008. The Magic & Power of Quantum Artificial Intelligence Systems
Release Date: 10/14/2022
018. Smell Art: Creating Olfactory Experiences
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Erin Adams of Smell Art joins to talk about her work creating memorable experiences with the disappearing medium of scent, the challenges of working digitally with aroma and the social aspects of smell. @_smell_art_ ____________ There are lots of ways to support the show. Visit: carolinemcmillan.com/podcast and while you're there, you can sign up for my newsletter or sustain the show by becoming a patron. We appreciate the support!
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017. A Perfumer's World: Decolonising the Fragrance Industry Pt. 2
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In this second of a special two-parter on the work of Yosh Han, a scent artist known for her elaborate moving image landscapes and public sculptures, we talk about the matter of olfactory energetics. Yosh has a unique vantage on the global landscape of the fragrance industry, and her ongoing work to decolonise the fragrance Industry is the subject this time. This episode is anchored in her work with the Scent Festival platform and her pursuit to address its "O" word terminology. But it also points out the greater systematic connections between Eurocentric fragrance naming, material sourcing,...
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016. A Perfumer's World: Scent and Intuition Pt. 1
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This is the first episode of a special two-parter on the art and practice of Yosh Han, a pioneer of American Perfumery. Award-winning nose, clairvoyant and aura reader, super-taster, flavourist, sommelier, judge, advisor, speaker, educator and creative collaborator, scent artist, Yosh has her nose to the pulse of all things olfaction, creating and curating the contemporary scent zeitgeist for decades. A champion of independent perfumery, she’s a certifiable rockstar in global indie fragrance communities, actively lifting up and promoting perfumer-creators with an open-hearted...
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015. Food Choreography
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Tauras Stalnionis talks about his work exploring the choreographies of food through design research. He approaches the medium and topic of hand-held street food as a multidisciplinary practice framed by design, performing arts and food. Using the techniques and strategies of street vendors, Tauras takes food out of the plate and transform it into theatre. @tauras.s @ cafe.muller.2 http://www.tauras-s.com/ ____________ There are lots of ways to support the show. Visit: carolinemcmillan.com/podcast and while you're there, you can sign up for my newsletter or...
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014. Food on Mars? Exploring Sensory Food Experience
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Laila Snevele—a Sensory Food Designer—talks about her work exploring the perception of food through multisensorial research. She designs recipes for the brain. At the intersection of scientific knowledge and creative application, Laila leads the future of food design with insatiable curiosity to deliver novel food experiences that transform table culture into magical experiences. @sensoverse @sensory_food_design ____________ There are lots of ways to support the show. Visit: carolinemcmillan.com/podcast and while you're there, you can sign up for my newsletter or sustain the show by...
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013. Country Centred Design
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In this episode, I listen to Prof. Angie Abdilla of Old Ways, New and the Australian National University’s School of Cybernetics talk about Country Centred Design, a methodology with country in mind, in and through a strategic process for relational connections. Dreaming up the future state of A.I. Angie talks about technology development informed by Indigenous knowledges and systems. Where our tools, our technologies have a more meaningful relationship and considered place within our society. https://oldwaysnew.com/ There are lots of ways to support the show. Visit:...
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012. Following the Plants: Gardening Atomic Roses Pt. 2
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In this second of a special two-parter on the art and practice of Gabriella Hirst, an artist known for her elaborate moving image landscapes and public sculptures, we talk about the language of entanglement. In Gabriella’s contemporary visions of beauty, gardening practices centre around a rare species of garden rose, the rosa floribunda ‘Atom Bomb’, as a site of critique and care. This episode is anchored in her How To Make a Bomb and Battlefield projects that examine structural connections between horticulture, state power, and nuclear colonialism. Pulling back the...
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011. Following the Plants: Gardening Atomic Roses Pt. 1
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Known for her elaborate moving image landscapes and public sculptures, Gabriella Hirst draws connections between the politics of capture, plant taxonomies and untold histories of nuclear colonialism. She creates contemporary visions of beauty, where gardening practices centred around a rare species of garden rose, the rosa floribunda ‘Atom Bomb’ is a site of critique and care. Find out more about Gabriella's fascinating work in this episode here: @gabriellahirst To get weekly Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes and exclusive content delivered directly to your inbox, sign up for my...
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010. The Past, Present & Future of Olfactory Technologies and Media
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Jas Brooks, a PhD researcher at the University of Chicago, joins to talk about burgeoning, multisensorial realms of innovation. We plunge nose-first into the exciting matter of our chemical senses to talk about past, present and future olfactory technologies and media. See how Jas is attending to what it means to sense and interact with our physical and virtual environments, to which they’re contributing so richly. The ideas they love to work with the most. Find out more about the fascinating research in this episode here: @jas_x_flowers To get weekly Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes...
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009. The Essence of Design
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Karsten Binar has designed countless visual and spatial heartstoppers for high-profile clients such as European culture channel ARTE and Veejay for Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk. He joins the podcast to talk about his remarkable career and share his insights on the essence and core of compelling design communication. To get weekly Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes and exclusive content delivered directly to your inbox, sign up for my newsletter . Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast!
info_outlineTwain Liu, a heartist, scientist, and trailblazer in human+machine intelligence, joins the podcast to discuss cutting-edge research in quantum computing, Daoism, and her own experience. She reframes the conversation on data classification for natural language understanding towards developing humane, naturally coherent AI systems.
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