This Spring, the UCLA Art|Sci Center proudly presents “Sound + Science 3.0,” the third installment of its trailblazing symposium series, following editions in 2009 and 2019.

Taking place in person on May 1–2, 2025, the symposium will be hosted across three iconic UCLA locations: the Fowler Museum, the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), and the Botanical Gardens.

Held in conjunction with 20 years of the Art|Sci center and Center’s exhibition in Getty’s region-wide initiative, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Arts in Times of Climate Disruption, this year’s event brings together leading artists, scientists, and scholars to explore the dynamic intersections of sound, science, and environmental change. In parallel, on view are two works: Joel Ong’s immersive installation In Silence… at the CNSI Art|Sci Gallery, and Electronic Khipu by Patricia Cadavid at the Fowler Museum.

At the end of the symposium we will help launch Leonardo (MIT Press), Volume 58, Issue 2, spotlighting a special theme on Acoustics—a collection of critical discourse on sonic research and artistic experimentation. This will happen as a LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) and we will close with a performance by the Art Sci collective merging light, sound, and reflection—presented in collaboration with ALMS Lightfest, part of UNESCO’s global celebration of LIGHT!

DAY 1 | Fowler Museum: May 1, 2025

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Gathering
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Victoria Vesna – Welcome and Introduction
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Paul DeMarinis – From Earth to Sky (Talk / Demo)

01:00 PM – 01:30 PM Carol Parkinson – Shaping Experimental Arts With Harvestworks 1982-2025 (Talk)
01:30 PM – 02:00 PM Sergey Kasich – Knots in Computer Music and the fFlower Interface for Multi-Channel Performance (Talk / Demo)

02:15 PM – 02:30 PM Anuradha Vikram – Introduction
02:30 PM – 03:00 PM David Rothenberg & Sholeh Asgary – Susurrus / Zemzemeh (Performance)

03:15 PM – 03:30 PM David Familian – Introduction
03:30 PM – 04:15 PM ICIT Collective – Several Improvisations (Performance)

04:30 PM – 05:00 PM Roxanne Harris – Tending Gardens (Performance)
05:00 PM – 06:00 PM Patricia Cadavid – Spiral (Performance/Tour)

DAY 2 | CNSI + Botanical Garden: May 2, 2025

09:00 AM – 10:00 AM Gathering
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Victoria Vesna – Welcome and Introduction
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Adam Stieg – Imagining the Impossible: Nano, Art|Sci, and the Future of Synthetic Intelligence (Talk)
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM Andrew Pelling – Echoes of a Living Cell: Reflections on Sound, Science, and Unexpected Journeys (Talk)

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM JoAnn Kuchera-Morin – Probably/Possibly? (Talk/Performance)
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Rachel Mayeri – Orfeo Nel Canale Alimentare (Screening)

02:00 PM – 02:15 PM Ivana Dama – Introduction
02:15 PM – 02:45 PM Seth Cluett – co-presence of a multiplicity of trajectories (after Doreen Massey) (Performance)

03:00 PM – 03:30 PM Patrick Shiroishi – A walk with sound (Sound Walk)
03:30 PM – 04:00 PM Jazzy Romero – Spring Etudes (Performance)

04:30 PM – 05:00 PM Diana Ayton-Shenker – LASER Showcasing of Leonardo's Special Section on Acoustics (Event Launch)
05:00 PM – 07:30 PM Reflection Reception – Art Sci Collective x ALMS Lightfest, part of UNESCO's International Day of Light & Joel Ong's "In Silence..." (Closing Event)