Month: February 2014
Drone Confidential
What’s the best way to make music with drones? According to David Rothenberg, an experimental musician, professor of philosophy and music, and visiting artist for Arizona State University’s Emerge 2014: The
The Sacred Art of Sand Mandalas
The Mandala – Tibetan sand painting – is a quintessential expression of Buddhist art constructed from dyed sand particles, and a centuries-old visual art form. It represents rich and rational
Improvisational Environments Open Studio
Hosted by the Synthesis Center and the School of Arts, Media and Engineering Learn more Join researchers from Concordia University (Montreal), the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Southern
Transhumanism, Filmmaking and the Future
Hosted by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society Filmmaker Doug Wolens will discuss the making of his documentary The Singularity, which refers to a point in the future when we create computers with greater-than-human intelligence, bio-engineer
Technical Demo: How to Build a Wonder Dome
Learn more Explore the intersection of cutting-edge technology, live performance and interactive storytelling with the Wonder Dome. Created by Center for Science and the Imagination research fellow Daniel Fine, the Wonder Dome
The Singularity: Screening and Conversation
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society and the Transhumanism Initiative of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict Learn More In the future, will we create
Emerge: A Spectacular Week of Events March 3-7
The Carnival of the Future Friday, March 7, 6:00 – 11:00 pm Downtown Phoenix: 3rd Street and Garfield Street Learn more at http://emergeasu.wpengine.com Must See Monday: Ed Finn presents “News
Brad Allenby: The End of the Self?
Human selfhood isn’t about essence, argues ASU’s Brad Allenby, Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics and one of the co-directors of Emerge. It’s about information. We are an information-processing species;
Drone Dispatch: Trouble in Mechanical Paradise
Emerge 2014 is all about who we are in relation to technology and our environment. It’s a glance deeply inward, as well as an analysis of our changing human and
Emerge 2014: Ethical Footprint Report
We are delighted to present the first publication from ASU’s Emerge festival: a report gauging the ethical impact of our 2014 event, which investigated “The Future of Me” through a
The Machine Stops Without You
Designed to create a moiré pattern effect, ASU MFA student Thad Trubakoff’s “Sirens” is a kinetic wall sculpture that reinvents the kaleidoscope by generating intense visual and audial effects as it
Progress Report: Bruce Sterling’s My Future Frontier / Mi Futura Frontera
Science fiction legend and Emerge spiritual leader Bruce Sterling is hard at work with collaborators from the Turin Maker Lab on his project, “My Future Frontier/Mi Futura Frontera,” which explores
You and the Computer You’re Wearing
How will ubiquitous computing – wearable, intelligent, integrated with your nervous system – change how you define “me”? What if the blind could see and the deaf could hear through
Digital Tabernacle
Lock away your (de)vices and immerse your soul in contemplation. The Ministers of the Digital Tabernacle will inspire you to observe a period of digital abstinence and confess your digital
Morphing Our Identities
Future Face Lounge is a space where participants define their own histories and forecast their futures, and a new community is formed. When visitors enter Future Face Lounge, they reveal