past presenters & performers
Leah Acker — neuroscientist
Adam Anderson — astrophysicist
Yasmine Azaiez — musician
Eren Başbuğ — musician
Katherine Behar — academic, artist
Khiara Bridges — law & anthropology professor, dancer
Paul Bush — filmmaker
Mika Cooper — reformed academic
Michael Dewberry — builder
Joe Dumit — anthropologist of science
Judson Evans — poet
Dylan Foley — musician, composer
Bill Gardner — sound engineer
Adam Glasseye — musician, songwriter
Nate Greenslit ...
SECRETS, part 1
Joe Dumit (anthropologist of science) – “Earth Possessed”
Daniel Pencer & Arian Shafiee (Platyptilia) – improvised performance
WASTE
Katherine Behar (academic, artist) – on e-waste
Dan “the Bagel Man” Kontoff (activist)- on the politics of waste
Liz Roncka & Jason Sanford (The Sliver Foxes) – improvised performance
Vika Zafrin (library scientist & cook) – offal preparation
IDENTITY, part 1
Mika Cooper (reformed academic) – “Questions of Trans-identity”
Dylan Foley (musician, composer) – performing the lifework of Utah Philips
Brandon Perdomo (photographer) – photo booth installation
Curt Savoie (principal data scientist for the City of Boston) – on the philosophy of data collection and collective identity
GUILT
Gun Mother (Adam Glasseye & Georgia Young) – music performance
David Mann, M.D. (psychiatrist) – “Agenbite of Inwit”
Jacob Moses (historian of science) – on the remorse of sex reassignment surgeons
CIRCUITS, part 1
Leah Acker (neuroscientist) – On neuromodulation and the optogenetic control of brain circuits
Yasmine Azaiez (musician)
Mike Dewberry (builder) – “Cutting the Wires: searching for novel phenomena for technology-based art”
Rebecca Kopycinski (Nuda Veritas) – solo performance
Tony Leva (bassist)
BODIES, part II
Paul Bush (filmmaker) – “Lay Bare,” “Busby Berkeley’s Tribute to Mae West”
Jenny Herzog (dancer, singer) – “Chaos for All!”
Sophia Roosth (historian of science) – “Sonic Envelope of Death”
Norah Solorzano (animator) – “Dream Bodies”
Nate Greenslit (anthro-apologist)
BODIES, part 1
Max Jackson & Gene Shinozaki (The Beat Travelers) – beatbox and didgeridoo performance
Wythe Marschall (historian of science, writer, futurist) – “The Human Body: A Report From The Future”
Janaka Stucky (poet, former undertaker) – Reflections on the postmortem care of nearly 2,000 bodies
Marianne Thompson (Plein Air painter) & Nate Greenslit (anthro-apologist) – A joint presentation on electro-convulsive ...
BIRTH, part 1
Khiara Bridges (law & anthropology professor, dancer) – on pregnancy, birth, and race
Wes Hazard (comedian)
Cassandra Long (artist, storyteller)
Mali Sastri (singer, songwriter)
Nate Greenslit (anthro-apologist)
BODIES, part III
Bodies III, April 2016
Joe Dumit (anthropologist of science): “Viscus Self”
Amanda Palmer (singer, songwriter, author): on natural childbirth
Charmaine Lee (vocalist): performance
See an excerpt of Amanda Palmer’s discussion of her natural childbirth:
Vocal performance by Charmaine Lee: