Questions as Tools in Art, Science and the Humanities
Short Film Screening with Q&A
Wednesday, November 6
5-6:30PM
Reception to follow
Oshman Hall, McMurtry Building
355 Roth Way
How do questions relate to creativity and purpose? Do artists, scientists, and humanists hold similar or divergent views? Funded by the MacArthur Foundation’s X-grants program, this video explores “questions as tools in art, science and the humanities” based on interviews with Stanford-based MacArthur Fellows and MacArthur Fellows who have also been past residents or fellows at the American Academy in Rome. Directed by Hideo Mabuchi and Peter N. Miller. Public film screenings will be held at Stanford, NYC, and Rome, each followed by a Q&A with invited speakers from the film.
Stanford screening: 13-minute video, followed by a Q&A. A reception with light refreshments will take place after the event.
Interviewees
Mel Chin
Jeanne Gang
Walter Hood
Daniel Jurafsky
Mary Reid Kelley
Richard Kenney
John Ochsendorf
Manu Prakash
Marina Rustow
Monika Schleier-Smith
Camille Utterback
Carrie Mae Weems
Speakers
Moderated by directors Hideo Mabuchi (Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford) and Peter N. Miller (President, The American Academy in Rome), the Q&A will feature interviewees from the video based at Stanford University:
Dan Jurafsky, Professor of Linguistics
Manu Prakash, Professor of Bioengineering
Monika Schleier-Smith, Professor of Physics
Camille Utterback, Professor of Art & Art History
This event made possible by the MacArthur Foundation, the Stanford Arts Institute (SAI), American Academy in Rome, the Department of Art and Art History and the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Special thanks to Kurt Hickman and the Cantor Arts Center.
If you need a disability-related accommodation for this event, please contact us at artsinstitute@stanford.edu at least two weeks prior to the event.
Contact:
Stanford Arts Institute
artsinstitute@stanford.edu
