The Movement Lab presents: the Artificial environments / environmental Intelligence Festival
The Ae/eI Festival features work-in-progress installations and performances in the Movement Lab every day during the week of February 21-28, all of which are free and open to the public. It is guided by the question, what happens when we close the loop on the constructed binary of nature and technology?
Artificial environments / environmental Intelligence Festival Days 2 & 3:
Scientific Fictions
Created by Eva Thomas
Thursday, February 22nd | 12:00-3:00pm
Friday, February 23rd | 12:00-3:00pm
For many people, technical innovation can only be seen through narrow perspectives sometimes guarded by those who stand to profit from misinformation. People are limited by their own inability to look and understand beyond headlines.
This walkthrough installation aims to show how fictional scientific innovations like Theranos’ Edison and Schön’s fake semiconductors can be indistinguishable from actual scientific breakthroughs through perspective-dependent illusions, overly complicated-looking machines, and ‘interactive’ audio-visual elements.
Installation takes place from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM each day.
Capacity in the lab is capped at 40 audience members at a time. Attendees who have RSVP'd before the event will have priority, and admission will be determined on a first come first serve basis on arrival.
Eva Thomas is a NYC-based dancer, scientist, and artist who is currently finishing a Bachelor’s in Chemistry with a minor in dance. Eva has recently worked on several choreographic projects (Glass Mountain, 2023), dance films (Blue, 2022), and musical projects (Interference, 2023), while continuing research to explore frontiers in new technologies (Size-Dependent Spectroscopy of Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots, 2023). Eva spends free time exploring new ways to create, including recent projects using motion capture, 3-D printing, audio engineering, and radio receivers.