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SUMMARY:Bridge Artist Residency KUAI SHEN Lecture, Department of Art, Art History, and Design
DESCRIPTION:
 "Myrmecophilia: ant mimicry as a post-biological 
 model for resilient technology"\n
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 In 
 association with MSU Professor F. William 
 Ravlin, Department of Entomology. Introduction 
 by Adam Brown, MSU Associate Professor, 
 Electronic Art and Intermedia.\n
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 For almost 
 a decade, Kuai Shen's art practice explores the 
 relationship between human technology and 
 the sociality of ants. His audiovisual installations 
 reflect on the remediation between ants 
 and humans as a metaphor for a non-human ecology 
 whose future lies in the mutualism between 
 artefacts and organisms.\n
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 In this talk 
 Kuai Shen will discuss how certain species of 
 insects mimic the appearance, behavior and 
 chemical communication of ants and how these 
 behaviors provide insight into the human techno/social 
 condition.\n
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 "By studying ants' 
 behavior, a common ground for interspecies-communication 
 may be established, which could 
 help us understand emergent phenomena in nature 
 and the biological relevance of social networking."\n
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 For 
 more information about 
 the Bridge Artist Residency please visit:\n
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 http://bridge.art.msu.edu/\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Adam Brown\n
 Contact email: brown293@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://bridge.art.msu.edu/residents/\n
LOCATION:Abrams Planetarium
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