Looking Outwards: The Creative Practice of an Individual

Today I took a look at Lucianne Walkowicz’s talk during the 2017 Eyeo Festival. She presented her work on astrobiology at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Her work explores the ethics of Mars Exploration, magnetic activity, and how stars influence a planet’s suitability as a host for alien life, and specifically how to use advanced computing to discover unusual events in large astronomical data sets. Walkowicz does talks and blogs with large organizations on the topic of Mars colonization and the ethics surrounding the topic. She explores topics like Decolonizing Mars, how police will solve murders on Mars, and the digital dark age! Walkowicz uses methods like interactive and dynamic graphics as well as gestures to keep the audience’s retention. Her work is displayed in an easy and intuitive way to help me stay on track and anticipate what she’s going to say next.

Lucianne Walkowicz