Speakers

• Vija Celmins

  Vija Celmins is a Latvian-born American painter, sculptor, object-maker, and draughtswoman. Vija is most renowned for her photorealistic depictions of nature. Armed with a nuanced palette of blacks and grays, Vija renders these limitless spaces—seascapes, night skies, and the barren desert floor—with an uncanny accuracy, working for months on a single image.

• Wendy Woon

  Wendy Woon is Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. Wendy oversees all areas of education at MoMA and has been instrumental in transforming museum education practice for the 21st century. Prior to joining MoMA, Wendy was Director of Education at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

• Seth Horowitz

  Seth Horowitz is a neuroscientist whose work focuses on brain development, the biology of hearing, and the musical mind. As chief neuroscientist at NeuroPop, Inc., Seth has applied his research skills to real-world applications ranging from health and wellness to educational science outreach. Seth authored The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind and his New York Times article “The Science and Art of Listening” was one of the most e-mailed articles of 2012.

• Marco Tempest

  Marco Tempest is a cyber-illusionist and Director’s Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. Marco’s work blends video, digital technology, and social media to concoct a new form of contemporary illusion. A keen advocate of the open-source community, Marco works with artists, writers, and technologists to create new experiences, and researches the practical uses of the technology of illusion.