The guests of the #15 Bio-Art Mixer are artist Ken Rinaldo (Art and Technology, The Ohio State University) and biologist Austin M. Garner, Ph.D. (Biology, Syracuse University).
Austin M. Garner, Ph.D. (Biology, Syracuse University)
https://agarner.expressions.syr.edu/
I am a functional morphologist with a fundamental interest in how animals interface with their environment. Specifically, my research focuses on identifying the morphological structures and physical principles that allow animals to reversibly attach to surfaces. Currently, I am studying how form, function, and environment interact in the attachment systems of two groups of lizards (geckos and anoles) and sea urchins.
Ken Rinaldo, Emeritus Professor (Art and Technology, The Ohio State University)
http://www.kenrinaldo.com
Bacterial, insect, human and robotic interfaces; toward an intertwining on a sustainable symbiotic planet
Ken Rinaldo will discuss his approaches to working with natural living systems as evolved models of what machines can and should emulate. He will discuss trans-species communication, robotics, ecology, and the challenges of working with complex living systems within art installations and museums.
Rinaldo is internationally known for interactive biological and robotic art installations. His works develop hybrid ecologies with humans, machines, plants, and animals, by constructing idealized social, natural, and machine symbionts. Rinaldo’s works appear in 100s of books and art reviews, traveling to over 35 countries, and in museum collections.
Images from Ken Rinaldo’s work “CRISPR Seed Resurrection” and from Austin M. Garner’s research.
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The Bio-Art Mixer is where art and life sciences, faculty, and students share their research and look at it from the perspective of a different discipline. The Bio Art mixer was initiated by Heidi Hehnly (Biology, SU) and Boryana Rossa (Film and Media Arts, SU) in collaboration with the Canary Lab Lab and Bioinspired Institute and is a fundamental element of the Bio-Art Research Coalition of Syracuse.