For the the California Academy of Science’s One Truth, Many Lies program, I presented a lecture entitled Repurposed Materials on the subject of the human microbiome, endosymbiotic theory and its poetic implications for our perceptions of self. I also led a workshop where visitors assembled contraption shadow puppets inspired by microorganisms from an array of household items and random objects. Things living inside of things living inside of things. That’s the idea. Ever tried to succinctly explain what cells are and how DNA works to a group of children, adults and senior citizens all at once — not too smart and not too dumb but clear enough so you can move on to explaining how nudibranchs absorb some of the abilities of the animals they eat? At least I think they do. Anyhow. Science is super important.
2014
