TALKS

RESUME TALKS PUBLICATIONS TEACHING RESEARCH BOOK

Making of We the Light - immersive art installations and generative light art sculptures
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Richmond, VA, USA, February 2024

Expanding the Human Experience Through Art and Technology
Pratt Fine Arts Center, New York, NY, USA, November 2023

Expanding the Human Experience Through Art and Technology
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Richmond, VA, USA, December 2022

Art on a Quest to Enlighten the Human Experience in the Age of Technology
"Transcendence" the art of mystical experiences
Art in Flux and The National Gallery, London, UK, September 2021

Netting Zero - Maja Petric on Art and Nature
The New York Times, New York, NY, USA, April 2021

Expanding the Human Experience Through Art and Technology
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Richmond, VA, USA, February 2021

Expanding the Human Experience Through Art and Technology
Graduate Programs in Art + Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, April 2020

Lost Skies, Using AI to Express the Essence of our Collective Gaze at Nature
NeurIPS, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2019

Artists on Artificial Intelligence
IBM and Lumen Art Projects, IBM Southbank, London, UK, October 2019

Light, Art and Technology: AI-driven Light in Art
Keynote at Expo Lighting America, Mexico City, Mexico, March 2019

Her Stories in the Age of AI
Group Presentation+Workshop with Eunsu Kang, Haru Ji, Ha Na Lee, and Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo at Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Technology Conference, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, February 2019

Skies: Human Experience of Nature Evoked in New Media Art
School of Architecture and Design, Beirut, Lebanon, November 2018

Human Experience of Nature Evoked in Light-Driven Art
IALD Enlighten Americas Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, October 2018

LIGHT, ART AND BIOPHILIA
Philips, Eindhoven, Netherlands, February 2017

Both light and art are potent tools to affect peoples’ psychosomatic states. We can manipulate light to evoke sensations that engage the body, mind, imagination, and emotion. This power is enormously transformative, touching on essential strands of the human experience; feelings, perceptions, moods, and thoughts. If used properly, we can use light, art, and biophilia to heal and restore, a theory backed by scientific research.

Attend this webinar to learn about the use of light as a creative tool, and its potential to evoke profound responses in combination with art and biophilia (nature-inspired design). You will discover innovative methodologies in modulating lighting based on personal needs, and the application of these methodologies to enhance individuals’ wellbeing.

THE MEETING POINT OF LIGHT, TECHNOLOGY, AND ART
Keynote Lecture at IEDLuce, Madrid, Spain, March 2015

"I use various technologies to create immersive art spaces. During my practice, I discovered that light is the most potent tool to do that. Light is everywhere. Light affects every experience. All living beings have an innate response to light. By its very nature, light is an immensely potent tool to shape spaces and arouse visceral responses. 

I focused my studies on learning about light as an artistic tool. Since there was no recorded body of knowledge on the topic, I started researching scientific, technical, and historical aspects of light independently. I used my findings to write a book on the history of light in art and to design the first-ever master degree program on light art, offered by the European Institute of Design."

TRANSFORMING THE POETIC EXPERIENCE OF SPACE THROUGH LIGHT
Keynote Lecture at Microsoft Research Headquarters, Redmond, WA, USA, January 2014

The lecture investigates theoretical and practical artistic methods of manipulating senses through which space is experienced cognitively and emotionally. The focus is on the innovative use of experimental lighting that engages perception, emotion, memory, and imagination.

Theoretical research focuses on historical and contemporary references that demonstrate the transformation of spatial experience using manipulating light. Practice-based research investigates both traditional and progressive principles of spatial design, fabrication, lighting design, audiovisual systems, and algorithmic composition. The interest is in exploiting technological advancements in lighting that can fuse the perception of senses and add to the phenomenological experience of the artistic intentions.

Portfolio of Light, Art, and Biophilia
Zuli Lighting, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA, November 2017

Portfolio of Light, Art, and Biophilia
Closing Keynote, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America’s Annual Conference, Portland, OR, USA, August 2017

Light, Art, and Biophilia
Acuity R&D Headquarters, Denver, CO, USA, July 2017

Light, Art, and Biophilia
DLR Group, Seattle, WA, USA, July 2017

Light, Art, and Biophilia
Portland Lights Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 2017

Light, Art, and Biophilia
Illuminating Engineering Society of Mexico Annual Conference, Mexico DF, Mexico, April 2017

Light, Art, and Biophilia
Phillips Lighting University, Eindhoven, Netherlands, March 2017

Light, Art, and Biophilia
Opening Keynote, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Detroit, Detroit, MI, USA, February 2017

Complimentary Benefits of Light, Art, and Biophilia
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, October 2016

Light As A Creative Tool
MásterDia, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, June 2016

Light As A Creative Tool
Illuminating Society of North America - Canada Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2015

Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Emerging Technologies
Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, November 2015

Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light
MásterDia, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, April 2015

The Meeting Point of Light, Technology and Art
European Institute of Design Master Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain, March 2015

Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light
Complutense University of Madrid, Faculty of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain, November 2014
 
Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light
Medialab Prado, Madrid, Spain, July 2014
 
Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Technology
Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA, January 2014
 
Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Video as Light
Reel Grrls, Seattle, WA, USA, December 2013

Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA, November 2012  

Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Seattle, WA, USA, February 2012  
 
Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light
Darkbot, Seattle, WA, USA, February 2012

Pursuing the Unknowable Through Transformative Spaces
International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Istanbul, Turkey, September 2011

Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 2011

Pursuing the Unknowable Through Transformative Spaces
Text, Action and Space (TAS), Paris, France, October 2010

Pursuing the Unknowable Through Transformative Spaces
Upgrade! Zagreb, Gallery Nano, Zagreb, Croatia, December 2009