Decaying into Bloom: Imagining a Post-human Nature
In this artist talk, Yuko Oda will share her multidisciplinary practice which imagines speculative ecosystems flourishing beyond the human era. With works on paper and sculptures, Oda invents moments where plants and animals mutate or hybridize to survive. A fungus might cause a beetle to sprout a peony from its horns, or grass might grow on ladybugs to migrate to better lands. Oda will discuss the inspirations, processes, and ideas that shape this work.
The Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University (MCZ)
Adventures in the Entomology Collections at the MCZ: from microscope slides to giant moths
The MCZ Entomology Collection is one of the largest and most diverse university insect collections in the country, and is rich with historically important specimens. Here, we’ll explore some of the history and current projects of the MCZ Entomology Collection, including our recent efforts to rehouse and database our microscope slide collection as part of the NSF-funded INSLIDE Project. Crystal Maier is the Curatorial Associate in the Entomology Collection at the MCZ, and along with the staff in MCZ Entomology Collection, she manages the day-to-day needs of the nearly 8 million insect specimens in the collection and the researchers that use the collection.
