Flying People, Fukushima, Future Urban Ecosystems, & Jazzology

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Natalie Jeremijenko: is an artist and engineer whose background includes studies in biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering. Her work has been exhibited by several museums and galleries, including the MASS MoCA,^[1] the Whitney Museum,^[2] and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. A 1999 Rockefeller Fellow, she was recently named one of the 40 most influential designers by I.D. Magazine and one of the inaugural Top 100 Young Innovators by the MIT Technology Review. Her work is described as experimental design, as it explores opportunities presented by new technologies for non-violent social change. Jeremijenko is also a visiting professor at Royal College of Art, in London and an artist not-in-residence at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto. Previously, Jeremijenko was a member of the faculty in the Visual Arts at UCSD and in Engineering at Yale.


Kyoko Hamada: is a acclaimed international photographer with a vast list of accomplishments and clients. She was born and raised in Chiba, Japan until she and her family moved to West Virginia when she was 15 years old.  She is currently working with various magazines including The London Telegraph, Bon Appetiet, and The Wall Street Journal. She has exhibited her work in the National Portrait Gallery (uk), Randall Scott Gallery, Civilian Art Projects, and Michael Hoppen Gallery (uk), among others. Kyoko’s photographs have been featured in PDN Photo Annual, PDN Under 30, American Photography Annuals, and the NY Photo Festival Award.  She was recently commissioned by the New Yorker to photograph the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Kyoko Hamada lives and works in Brooklyn with her 8 year old fish named Quasimodo.

James Percelay: is one half of the enigmatic duo behind Thinkmodo, Inc. one of the most creative branding and viral marketing companies around. They are the masterminds behind such notable stunts as the "Shaving Helmet", "Hacking Time Square", and the worlds' s #1 most tweeted, and #1 YouTube most "favorited" Science & Tech viral video for Relativity Media / Virgin's "Limitless" feature film via Thinkmodo. Thinkmodo mashes-up viral fun with marketing function to create effective viral video campaigns for brands. The company's unique strategy generates tremendous online engagement and valuable earned media coverage worldwide.Thinkmodo, Inc. is based in New York City, and was founded in 2011 by writer-filmmakers / digital geeks, James Percelay and Michael Krivicka.  Their latest viral YouTube hit (7 million views in one week) is "People Flying in New York City" for 20th Century Fox's "Chronicle."

Jonathan Batiste is an iconic artist, unique in this generation. With his voice on piano and dapper sense of style, he has ignited the NYC music scene. He is from a celebrated lineage of musicians. He has performed in over 40 countries, has appeared in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Concertgebouw, has released several CD’s, among them “Times In New Orleans”, “Live In New York: At The Rubin Museum Of Art”, and “MY N.Y.”, and EP’s “The Amazing Jon Batiste EP” and “In The Night EP”. On T.V. he has been featured in the NBA All-Star Game Half-Time Show 2008, the HBO series “Treme”, and BET. He has collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Prince, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Connick Jr, Roy Hargrove, Cassandra Wilson, The Gilt Groupe fashion line, and filmmaker Spike Lee among others. He is a “Movado Future Legend” award recipient and a “Steinway Performing Artist”.

 Jonathan Batiste is the founder and leader of The Stay Human Band, a modern jazz ensemble noted for their world-class music, high energy and uplifting spirit.