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SUMMARY:New Visions of the Multispecies City / MXD
DTSTART:20231113T180000
DTEND:20231113T190000
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg\nWhat tools and modes of thinking 
 challenge anthropocentric perspectives of the city? This lecture series ex
 plores new approaches to understanding\, visualizing and designing for urb
 an biodiversity. Architects\, artists\, and technologists will discuss inn
 ovative methods for integrating wildlife and human habitats.\n \nThe rece
 nt recipient of the S+T+ARTS Grand Prize 2023 for Artistic Exploration\, A
 lexandra Daisy Ginsberg is a multidisciplinary artist examining our fraug
 ht relationships with nature and technology. Through subjects as diverse 
 as artificial intelligence\, synthetic biology\, conservation\, and evolut
 ion\, she explores the human impulse to "better" the world. Her work is i
 n collections including the Art Institute of Chicago\, the Cooper Hewitt S
 mithsonian Design Museum\, and ZKM Karlsruhe. In 2022 she launched Pollin
 ator Pathmaker\, a series of living artworks for pollinators\, planted and
  cared for by humans with the long-term desire to create the world’s lar
 gest climate-positive artwork. In April 2023\, she opened her first U.S. s
 olo exhibition\, Machine Auguries:Toledo at Toledo Museum of Art. Dr Al
 exanra Daisy Ginsberg's presentation is titled Algorithmic Altruism.\n\n
  
LOCATION:BC 420 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20420 https://epfl.zoom.us/
 j/61116069837
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