Film still: No ideas but in things

No Ideas But in Things

No Ideas But in Things

Filmed and Directed by Lan A. Li
Produced by Peter N. Miller

Short Film Screening,
followed by a discussion with the filmmakers

"No Ideas But in Things" is an art film that asks what can only be known through touch, making, and the body. Drawing on footage from the Material Intelligence seminar at the American Academy in Rome, where scientists, makers, and humanists explored how to learn from materials in an age of words and algorithms, the film uses Rome as an object of inquiry and conversation as an instrument of research, rather than a vehicle for predetermined conclusions. In doing so, it reimagines scholarly output beyond the book, article, and essay.

Featuring:

Project Leads
Jaś Elsner (Classics, University of Oxford)
Caroline Goodson (AAR/History, University of Cambridge)
Hideo Mabuchi (Applied Physics, Stanford University)
Pamela Smith (History, Columbia University

Makers
Simon Levin (Mill Creek Pottery)
Camille Utterback (Art, Computer Science, Stanford University)
Nick Benson (The John Stevens Shop)
Dario Robleto (Artist, Filmmaker, Writer)

Humanists
Chris Gosden (Archaeology, University of Oxford, em.)
Janet DeLaine (Classics, University of Oxford, em.)
Emily Pegues (Curator, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
Verity Platt (Classics and Art History, Cornell University)

Scientists
Naomi Leonard (Engineering, Princeton University)
Hidenori Tanaka (Physics, Harvard University/NTT Research)
Tiziana Vanorio (Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University)
Anthony Leonardo (Neurotechnology/Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

Discussants

Lan Li, photo by Xuan Li

Photo by Xuan Li

Lan Li

 

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Peter Miller

Nick Benson headshot - David Hanson attrib

Photo by David-Hanson

Nick Benson

HideoMabuchi_1 - Hideo Mabuchi

Photo by Rewa Bush

Hideo Mabuchi

 

Camille Utterback, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History, at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.  Photographer: LiPo Ching

Photo by LiPo Ching/Stanford University

Camille Utterback

 

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Contact:

Stanford Arts Institute
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