapping Project