Mark Changizi and Raheleh Bagheri present... The smART Show
Technology and the arts are often described quite differently. Technology is precise, highly engineered, rigorous, and the domain of the scientifically-minded nerd. The arts are built from loose sweeps, messy intuitions, emotions, and is the realm of deep spirits.
In a challenge to these stereotypes, Dr. Mark Changizi and Raheleh Bagheri explain how it is that the arts amount to technology –- the most important technology humankind has yet to discover.
Scientist meets artist.
West meets East.
Husband ... meets ... wife.
Contact them to book the talk!
Technology and the arts are often described quite differently. Technology is precise, highly engineered, rigorous, and the domain of the scientifically-minded nerd. The arts are built from loose sweeps, messy intuitions, emotions, and is the realm of deep spirits.
In a challenge to these stereotypes, Dr. Mark Changizi and Raheleh Bagheri explain how it is that the arts amount to technology –- the most important technology humankind has yet to discover.
Scientist meets artist.
West meets East.
Husband ... meets ... wife.
Contact them to book the talk!
RAHELEH BAGHERI is a sculptor and painter from Iran, having had exhibitions at galleries around the world. She attended the Faculty of Arts at the University of Tehran, and afterward studied under the mentorship of prominent Iranian painter Daruish Hosseini. She later began sculpting under the tutelage of eminent sculptor Behrooz Daresh. She has had several group and solo exhibits in both Tehran, Iran, and in the United States (e.g., SCARves, SCARves, and Faces of Columbus), and she and her work have been featured in places such as Iran's national television station, Channel 4, and on Art Road. She was also on the Iran national squash team for seven years, so don't even try to beat her at squash. See some of her work here.
MARK CHANGIZI is a cognitive scientist with research and books touching on the origins of art, and speaks often at art museums and galleries. He also recently curated a six-month exhibition at MONA Museum in Hobart, Tasmania, illustrating his theories on art — including a commissioned piece by Brigita Ozolins on the origins of writing and speech, and another by UVA on the origins of music — which received international attention in the NY Times, The Australian, Guardian, SBS, Guardian.
MARK CHANGIZI is a cognitive scientist with research and books touching on the origins of art, and speaks often at art museums and galleries. He also recently curated a six-month exhibition at MONA Museum in Hobart, Tasmania, illustrating his theories on art — including a commissioned piece by Brigita Ozolins on the origins of writing and speech, and another by UVA on the origins of music — which received international attention in the NY Times, The Australian, Guardian, SBS, Guardian.