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MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST HAVE CREATED AN IMMERSIVE STUDY OF ONE OF KEW GARDENS’ OLDEST TREES An oak tree standing in Kew Gardens for over 250 years is the focus of a deep study by creative group Marshmallow Laser Feast in collaboration with scientists & researchers from the West London botanic gardens. Their interactive film documents in detail the entire ecosystem of the tree, above & below ground, reminding us of the vast network of nature that it supports & helping us plan for a future climate. Read & See More at: https://recessed.space/00265-Marshmallow-Laser-Feast-Kew-Gardens Link in bio ----- The first of May, and the hottest day of the year, coinciding with the short annual period bluebells erupt into a vibrant carpet, perhaps the perfect day to visit Kew Gardens in West London. Across 132 hectares, a landscape formed from the gardens of two former palaces that bookend the site, visitors can meander through nature from across the world, sit and have picnics in the company of foxes and wildlife, and experience some of the grandest botanical greenhouses and garden architecture set pieces of any public landscape. Behind that romantic pastoral scenery, Kew is also a site of scientific research and analysis, not only exploring plant and fungal history, but also making plans for a future of climate change. Last July, we visited one of Kew’s other sites, the vast landscape of Wakehurst, to explore how their scientific research and study of meadow lands was being considered in collaboration with artists for a series of site-responsive installations. Kew’s dedication to culture as a form of dissemination and investigation is also present at their main site, and a new installation by experiential artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast. ----- @Marshmallowlaserfeast @kewgardens @willjennings80

When I was recently on @Baratunde Thurston’s podcast, he read me a poem he’d written: “When the answer to every question can be generated in a flash, then it’s time for us to question just what we want to ask.” And that includes questions like “What do we really want?” and “Who are we really?” So much of the conversation around AI is about making AI more human – but we also need to focus on how AI can make humans more human. In this interview with @FastCompany, Thurston expands on this. As he says, as we think about how to ask the right questions of the machines, we can also use this moment to ask the right questions of ourselves. (Link in bio)