Latest Past Events

Tristan Duke: Speculative Vision

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe

Brandee Caoba introduces a lecture by Tristan Duke: Speculative Vision. Holographic drawings… A camera with a lens made from ice…  A photograph developed by extremophile bacteria… Artist and inventor Tristan Duke will share some of his unique projects, the thinking behind them, and the radical new perspectives they offer.  Exploring themes of deep time, technology, […]

How to Find Life Anywhere: The Universal Rules of Life

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe

Sara Walker introduces Chris Kempes's lecture: How to Find Life Anywhere: The Universal Rules of Life. In our search for life beyond Earth we are confronted with a broad set of questions that challenge our basic understanding of biology: How different could life be in terms of what it is made of? How different might […]

The Cassandra Syndrome, or, How Not to be a Futurologist

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe

Ian Tregillis introduces Peter Swirski's lecture: The Cassandra Syndrome, or, How Not to be a Futurologist. From the game of polo to cloning, from Hugo Gernsback to Stanislaw Lem, from predictions of future past to snapshots of contemporary reality, Peter Swirski will take science fiction at face value and evaluate its claims to being a […]