Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, published in 1818, continues to affect our lives two centuries on. Join Stanford University's interdisciplinary exploration!
Charlotte Thun-Hohenstein's amazing GRID project was a phenomal way to help to reframe science to focus more on the human aspects which should cannot be ignored. https://t.co/ZJDSVKIE1V #frankenstein200
“Science will become a monster, or monstrous, if we don’t keep the human experience as part of it," says @StanfordF200 GRID creator-curator Charlotte Thun-Hohenstein on the role of compassion and human connection in science. https://t.co/lb02QsGegt
This Thursday at 8 pm! The Frankenstein GRID is Stanford's very own monster of modern science. Outdoors among the trees, the 20 x 30ft laser grid, waterscreen, and immersive sound environment features work by 25+ local and international artists! #frankenstein200
This Wednesday at 2 pm will be the third Gallery Talk at the @CantorArts Betray the Secret Exhibit! Come hear about the representation of medical men, philosophers, and the spaces in which they work. Free to all! #frankenstein200 https://t.co/epuHoy1gt8
Some more info on the Frankenstein GRID, opening May 31st: https://t.co/QvCiopVBoj
Highlights of the event: womb audio recording; 'microbiome selfies'; footage of the first cross-kingdom cell fusion and the sound of a computer learning to sound like other machines.
Coming May 24: GRID is a laser project provoking reflection about the relationship of science and nature and the ethical boundaries between the two, involving collaboration between artistic and technological communities. #frankenstein200 https://t.co/LpLcPXEHjg
When do the words “cheeky” and “skeleton” go together? This wonderful article on the @CantorArts exhibit part of #frankenstein200 and the talk given by Elizabeth Mitchell, PhD explores this idea and more! https://t.co/4Q8rUTg332
Tomorrow @ 2 pm at the Cantor: the first of the Betray the Secret: Gallery Talk Series - Science, the Body, and the Artist’s Imagination. Co-curator Elizabeth Mitchell will explore artists’ representations of science and their use of the body as a subject. Free and open to all!
Today at 7 pm in CEMEX - What the Future Holds: In Conversation with Walter Mosley. After a short reading, Mosley will be in conversation with Mia Birdsong on his views on writing, the state of the union, and his approaches for imagining the future. https://t.co/hqNcWDd8OV
Coming up on May 16th is the first of the Betray the Secret Gallery Talks! Come and listen to the co-curator of the exhibit explore artists' representations of science and their use of the body as a subject. Free and open to the public! #frankenstein200
https://t.co/epuHoy1gt8
Also coming up this week - from May 3rd - 6th come see Homo Ex Machina, a play exploring the demands of scientific progress on the existential process of being human written by Clinical Ethics fellow Karola Kreitmair! https://t.co/YC6ZZvQW4M #Frankenstein200
Coming soon to a theatre near you: A conversation with critically acclaimed short story writer and novelist Aimee Bender on Monday, April 30, 2018, 7:00 pm at Stanford Law School Room 290. Free and open to the public!
https://t.co/h2tTPJ3eTB #frankenstein200