"SOUND" IN OUTER SPACE | TALK BY SANTIAGO TORRES

ART|SCI welcomed Santiago Torres, a former postdoctoral scholar in UCLA's Physics and Astronomy Department and a member of the ArtSci Collective, for a great lecture on astrophysics, sound, and art on May 22, 2024 for Professor Victoria Vesna's Honors Seminar Series "Biotechnology and Art."

Santiago Torres is an astrophysicist passionate about the art of making science and the science of making art. His research delves into the dynamical interactions of celestial bodies, from stars to planets and comets, through the stellar life cycle and beyond. Parallel to his research, he explores the intersection between science, art, and society, and he is the founder of the {ScienceArt:Collective}, a space to connect scientists and artists. He is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow | IST-BRIDGE Fellow at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and an ArtSci Fellow at the ArtSci Center at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).