Rocks: the Scientific and Speculative

Wednesday, December 2, 6:30-7:30pm

University of Toronto Art Centre

FREE

Pierre-Yves F. Robin, Professor Emeritus from the University of Toronto's Department of Earth Sciences, will direct a geological tour explaining the science of "Rocks, Stones, and Dust," and artists/witches FASTWRMS will provide an introduction to Core Affect Traffic, a future system for connecting human emotions using inner Earth dynamics.

Pierre-Yves F. Robin is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a M.Sc. in Geology from the University of Toronto. His primary expertise is in structural geology and tectonics: he is concerned with where, why and how rocks deform, from earthquake mechanisms, to folding and faulting, and to Plate Tectonics.

Formed in 1979, FASTWRMS is the cultural project, trademark, and joint authorship of Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse. FASTWRMS creates multidisciplinary, multimedia artworks that integrate time based, performance, and visual art in the context of immersive installations, social exchange and event architecture principles. FASTWRMS artwork is characterized by a determined DIY sensibility, Witch positivity identity politics, and a keen allegiance towards working class, queer alliance, and artist collaborations. FASTWRMS cultural practice is predicated on the mutual exchange and circulation of aesthetic knowledge as a public and performative narrative.