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LoVid is a NY-based interdisciplinary artist duo working collaboratively since 2001. LoVid's practice focuses on aspects of contemporary society where technology seeps into human culture and perception. Throughout their interdisciplinary projects over two decades, LoVid has maintained their signature visual and sonic aesthetic of color, pattern, and texture density, with disruption and noise. LoVid's work captures an intermixed world layered with virtual and physical, materials and simulations, connection and isolation.LoVid's process  includes home-made analog synthesizers, hand-cranked code, and tangible materials; their videos, textile works, performances, net-art, installations, and NFTs have been exhibited worldwide for over two decades. LoVid's work has been presented internationally at venues including: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Standard Vision X Vellum LA, Wave Hill, Brookfield Arts, RYAN LEE Gallery, Art Blocks Curated, Postmasters Gallery, bitforms Gallery, Honor Fraser Gallery, Unit London, http://Verse.work, http://Expanded.Art, Art Dubai, New Discretions, And/Or Gallery, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Anthology Film Archives, Issue Project Room, The Science Gallery Dublin, The Jewish Museum, The Kitchen, Daejeon Museum, Smack Mellon, Netherland Media Art Institute, New Museum, and ICA London. LoVid's projects have received grants and awards from organizations including: The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Graham Foundation, UC Santa Barbara, Signal Culture, Cue Art Foundation, Eyebeam, Harvestworks, Wave Farm, Rhizome, Franklin Furnace, http://Turbulence.org, New York Foundation for the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, Experimental TV Center, NY State Council of the Arts, and Greenwall Foundation.LoVid's videos are distributed by EAI and their work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum, The Museum of Moving Image, The Parrish Museum, Thoma Foundation, Watermill Center, Butler Institute of American Art, Heckscher Museum, NFT Museum of Digital Art, Museum of Nordic Digital Art, and more.

The Digital Hub, in partnership with Aisling Murray and with the support of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), are putting in place plans for a new international arts and technology festival for Ireland. Beta, which will take place across 4 days in November, is seeking to critically engage with technology's impact on society through a combination of creativity, debate, and experimentation. Beta will focus on a number of key themes which are dominating the technology discussion at present, including artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, data rights and sustainability. The festival has identified a need to bring together Ireland's research and digital arts communities in order to foster a discussion about how the two disciplines can combine for the benefit of society. Beta is led by Aisling Murray, a curator and creative producer with 15 years of experience across exhibitions, festivals, literature, spoken word, theatre and dance. She most recently worked with the Goethe-Institut Irland in developing their Quantum Technology Art residency and curated the inaugural art and science stage at Electric Picnic, funded by SFI. Prior to this, she worked for Science Gallery Dublin, where she produced national and international creative programmes converging art, science, technology and society. Ultimately, the festival organisers are aiming to position Ireland as a leader in the intersection of art and technology programming in an audience-centred way to engage the public playfully and critically with new technologies. Beta will also include performances, discussions, workshops and a nighttime programme over the four days. Beta has already confirmed a number of acclaimed artists to participate in this year's festival, including Libby Heaney, Leon Butler and Peter Power. Two unique works have been commissioned to support the launch of Beta. Artist Leon Butler has imagined what the identity of a festival of art and technology could be and has generated a new font seen in the Beta logo. The final logo almost looks hand drawn or screen printed with beautifully imperfect edges - this intersection of cutting-edge technology and human creativity is exactly what Beta will explore with the festival. Beta's website, which launched today, features a new commission from artist and designer Farouk Alao. Specialising in 3D motion and web design, he has drawn inspiration from nature, his world, and human emotions. His vision explores the intersection of reality and imagination. The motion piece on Beta's website called the Beta cube, positions Beta as a centre point in which art, technology and creativity resolve and makes use of the unique font designed by Butler. Beta is also launching a new international residency in partnership with transmediale in Berlin, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. Transmediale is one of the leading and longest-running festivals for art and digital culture in Europe. The Beta x transmediale residency will bring together four artists from Ireland and Germany to explore critical perspectives on artificial intelligence and digital art. Taking place as a hybrid residency with two weeks online, three weeks in Dublin, Ireland and 3 weeks in Berlin, Germany, the residency programme will provide space, resources and mentorship to four artists to develop new artworks that generate new imaginaries around climate resilience and political polarization. Aisling Murray, Director of Beta, said: "Beta has the potential to really put Ireland on the map in terms of the intersection of research, technology and digital arts. Each of these disciplines continues to grow from strength to strength, which is why it's very timely that Beta is now coming to fruition. The Digital Hub are the ideal co-founder for this with their experience both creatively and with industry, I'm so grateful for their support and excited to create an anchor point in the year for the communities interested in these themes. I'm hugely excited for what is...

Ed Devane is a sound artist and instrument designer based in Donegal. Beginning his creative career as an electronic music producer, his work has broadened over the years to include interactive installation, electronic instrument design, community projects and workshop facilitation relating to music and sound. Much of the inspiration behind his installation work is to use technology and instrument building to encourage creative encounters and collaborations between participants. Ed has recently produced installations for Science Gallery Dublin, The Ark, Galway City of Culture 2020, Big Bang! Festival and Science Foundation Ireland, and most recently here at STAC during the recentJunction Arts Festival.His most recent work 'Presence' is now on display here in the gallery at STAC, and it consists of 3 interactive sound sculptures that respond to the movements of the viewer around the space. In this episode, I caught up with Ed via Zoom to chat about what life is like for an artist making work in the wilds of West Donegal, his interest in making electronic music and how his work has developed over time to include programmable sound sculptures.Presence continues at South Tipperary Arts Centre until August 20th, and the gallery is open from 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday.If you'd like to get in touch with the podcast, the email address is southtippartspodcast@gmail.com.You can visit our website www.southtippartscentre.ie to find our what's on, or to sign up to our monthly newsletter.Thanks for listening!

Thursday, 15 April 2021, 6:30 – 7:30pm Named for the informal gatherings of radical thinkers and reformers of the 19th century, we're excited to come together once more to discuss projects and ideas beyond discipline. This month the Art+Science Salon is returning to explore the evolution of musical tastes and mutations across time. How have our experiences, histories and increasingly connected and interdependent experiences influence the music we listen to and create? As globalisation continues to mix and remix our perspectives and preferences, what tones, rhythms, and sounds diffuse across the world reflecting the needs and values of listeners? Cross-disciplinary artist Tia Vellani is joining us at the Art+Science Salon to speak about an ongoing project in which she explores the impact of the arts and sciences upon one another. The Genetics of Music playfully explores the concept of mutations and natural selection of music as a model for genetic engineering and evolution. Drawing on Tia's background in molecular biology and music, she worked in collaboration with mathematician and artist Christopher Hanusa (CUNY) to create this interactive exhibition which uses music to familiarise audiences with the basics of altering genetic material, and aims to educate, challenge, and inspire. About the hosts Autumn Brown is the PhD researcher in residence at Science Gallery Dublin. Her research explores art-science practices across Europe and whether this transdisciplinary approach may allow for a more equitable prototyping of ideas. She is interested in the sociotechnical imagination and how opportunities for public engagement impact who and where knowledge is made. She has previously worked as an immunologist and science communicator. Read more about her project here, and check out her latest paper here. Amelia McConville is a PhD student conducting interdisciplinary research on visual poetry and poetics with Neurohumanities at the School of English and in association with the Institute of Neuroscience. Always fascinated by the overlap of art and science, she graduated with a B.A. in English Literature and Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin in 2017, working in fundraising for the College before commencing doctoral research in 2018. Passionate about education, she works part-time with the Trinity Access Programmes and as a private tutor, and she is interested in yoga, film, music, and visual culture. The Art + Science Salon is a virtual group where researchers, artists, thinkers, and revolutionaries come to share ideas. Organised by PhD candidates Autumn Brown (School of Education and Science Gallery Dublin) and Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience) and supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series explores the ways art and science shape one another and society.

This week, ‘How to be an Adult’ is all about knowing the basics! We want to create a safe space to learn the basics again. Our Show Pro today is Head of Strategic Academic Engagement at Science Gallery Dublin, Ian Brunswick. Ian is talking about how volcanoes work, how climate change works, and answers our listener's questions.

Thursday, 25 February 2021, 6:30 – 7:30pm This month the Art+Science Reading group returns in its new form, the Art+Science Salon. This season on the Art+Science Salon, in addition to our monthly online discussion series, we're adding a curated collection of online resources that are open access and available to everyone online. Here we will share articles, essays, videos, and more. To kick off this season we will be speaking with the artist collective Multiplay, Science Gallery Dublin's first artist in residence/remoteness, in partnership with the Human Insights Lab at Accenture The Dock. Comprised of three transdisciplinary artists: Victoria De La Torre, Pedro Arnanz Coll, and Elisa Cuesta, their piece A.I.R will debut at Science Gallery Dublin only. Inspired by systems thinking, the installation invites the public to question the balance between agency and living as part of an ecosystem in virtual spaces. Register here The return and reform of the Art+Science Reading Group, now the Art+Science Salon The Art+Science Salon, renamed for the informal gatherings of radical thinkers and reformers of the 19th century, is excited to come together once more to discuss projects and ideas beyond discipline. This reform is due in part to reflection on the purpose and nature of academic research. What good is a PhD or any advanced degree for that matter if it only serves the interests and the needs of the few? It is the aim of this group to hold space for open learning, debate, and discussion. Our world is changing more rapidly than ever, evolving new rules of social behaviour and new ethical dilemmas that reach far beyond the borders of any discipline. We want to offer an opportunity for everyone to come together, find connections and inspiration at the crossroads of art and science. all representing work which defies categorisation and seeks to address the most pressing societal issues and questions of our time. The Art + Science Salon is a virtual group where researchers, artists, thinkers, and revolutionaries come to share ideas. Organised by PhD candidates Autumn Brown (School of Education and Science Gallery Dublin) and Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience) and supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series explores the ways art and science shape one another and society. About the organisers Autumn Brown is the PhD researcher in residence at Science Gallery Dublin. Her research explores art-science practices across Europe and whether this transdisciplinary approach may allow for a more equitable prototyping of ideas. She is interested in the sociotechnical imagination and how opportunities for public engagement impact who and where knowledge is made. She has previously worked as an immunologist and science communicator. Read more about her project here, and check out her latest paper here. Amelia McConville is a PhD student conducting interdisciplinary research on visual poetry and poetics with Neurohumanities at the School of English and in association with the Institute of Neuroscience. Always fascinated by the overlap of art and science, she graduated with a B.A. in English Literature and Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin in 2017, working in fundraising for the College before commencing doctoral research in 2018.

Pfizer Healthcare Ireland has released new research findings investigating the public’s interest in science and the role of STEM-related subjects in both primary and secondary education. The research conducted by B&A shows that just one in eight Irish people believe they have a high-level knowledge of science, while half of the people (49%) believe they have moderate knowledge. Men and younger adults are more likely to suggest a high level of knowledge. When it comes to education, just under half (47%) of those surveyed believed achieving the leaving cert points required to secure a 3rd level STEM course would be too difficult. Whilst 79% of respondents would like to see more focus of science in primary school. Meanwhile, 72% of those who studied a science subject at leaving cert studied biology for the Leaving Certificate compared to just 6% studying computer science in secondary school. However, this year shows a significant increase in the number of people studying computer science at college or university (42 per cent) compared to Index figures last year (29 per cent). Meanwhile just over one in ten (11%) of people work in a STEM profession in Ireland, however, the research also confirms a significant gender gap in the percentage of men (15%) and women (7%) working in STEM-related careers. 35% (1 in 3) feel there are more STEM opportunities in Ireland than elsewhere, with younger adults and those in Dublin and particularly those working in a STEM most likely to agree. Almost two-thirds (62%) believe that people leaving college with a STEM qualification have better career prospects than those with a non-STEM qualification. The research also reveals the importance of science within the eyes of the public, with 59% strongly agreeing that scientific advance is now more important in light of COVID-19. The research launches in tandem with Pfizer and Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin new digital-led initiative, Speed of Science which tells the historical story of vaccines and the role of scientific advancement in society. The windows of Science Gallery Dublin on Pearse Street also feature an installation of the initiative where passers-by can get a glimpse of what to expect. The initiative takes us on a journey through scale; moving from personal immunity – examining how the body responds to vaccination, through a local scale looking at community immunity, to a global scale – demonstrating the transformation of societies and health systems through vaccinations. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD said: “This valuable research gives us an insight into people’s perceptions towards science, and the barriers that still exist. We can also see the imbalance in the representation of women in STEM professions. It demonstrates to me as Minister the huge body of work we have to do to excite and encourage people about science and its impact on our daily lives. We need science more than ever in this post-Covid world and we want and need Ireland to be a leader in this field.” Paul Reid, Managing Director, Pfizer Healthcare Ireland, said, “This new online-led initiative and installation in the Science Gallery aims to enhance public engagement with scientific themes and make science accessible and fun for all age groups. The topic of vaccines is obviously a topical one. Immunization is a global health and development success story, saving millions of lives every year in a very cost-effective manner. Vaccines help to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases (such as hepatitis, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, measles and polio), helping people of all ages live longer, healthier lives. “At Pfizer, science is at the centre of everything we do and now more than ever we all appreciate and value the importance of science. In challenging times, we consistently come back to what we historically can rely on and we know throughout history the fundamenta...

What does equity in brain health look like? How do artists and scientists approach this question together? This month we'll be hosting another evening chat with a panel of experts from the Global Brain Health Institute. Join us for a discussion on health equity, social memory and the role of music in brain health and research. As Atlantic Fellows with GBHI, neuroscientist Francesca Farina, musician Grainne Hope, and Public Engagement Specialist Sarah Fox will come together to share insights into making and mapping memory through art and science. We'll also have a practical discussion about mediating priorities and practices when artists, scientists, and the public come together. About the speakers Francesca Farina is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on identifying risk factors and early biomarkers of dementia. She also has a strong interest in developing creative engagement initiatives to promote brain health and life-long well-being. Grainne Hope is a professional cellist, Kids' Classics Founder & Artistic Director & Wellcome Trust Clore Fellow. ‘Kids' Classics' is Ireland's leading Music in Healthcare organisation that provides training and mentoring to professional musicians, and creates and designs music programmes for healthcare, community and school settings in partnerships with the National Arts Organisations and Healthcare Settings. Sarah Fox gained a PhD from The University of Manchester studying how rhythmic activity in the brain could be used to better understand changes in the early stages of Alzheimer's dementia. But her PhD taught her much more than the ups and downs of brain waves, as she spent an increasing amount of her time working with other scientists and artists to find ways of discussing scientific findings with a wider audience. She now helps patients understand and take part in dementia research and can often be found waxing lyrically about brains over a cup of something warm. The Art + Science Reading Group is a virtual group where researchers, artists, thinkers, and revolutionaries come to share ideas. Organised by PhD candidates Autumn Brown (School of Education and Science Gallery Dublin) and Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience) and supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series explores the ways art and science shape one another and society.

The Art + Science Reading Group is now a virtual gathering of thinkers, researchers and the incurably curious. Organised by PhD candidates Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience) and Autumn Brown (School of Education and Science Gallery Dublin) and supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series will explore the evolutionary and revolutionary kinship between two approaches to understanding the universe and our place within it. Art and science often share a cyclical relationship of exploration and illumination. How do these disciplines help us frame questions about the universe and in particular those forces we cannot see? This month we're speaking with artist and researcher Alexandra Carr on her experimental approach to art, inspired by natural processes. How might a shared point of visual reference help democratise the big questions about the unknown and the unseen? We will discuss Alexandra's artistic work in collaboration with physicists, geologists, and biologists including the development of biologically smart materials, and speak about her recent installations including an upcoming exhibition in Dublin, Solaris Nexum. Carr completed a foundation at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design and a ceramics degree at Camberwell College of Art. She has exhibited work at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, in collaboration with Jean-Paul Gaultier. She has been commissioned work from seminal musicians Radiohead, and was recently shortlisted for the Arts@CERN COLLIDE International Award and longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2017, 2019 and 2020.

The Art + Science Reading Group is a virtual group where researchers, artists, thinkers, and revolutionaries come to share ideas. Organised by PhD candidates Autumn Brown (Science Gallery Dublin and School of Education) and Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience) and supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series explores the ways art and science shape one another and society. This month we're chatting with vocalist, composer, and researcher Síobhra Quinlan about the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic may help us re-imagine and ethically reform our relationship with online creative spaces. During quarantine how many of us sought out inspiration, comfort, or escape in a live streamed concert, a gallery tour, or other social creative space? What have these experiences done for us, or communicated to technology companies? How can a post-human lens help us re-imagine, and create the ethical technological futures we want? With a special focus on two projects at Nokia Bell Labs, E.A.T Now, Other Voices Courage, and We Speak music, we'll chat about these questions and more! Síobhra Quinlan is an Irish vocalist, composer, producer, and researcher. Whilst doing an M. Phil in Music Composition at Trinity College in 2016/2017, Síobhra researched and revived the forgotten works of female singer-composers from 17C Italy which she then performed at The National Gallery of Ireland with David Adams, and at The National Concert Hall as part of International Women's Day with Solomiya Maksymiv. Síobhra is also involved with outreach projects, working with artists currently living in Direct Provision through the mediums of music, drama & art. Her research will explore posthuman-art and intimacy as architects of our digital existence.

Sorry for the late episode everyone! I won't bother making excuses; let's get on with things instead. This time around, I'm talking to Brendan, at the Science Gallery Dublin: https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/ We talk about the ethos of the institution, its place in the local community, and take a look at science/art collaborations.

The Art + Science Reading Group is a virtual cafe where researchers, artists, thinkers, and revolutionaries come to share ideas. Organised by PhD candidates Autumn Brown (Science Gallery Dublin and School of Education) and Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience) and supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series explores the ways art and science shape one another and society. This week we'll be chatting about the ancient tradition of origami and how this delicate artform allows new technologies to blossom in the vacuum of space. We'll examine how art-science approaches link past and future and give us new ways to explore and understand our universe. Joining us to discuss the impacts from the terrestrial to celestial is creative technologist, Lizbeth B. De La Torre. Lizbeth B. De La Torre is a Creative Technologist in The Studio at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She holds a BFA in Illustration-Entertainment Art designing vehicles, props and environments for feature film animation from Art Center College of Design. Liz uses Design Thinking methods and techniques to imagine the future of technology in space. She earned her Master's of Science with the MIT Media Lab's “Space Enabled Research Group”. She works on creative projects and tech demos for various space missions and mission formulation for future missions. Apart from Illustrating two posters included in the NASA Visions of the Future series (Europa, Ceres) she also co-lead research in astronaut devices and wearables for situational awareness and robotic interaction on Mars. Her current research examines the intersection of creativity and aerospace, and how creative techniques are of benefit to space technology innovation. Recommended reading: http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-lizbeth-b-de-la-torre-los-angeles/

The Art + Science Reading Group is now a virtual gathering of thinkers, researchers and the incurably curious. Organised by PhD candidates Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience) and Autumn Brown (School of Education and Science Gallery Dublin) and supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series will explore the evolutionary and revolutionary kinship between two approaches to understanding the universe and our place within it. During the discussion Dr Moriarty reference images which you can view here while listening. https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/assets/documents/Mathsartandscience.pdf Last week we navigate the swerves and curves of Euclidian geometry, the language of primary colours, and some truly vicious smackdown poetry. Leading us into the deep dark world of satire and maths is philosopher extraordinaire Dr Clare Moriarty. Clare will provide an introduction to Euclid's geometry through the eyes of an Irish mathematician and rabble rouser, Oliver Byrne. Described as the 'Matisse of Mathematics', Byrne ascribed primary colours to geometry diagrams in his gorgeous edition of Euclid's Elements (link below). Byrne was a contentious fellow (firearms enthusiast trained in close hand combat) and sought to further the work of another conspicuous and disruptive mathematician, George Berkeley. Bishop Berkeley discusses the nature of a line as “breadthless length” and attempts to upend our understanding of basic geometry. We'll be examining Byrne's diagrams in contrast to the paintings of Piet Mondrian exploring the parallels between their use of primary colours, their transgressive treatment of lines and geometrical realities.

The Art + Science Reading Group is now a virtual gathering of thinkers, researchers and the incurably curious. Organised by PhD candidates Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience) and Autumn Brown (School of Education and Science Gallery Dublin) and supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series will explore the evolutionary and revolutionary kinship between two approaches to understanding the universe and our place within it. This week we turn from the botanical to the bacterial alongside artist, writer and researcher Anna Dumitriu. Anna's work explores society's relationships with infectious diseases, treatments, and the myths that surround them. Especially relevant to our current times, we will pick at the threads of history, microbiology, and textile arts, particularly silk and how this ancient textile material continues to shape medical and technological innovation. Science often suffers from its own modernity and future focus. Its priorities tend towards the horizon, rarely to history and what lessons or solutions may be found there. Anna's fascination with the infections, outbreaks and the folklore which grows around them underscores the importance of looking to the past, and to the myths. And that the stories we tell about disease may be of deadly consequence. The recommended reading for this session begins on page 202 of Antennae, and explores Anna's work The Plague Dress. https://www.dropbox.com/s/juezmhp7bvoamo5/ANTENNAE%20ISSUE%2048.pdf?dl=0 Alongside Anna Dumitriu's work, is the poetry of Jen Bervin, who wrote a piece to be inscribed on a silk biosensor in her project Silk Poems. This undertaking engages with silk's cultural, scientific and linguistic complexities. You can watch Charlotte Lagarde's short film about this process below. https://vimeo.com/187955041

Lauren Lee McCarthy creates experimental performances that take a close look at our intimate relationships with smart devices and our interactions with one another in our increasingly tech-driven and surveilled existence. In this episode, we discuss a selection of Lauren's thought-provoking experiments, including LAUREN in which she takes on the role of an Amazon Alexa, Follower wherein she becomes a physical, IRL "follower," and more.Projects Discussed:LAURENFollowerLater Date24h HOST -About Lauren Lee McCarthy-Lauren Lee McCarthy (she/they) is an LA-based artist examining social relationships in the midst of surveillance, automation, and algorithmic living. She is the creator of p5.js, an open source JavaScript platform that aims to make creative expression and coding on the web accessible and inclusive for artists, designers, educators, and beginners. She is Co-Director of the Processing Foundation, a non-profit whose mission is to promote software literacy within the visual arts, and visual literacy within technology-related fields—and to make these fields accessible to diverse communities. She is an Associate Professor at UCLA Design Media Arts.Lauren's work has been exhibited internationally, at places such as Ars Electronica, Barbican Centre, Fotomuseum Winterthur, SIGGRAPH, IDFA DocLab, Science Gallery Dublin, Seoul Museum of Art, and the Japan Media Arts Festival. She's a 2019 Creative Capital Grantee, ZERO1 Arts Incubator Resident, and has previously held residencies with Sundance New Frontiers, Eyebeam, CMU STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Autodesk, NYU ITP, and Ars Electronica, among others. She's the recipient of grants from the Knight Foundation, the Online News Association, Mozilla Foundation, Google AMI, Sundance Institute New Frontiers, Turner Broadcasting, and Rhizome. She holds an MFA from UCLA and a BS Computer Science and BS Art and Design from MIT.Learn more at https://lauren-mccarthy.com/Follow Lauren at @LaurenLeeMack

The Art + Science Reading Group is now a virtual gathering of thinkers, researchers and the incurably curious. Organised by PhD candidates Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience) and Autumn Brown (Science Gallery Dublin and School of Education) supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series will explore the evolutionary and revolutionary kinship between two approaches to understanding the universe and our place within it. Writers, scientists, and artists will be beaming in from all over the world to shed some extra light on our discussions and provide a personal perspective to some of the artwork shared. We'll discuss a broad range of topics including bio-art, the aesthetics of mathematics, taking a non-human perspective, AI and gender, and a space probe's mission to carry our stories into the cosmic wilderness. For this first session we were joined by speaker Mary Dillon, an Irish botanical artist whose work has been exhibited internationally, most recently in Florence, Germany, Vienna, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, Madrid, Frankfurt and London. She was a key contributor to the Drawn From Nature: Irish Botanical Art exhibition in the National Gallery of Ireland (currently postponed). She is a fellow member of Society of Botanical Artists, UK and a member of the Watercolour Society of Ireland, and is a founding chairperson of the Irish Society of Botanical Art. She teaches in Barcelona, Greece, the US, Ireland, and was on the teaching team of the Chelsea School of Botanical Art in London. Mary has a particular fascination with botanical art as a personal process for the artist while at the same time striving for excellence in her art practice.

In our latest Documentary on Newstalk, producers Shaun O’Boyle and Maurice Kelliher present a programme which marks the first 10 years of Science Gallery; a game-changing public gallery space in Dublin that redefined the relationship between science, art, and culture—in ‘Science Gallery: 10 Years of Art Meets Science’. In 2008, a former car park on Pearse Street, at the edge of Trinity College Dublin, was replaced by a new kind of science museum: Science Gallery Dublin. A world first, Science Gallery has altered the cultural and scientific landscape in Ireland—and internationally. Before 2008, there was a widespread mistrust of science and scientists in Ireland, despite a massive investment by the government since the 1980s in scientific research. Irish scientists wanted to change that, but still hadn’t figured out the best way to connect with the public on scientific issues. Unlike most countries, Ireland has never had a traditional science museum, a place to house artefacts of our scientific history or interactive exhibits pointing at our scientific future. Strangely, this has worked in our favour. When the opportunity for Ireland to have its first space dedicated to bringing science to a public audience, we ended up with something far from your typical science museum. Science Gallery was born at a time when ideas around museums and galleries [and their audiences] were evolving: moving away from large museums and towards smaller spaces, connecting with audiences, ushering in a culture where galleries and museums were in a ‘conversation’ with their audiences. Science was also changing. Scientists were moving away from the strict boundaries that used to enclose each scientific discipline, and instead embracing the potential for discovery and innovation when you break down those barriers and work across those disciplines. In fact, some of the most exciting ideas were coming from collaborations between scientists and those working in the arts and humanities. So, when Michael John Gorman was appointed as the Founding Director of Science Gallery, he set out to create a space that would capture this new culture of science, culture, and creativity. Science Gallery Dublin became a space (both physically, and intellectually) where science converses with art; and an ever-changing programme of exhibitions and events meant that audiences could keep coming back to explore art/science investigations into subjects such as: personal data, love, risk, memory, infection, weather/climate, and trauma. 2018 marked the 10th birthday of Science Gallery in Dublin, a game-changing public space that redefined our relationship with science, art, and culture. As this idea, born in Ireland, becomes a massive international network, we look at how this small gallery on Pearse Street became such an important cultural and scientific space—nationally and globally. The radio premiere of Science Gallery: 10 Years of Art Meets Science will air on Newstalk on Sunday 10th November 2019 at 7am, with a repeat broadcast on Saturday 16th November at 9pm Podcast from www.newstalk.com after the first broadcast Credits: Produced, recorded, and edited  by Shaun O’Boyle and Maurice Kelliher (aka Bureau). The programme was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Photo: Science Gallery Dublin. About the producers: Shaun O'Boyle and Maurice Kelliher (aka Bureau) make radio documentaries and podcasts on a diverse range of subjects; and have made programmes for: Documentaries on Newstalk, BBC Radio 4, Science Gallery Dublin, UCD x Dr Judith Harford, Irish Design 2015, LGBT History Month (UK), Inspirefest, Science Gallery International, Festival of Curiosity, Dr Shane Begin x UCD, Science Foundation Ireland, and BBC World Service. Their radio documentaries have been funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, ID 2015, and the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund. In 2016 they were shortlisted for the worldwide Whicker Foundation Audio Achievement Award—for their documentary ‘Prejudice and Pride’. http://www.akabureau.com The BAI Sound And Vision Scheme: Sound and Vision is a funding scheme for television and radio that provides funding in support of high quality programmes on Irish culture, heritage and experience, and programmes to improve adult literacy. The scheme is managed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.  

In our latest Documentary on Newstalk, Producers Maurice Kelliher and Shaun O’Boyle take a look at life before, and after, the evacuations and depopulation of Ireland’s islands—particularly the Donegal islands of Rutland, Inishfree, and Arranmore in: Leaving The Island  Today, once populated and thriving north-western islands, such as Rutland, are deserted—while others like Arranmore, though still inhabited, have seen a significant decline in population over the decades since the middle of the last century. Leaving The Island explores island culture and identity, and considers the factors which played a part in subsequent population decline and evacuations—including emigration, economic conditions, modernisation, and the politics and strategic policies (or lack thereof) of the Irish state, with regard to the islands and their standing in the national infrastructure. Leaving The Island explores ideas around home, change, emigration, community, identity, loss, and islanders’ relationship to the sea. With personal stories at its centre, Leaving The Island looks at how the lives of island people changed when they had to leave for the mainland. As Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin, points out in Leaving The Island, the offshore islands are ‘Ireland to the power of two’—in that they are a microcosm of the larger island (Ireland), and are themselves symbolic of national narratives such as emigration. Looking at life on and off the islands west of Donegal, Leaving The Island holds up a mirror to the broader national Irish experience as we hear how “having to leave our home” was an experience common to both mainlanders and islanders. BROADCAST DATES: Leaving The Island will air on Newstalk 106-108FM on Sunday February 10th at 7am, Repeated Saturday February 16th at 9pm. PODCAST: Podcast will be available on www.newstalk.com after the first broadcast. CREDITS: Leaving The Island was produced by Maurice Kelliher and Shaun O’Boyle (aka Bureau); supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. About the producers: Bureau is a producing collaboration between science communicator Shaun O'Boyle and artist/maker Maurice Kelliher. Bureau have made radio documentaries and podcast-based audio stories, on a diverse range of subjects, for: BBC Radio 4, Documentaries on Newstalk, Science Gallery Dublin, UCD/Dr Judith Harford, Irish Design 2015, LGBT History Month UK, Inspirefest, Science Gallery International, Festival of Curiosity, Dr Shane Begin/UCD, Science Foundation Ireland, and the BBC World Service. Their radio documentaries have been supported by Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, ID 2015, and the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund. www.akabureau.com The BAI Sound And Vision Scheme: Sound and Vision is a funding scheme for television and radio that provides funding in support of high quality programmes on Irish culture, heritage and experience, and programmes to improve adult literacy. The scheme is managed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.    

... at the National Museum of Ireland A crucial element of the museum is the human connection it offers. For both visitors and researchers, the museum has potentially a very different interaction with our history. It is a place of conversations, of shared experience and knowledge, and of shared narrative. Contemporary collecting and the broader policy around thoughts for the future requires some different thinking. Particularly in relation to the kind of museum we want to be, one that is open, accessible and diverse - a place of excellent research and compelling visitor experiences. A place that tells the many stories of our country and its people in a global context. About the speaker Lynn Scarff is the newly appointed Director of the National Museum of Ireland, taking up her position in May 2018. Initially, working in environmental education across a diversity of projects including the Ballymun Regeneration, Lynn's work is embedded in collaborative practice. As part of the initial development team of Science Gallery Dublin at Trinity College Dublin, she developed a programme of compelling cultural experiences that explored the boundaries of art and science and connected with a target audience of 15 – 25 year olds. In 2012, she was part of the leadership team that established the Global Science Gallery Network bringing the vision of Science Gallery to eight cities globally by 2020. In 2014, she was appointed Director leading Science Gallery Dublin through a process of organisational change, strategic planning and development. Lynn is an advocate for the participative museum. Her research work focuses on non formal learning settings and the opportunities presented by museums and cultural spaces to engage young people, with a particular focus on under represented audiences. She has presented and written on these themes both in education, museum practice and communication journals globally. Her research and practice work has been funded through competitive grants awarded by Science Foundation Ireland, the Wellcome Trust in the UK and the European Commission through Horizon 2020 and Creative Europe calls. She studied Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin, specialising in zoology and natural history and holds an MSc in Science Communications. In 2016 she was awarded a National Arts Strategies Kresge Fellowship completed over one year at Harvard, Michigan Ross and Berkeley Business Schools in the USA, which focused on the critical elements of sustainable business development in the cultural sector. Lynn served on the board of the National Museum of Ireland for 18 months through 2016/2017 and is on expert panels for a number of public engagement trusts and awarding bodies including the Wellcome Trust. She additionally serves on the board of the Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun. About the Heritage Podcast Series To Preserve and Protect: Contemporary Issues in Irish Cultural Heritage This is a series of eight 20 minute podcasts by academic researchers and leaders of major Irish heritage institutions. The series addresses questions of critical importance in Irish heritage. Opportunities and challenges of preservation and protection of Irish cultural heritage are addressed. It also provides a valuable and educational resource recorded by experts in heritage and preservation, which is publicly accessible to prompt thought and discussion. Developed and produced by the Historical Studies Committee of the Royal Irish Academy. Supported by The Heritage Council as part of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. Recorded by Real Smart Media. Podcasts released weekly - listen to the latest episodes here: www.ria.ie/heritagepodcast

Recorded on 10/07/18 LIVE as part of Science Gallery Dublin’s ‘Life On The Edges’ exhibitions.  The boys are joined by Space Weather Scientist Dr Sophie Murray and NASA astrobiology scholar Dr. Kevin Webster to discuss the life in space, popular alien species and talk micro organisms scoffing methane. Which cryptid will appear on the next episode of Sexy Beasts? Check them out on Instagram or Twitter to figure out the Mystery Image! Follow them on Instagram @SexyBeastsPod Follow them on Twitter @SexyBeastsPod Join The HeadStuff Podcast Network group on Facebook Artwork by @aaislingor

❝ For many, the idea of learning to code conjures an image of a person working alone. Perhaps a mathematically inclined person who just ‘gets it’? In episode 8 we meet Lynn Scarff, Director of Science Gallery Dublin, who’s learning to code with Niamh Scanlon, EU Digital Girl of the Year, 2015. Sharing her experiences of learning in a community of other young people, Niamh challenges Lynn to see coding as a creative way to solve problems with others. This leads Jane and I to discuss the communities in which we learn many things. We speak to Noah Finkelstein from the University of Colorado on how learning is inherently a social enterprise where communities not only help to shape our learning, but also negotiate what should be learned. ❞  —Shane Bergin www.101thepodcast.com Credits: Hosted by Shane Bergin | Jane Chadwick Featuring Lynn Scarff | Niamh Scanlon | Noah Finkelstein Produced by Bureau  Music by Chris Zabriskie Supported by Science Foundation Ireland

Loose Joints is a podcast hosted by Nialler9 and Sally Cinnamon where we talk to a guest and play music they like new and old. True to the name, the podcast features a loose collection of tunes, tied together by very little logic, just like our chats. On Friday night, we were joined by pop writer and Lime & Fancy DJ Jenn Gannon and crate-digging producer and DJ The Expert, for our first ever live show at Science Gallery Dublin's The Art of the Sample night event. Thanks to the staff of the Science Gallery , Graham on sound and our first live audience. Do check out the Gallery's current exhibition Soundcheck which runs til September 24th and includes Moog demostrations, sound installations and much more. We picked our favourite samples and played all these tracks below. https://soundcloud.com/nialler9/loose-joints-live-the-art-of-the-sample-live-science-gallery-dublin Tracklisting Intro tracks - (Britney Spears Toxic (Bollywood sample) / Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (Chilites - Are You My Woman) / 2pac - California Love (Joe Cocker - Woman To Woman ) / Len - Steal My Sunshine (Andrea True Connection) / Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You ( Chaka Khan - Fate) / Afrika Bambaata - Planet Rock (Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express) / NWA - Straight Outta Compton / Snow - Informer (The Winstons - Amen Brother - The Amen Break) PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss (Spandau Ballet - True) A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (Carly Simon - Why?) DJ Shadow - Monosyllabic (Soft Touch -Plenty Action) J Dilla - Workin On It (10 CC - Worst Band In The World) J Dilla - Waves (10 CC - Johnny Don't Do It) J Dilla - Dilla Says Go (Rubberband - The Trammps) Skepta - Man (QOTSA - Regular John) Kate Bush - Under Ice' (The Field - Over The Ice) CIAN Rick James - Superfreak (Jay-Z - Kingdom Come) JENN Madonna - Hung Up (ABBA - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) SWV - Right Here (Michael Jackson - Human Nature) Mos Def - Miss Fat Booty - (Aretha Franklin - One Step Ahead sample, Gregory Isaacs - If I Don't Have You) New Jackson - Night to Night (James Brown - Prisoner of Love) Missy Elliott - Lick Shots (Israeli Folk Group Simchat He'amel) Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump (13 samples) Passion Pit - Sleephead (Mary O'Hara - Oro Mo Bhaidin) Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give a Fuck (Steely Dan - Showbiz Kids) Subscribe in iTunes. Also available in Stitcher, PocketCasts and TuneIn. #8: Cian Murphy #7: Greg Spring #6: Gib Cassidy. #5: Best of 2016 with May Kay. #4: Aisling Rogerson #3: Emmet Kirwan. #2: Oisin Davis. #1: Aidan Kelly.

The inaugural lecture by Jürgen Barkhoff, Professor of German (1776) at the Department of Germanic Studies Biography: Jürgen Barkhoff is Professor of German (1776) at the Department of Germanic Studies and Head of School of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies. A native of Essen in Northrhine-Wetfalia/Germany he studied German, History and Pedagogics at the Universities of Tübingen, Hamburg and Dublin. He holds a Staatsexamen and doctorate from Hamburg University. He was DAAD-Lektor in Trinity College from 1988-1991, was appointed in 1995 to a lectureship in German and European Studies and was elected to Fellowship in 2000. From 2002-2005 he was Director of the Centre for European Studies, from 2007-2011 Registrar of the University and from 2012-2015 Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute. Between 2006 and 2011 he was Chair of the Culture, Arts and Humanities Task Force of the Coimbra Group network of European Universities. Since 2012 he serves as a member of the Coimbra Group Executive Board and is currently its Vice-Chair. He is a member of the Board of the Irish Humanities Alliance, of the Science Gallery Dublin and of the Strategic Advisory Board of the School of Advanced Studies at the University of London. His main research areas are literature and medicine, science and psychology around 1800, eco-literature, the networking of literature and culture in Europe, questions of identity in the German speaking world and Europe as reflected in literature and culture and Swiss literature. He has published widely on these topics, especially on the relationship between anthropology and literature in the late Enlightenment, Classicism and Romanticism, on identity discourses and on contemporary Swiss literature. In his research he explores interdisciplinary perspectives and how the past and its interpretations influence the present day. He is convenor of the College wide research-theme ‘Identities in Transformation'.

This week: Duncan and Brian drop in to LA's ChinaTown and visit the Institute for Figuring! The mission of the Institute For Figuring is to contribute to the public understanding of scientific and mathematical themes through innovative programming that includes exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and participatory, community based projects. The IFF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Located in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles, the IFF’s venue functions both as an exhibition space and as a “play tank” for developing new methods of creative engagement with topics ranging from geometry and topology, to physics, computation, and biological form. Founded in 2003, the IFF has developed exhibits and programs for museums, galleries, colleges, and community groups around the world. We have worked with: the Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh), The Hayward (London), the Science Gallery (Dublin), the New Children’s Museum (San Diego), Art Center College of Design (Pasadena), the Museum of Jurassic Technology (Los Angeles), and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The Institute’s Crochet Coral Reef is now one of the largest science + art projects in the world. At the core of the IFF’s work is the concept of material play. We believe that ideas usually presented in abstract terms can often be embodied in physical activities that engage audiences via kindergarten-like practices. Through activities such as cutting and folding paper, we affirm that the hands and eyes can serve as guides to developing the human mind. By inviting our audience to literally play with ideas, the IFF offers a new, hands-on approach to public science education that is at once intellectually rigorous, pedagogically rich, and aesthetically aware.

On this weeks show I meet with Dublin’s Coffee Roasters, Two Spots Coffee. Borne from the coffee shop of The Science Gallery Dublin we chat the coffee plants lifecycle from field to cup and all the way from the bottom of my grinder to their use in composting. Who said horticulture was boring ? With a huge gigantic thank you to Peter, Julie and Seán of Two Spots Coffee and also to the lovely ladies of The Trinket Box in Lusk, Co. Dublin for the use of their wonderful premises.

recorded at The Science Gallery Dublin at The Surface Tension - The Future of Water Exhibition. More over on the blog post http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2011/10/30/surface-tension-the-future-of-water-sciencegallery/