Tristan Duke: Speculative Vision
SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe, NMBrandee 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, NMSara 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, NMIan 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 […]
Jorge Almazan: Emergent Tokyo – Speculations on the Spontaneous Space City
SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe, NMAnthony Eagan introduces Jorge Almazan's lecture: Emergent Tokyo - Speculations on the Spontaneous Space City. Discussions about cities in space revolve around visions of massive megastructures and artificial habitats that master hostile environments to shelter human life. But can these highly machinic settlements truly accommodate earthlings’ emotional, messy, and unpredictable lives? Can a city in space combine […]
Why we search for life on Mars: A view from the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers
SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe, NMCaitlin McShea introduces Nina Lanza's lecture: Why we search for life on Mars: A view from the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers. Mars has long captured our imaginations as a potential home for past, present, and future life. Current tools now allow for these questions to be addressed scientifically. Notably, there are two NASA-led rovers, dubbed […]
Carolyn Porco Keynote: Cassini to Saturn: The Journey, the Legacy, the Future
SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe, NMDario Robleto introduces Carolyn Porco's Keynote: Cassini to Saturn: The Journey, the Legacy, the Future. Thirty-two years ago, the United States and Europe joined together to undertake a mission to the outer solar system. It was named Cassini and called for a 7-year trek across the solar system and entry into orbit around the planet […]