Scientifically Speaking with Irene Moon performing in Los Angeles for Touch 40

Scientifically Speaking with Irene Moon will perform Lovely Moth as part of the Touch 40 (https://touch40.net) festival. Touch, the UK-based imprint and publisher, will celebrate forty years of activity (1982-2022). Touch has grown organically and independently and continues to make ideas-based decisions in a world of changing technology, tastes, and digital freedoms. Irene has appeared on Touch Radio performing "My Queen and I," a recorded lecture about bees. She also performed in a fantastic Touch event at Rymar Auditorium that included the Bee Symphony where humans sang with bees. The Bee Symphony, consisting of recordings of bees by Mike Harding (Touch) and Chris Watson (‘The Life of Birds’, ‘The Life of Mammals’, ‘Life in the Undergrowth’ and ‘Life in Cold Blood’) and a vocal score by Marcus Davidson (Spire) will be performed live by Chris Watson and five singers from the University of York, conducted by Marcus Davidson. The Symphony was originally commissioned as part of the Festival and performed in Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

 

Irene Moon performs at The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara July 23, 2021

Irene Moon is performing during the closing reception for an exhibition by Shana Moulton at The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara. Shana Moulton will be performing The Invisible Seventh is the Mystic Column and Irene will present Lovely Moth, a new lecture about moths and your best behavior.

Both performances will also be broadcast via INSTAGRAM LIVE @mcasantabarbara starting at 5:15 pm. Starting at 6:00 will be a public closing reception. Please come join us at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara patio.

People Like Us, Irene Moon, Porest, Ergo Phizmiz & Gustav Thomas at Cafe OTO

Join us for a London party! In celebration of 30 years of People Like Us. Tickets on sale now for this as of now:

https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/30-years-of-people-like-us/

30 YEARS OF PEOPLE LIKE US – People Like Us + Porest Mark Porest + GWILLY EDMONDEZ Gustav Thomas + Irene Moon + ERGO PHIZMIZ at Café OTO

beepr

A new performance by Irene Moon uses R software programming language to make music.  As quoted from the beepr documentation: "beepr is an R package that contains one function, beep(), with one purpose: To make it easy to play notification sounds on whatever platform you are on. It is intended to be useful, for example, if you are running a long analysis in the background and want to know when it is ready."

It is ready!

zoom_zzee2 Microtheater video collaboration with Lovid

zoom_zzee2 Microtheater

 

zoom_zee2 is a video collaboration performed over Instagram with the analog video magicians Lovid. The performance includes a live micro theater (microtheater) of native bees of California and some discussion about the bee's anatomy and distributions. This microtheater also includes a little music to go along with the show and is part of the Begonia Society exploration in tracking species during climate change. If we know what species are around us perhaps we will know when they are missing?

Irene Moon performed live for the 4th Annual Digital Data Conference June 1-3, 2020

Irene Moon performed live for the 4th Annual Digital Data Conference June 1-3, 2020. The conference was sponsored by Indiana University and Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio). Since the entire conference was held online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Irene Moon performed virtually using twitch and Zoom. You can see a copy of the performance, You the Charmer, at https://ucsb.box.com/s/txbd5b0ies6gzgeloki48nou26ia8nlx

Scientifically Speaking with Irene Moon

San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, 2016

Irene Moon is performing at this years San Francisco Electronic Music Festival September 8-11, 2016. Other artists include: Arcane Device, Alessandro Bosetti, clipping.,Thea Farhadian, IMA, Madalyn Merkey, Gen Ken Montgomery, Irene Moon, Moor Mother, Maja S. K. Ratkje, Tujurikkuja.

Come one, come all. Gen Ken might laminate something, I will perform insect noise, and keep an eye out for other dates in northern California before or after the event.

ICK! CREATURES THAT MAKE YOUR SKIN CRAWL AND THE LOVELY REASONS WHY

ICK!
Frankford Hall * 1210 Frankford Ave * Philadelphia, PA 19125
Monday, April 28 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Description:
A showy reintroduction to some of the natural world’s icky organisms, by the researchers who cherish them. Discover how the human response to be repulsed is all quite explainable.



Itchy Itchy Scratch: Insects That Make Your Skin Crawl and the Lovely Reasons Why (Irene Moon & Yon Visell)
Does the sound of bees buzzing make your skin crawl? Why does the site of a cockroach give us the creepy-crawlies? Sing and dance your way through this surrealist entomological performance and discover how the sensation of touch affects human perception.

Pond Scum and You (Richard McCourt)
What is that slimy green stuff on the wall of your house?  What's in that green goo in your swimming pool?  They are algae, or a some would call them, pond scum, and this multimedia presentation will highlight the world of these strange tiny plants, which despite their not so nice reputation turn out to be the most important plants on earth.

Partners: Frankford Hall, Drexel University, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, American Museum of Natural History


Your hosts:

Katja Seltmann (American Museum of Natural History)
Yon Visell (Drexel University)
Richard McCourt (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia)

Irene Moon and Blevin Blechdom at Silent Barn, January 18

Performing Saturday January 18 at Silent Barn.
603 Bushwick Ave. Brooklyn.
Show times: 800p.m. - midnight.

I will be performing with Yon Visell that evening.

Other acts that evening not to miss:
....Blevin Blectum....
... Tom Swirly: .......  .
....Sylvia Sexton ......
video for Ms. Sexton's set provided by ...... Naval Cassidy .........

Irene Moon at Nerd Nite Global Fest

Nerd Nite Global Fest

Imagine the editor-in-chief of Popular Science chugging beers on stage with the producers of Radiolab while answering your questions about the universe.  Imagine all the greatest Nerd Nite presenters from across the globe all in one location.  Imagine meeting fellow curious folk like yourself while drinking FREE BEER FOR 3 DAYS.  Imagine no more!

Since we here at Nerd Nite have done such an extraordinarily poor job of sharing content across our 50+ cities worldwide, we’re finally doing something about it.  Yes, we proudly bring you our first annual Nerd Nite Global Festival 2013!  Buy tickets now!

Join us August 16-18, 2013 at the Brooklyn Lyceum (Brooklyn, NY, USA) for our first annual fest featuring 25 of our greatest hits presentations from across the globe, games, trivia, mingling with fellow nerds, lots of free beer and cheap wine (you must be 21+, no exceptions).  Seriously, yes, that is a LOT of content and fun – oh, and all of this amazingness is a mere $100 (day-passes are available too). So be prepared to be dazzled, tantalized, and exhilarated upon hearing from the best presentations ever from the last few years.

Nerd Nite Global Festival 2013

Brooklyn Lyceum
227 Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, USA
August 16-18, 2013
Subway: R train to Union Street
$100 (there’s a $8.9o service fee) for the full fest
Day Passes: $40 Friday-only, $65 Saturday-only, $50 Sunday-only

Agenda
Friday August 16, 2013  
8-10pm Opening Reception with music by the Main Squeeze Orchestra

Saturday August 17, 2013  
10am-11:30am: Walking tours led by Levy’s Unique NY
12pm: The Godfather of Nerd Nite, Dr. Chris Balakrishnan’s opening presentation (Greenville, NC)
12:45pm: Sexy Serpent Smells: A Sense of Snake Scents by Rocky Parker (Philadelphia)
1:30pm: Violinist’s Thumb by Sam Kean (Washington DC)
2:15pm: The Scholarly Gym Rat by Lianne McTavish (Edmonton)
3pm: Welcome to the Nanoworld! by Dr. Kristin Cederquist (Ann Arbor)
3:45pm: Sex and the Sick Bee by Ben Taylor (Madison, WI)
4:30pm: The Limits of the Human Body by Jake Ward (San Francisco)
5-7:30pm: Break (go eat dinner somewhere in the neighborhood)
7:30-10pm Drunk Science featuring the producers of Radiolab and Jake Ward, editor-in-chief ofPopular Science and judging of the Dry T-Shirt contest
A games room will run concurrently to the presentations all day

Sunday August 18, 2013 
10am: Final Sunday opening comments
10:15am: Itchy Itchy Scratch: Insects That Make your Skin Crawl and all the Lovely Reasons Why by Irene Moon and Yon Visell (Gainesville) <- notice..10:15 AM SHOW
11am: “…still little distance small!“ – Our Journey in Search of the Liberian Chimpanzee by Jessi Junker (Liberia)
11:45am: The Art of the Star Wars Retcon by Dustin Diehl (Phoenix)
12:30pm: Triple E: The Story of a Highly Pathogenic, Often Fatal, Mosquito-Borne Virus in the United States by Asim Ahmed (Boston)
1:15pm: Alien Minds by Lauren Shorser (Toronto)
2pm: Leaving Earth by Dr. Andrew Rader (Kitchener, ON)
2:45pm: Planet Construction, Caught in the Act by Dr. Joel Green (Austin)
3:30pm: Godzilla: History, Biology and Behavior of Hyper-Evolved Theropod Kaiju by Shyaporn  Theerakulstit (NYC)
4pm: Closing remarks
A games room will run concurrently to the presentations all day

For more information on Hotel/Lodging, Presentation Descriptions & Presenter Bios please visit Nerd Nite Fest official Webpage.

Irene Moon, Zaimph, Bod Blotz & Uumans. Public Assembly, May 27, 2013

PRACTICE!
presented by Diamond Terrifier, MV Carbon, Uumans, and Public Assembly

Monday May 27, 2013
FREE! | Doors 8pm | Show 8:30pm

RECORD RELEASE SHOW for POD BLOTZ and IRENE MOON's Split LP on Nihilist Records! http://nihilistrecords.net/records.php?id=nihil79
Also TAPE RELEASE SHOW for ZAIMPH and POD BLOTZ on NY/New Zealand Label Dungeon Taxis! http://dungeontaxis.blogspot.com/
_/|\_/|\_/|\_/|\_/|\___ Zaimph
_/|\_/|\_/|\_/|\___ Pod Blotz
_/|\_/|\_/|\___ Irene Moon
_/|\_/|\___ Uumans
_/|\___ Coitus Mayfield (DJ)

Zaïmph is the solo project of ambient noise artist Marcia Bassett. Although legendary for white-hot guitar and vocal brutality, Zaimph's recent recordings and performances infuse cracked-raga song structures with dense electronic and synthesizer drones to create soundscapes where a lurking apocalypse is eclipsed by shimmering, meditative beauty. Zaïmph CDs, LPs and tapes have appeared on independent labels such as Gift Tapes, Hospital Productions, W.M.O.r, Utech Records, Gypsy Sphinx, Volcanic Tongue and No Fun records. Bassett has released numerous Zaïmph recordings on her own Heavy Blossom imprint. In 2012, Bassett retired Heavy Blossom and started Yew, a label showcasing Zaïmph and other aesthetically allied projects. Pod Blotz has presented specific multi-dimensional performances with sound and video that address hypnosis, geometry, natural phenomenon and psychic transportations. Her music is often accompanied by film, video, shattered mirrors and light art in experiential environments. Her work has been shown at the Berkeley Art Museum, Machine Projects, Cal Poly University, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, 23five Incorporated, The Lab, Queen's Nails Projects, Southern Exposure, San Jose Museum of Art, Transmodern Festival and Portland Institute of Art. She has performed throughout the US and in Europe, and has played many festivals such as No Fun, Colour Out of Space, INC, and Neon Marshmellow Fest. http://suzypoling.com/ Scientifically Speaking with Irene Moon developed around 1997 to elevate entomology as a rock genre. Under the name we have proceeded in creating multimedia environments, organizations, happenings, and music about or inspired by insects. The natural sciences are a perfect art; idealized and often misinterpreted by the public. The Begonia Society installations, presentations, and films introduces factual topics with the creative fascination and detail that could only come out of the intimate relationship a scientist has with his or her subject. Moon herself is a working entomologist presently employed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. She has the duel focus to advance appreciation of art in the halls of science; as a means of connecting the public to entomology and increasing awareness of the art and creativity intrinsic to the scientific process. "Uumans is the new project from Matt Mehlan of Skeleton$ & Congotronics Vs Rockers."http://shinkoyo.com/ http://www.zaimph.org/ http://www.sfemf.org/pod-blotz/ http://irenemoon.blogspot.com/ http://uumans.com/ http://soundcloud.com/coitusmayfield -- http://www.diamondterrifier.com/ http://mvcarbon.com/ http://www.publicassemblynyc.com/

Ontology Matters

Ontology Does Matter for Biology

Ontology Matters is the first of a series of lectures by Irene Moon introducing you to the world of modern entomological research. This piece relates recent work with an ontology (Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology) which describes and illustrates the vast terminology we use to describe bees, wasps, and ants. Additionally, Irene explains superficially how we perform research on model organisms and describe new species in publications.

The assumption in the 'Matters' series is that people would be interested in all the gritty details of the science of Entomology; not only a superficial impression. It is not important to understand all of the complexity of a 'Matters' lecture. It is more important to begin a dialog of intrigue and mystery into the world of modern science of insects.

MEET ME AT THE NEXT DORKBOT NYC

MEET ME AT THE NEXT DORKBOT NYC (this is a reposting of the Dorkbot website) +++++++
where: Location One (Greene between Canal & Grand)
when: Wednesday, 03 Oct 2012, 7-9pm
$$$: $$$FREE$$$ (donations to Location One appreciated!)
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The next dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 at Location One in SoHo.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
PLEASE BRING SNACKS AND DRINKS TO SHARE!!! WE ARE HUNGRY!!!
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Featuring the phase space trajectories of:

	Nate Hill: ArtFagCity.Me From 2007-present, I have been doing art (performance and web) in New York City -- described as confrontational, funny, antagonistic, silly, helpful, or just plain disgusting. It's important to note that most people experienced the performances through perception forming articles by bloggers, since the street performances were often unannounced or spectacles that were not well attended by people meaning to be there. Over the last five years, I've received much fair-minded online coverage and feedback and am fortunate. However, it's the occasional discounting blogger's tone, or the harsh commenter accusations that I have chosen to respond to in this pissy, nerdy, controlling, and obsessive project that is ArtFagCity.Me. In this talk, I will discuss how this art blog "hack" was created, its motivations, and the creative/technical steps and discoveries made along the way. http://artfagcity.me
	Phosphene Variations: Jason Akira Somma Somma's work is a new revelation in the long symbiotic dynamic between art and technology. His analog video feedback manipulations explore a radical new conception of the relationship between performance and visual art. The fractalized, psychedelic imagery of Somma's videos are recorded live and in real time. In other words, Somma's work explores a new field of Generative Art, where the qualities of form, style, and aesthetic of a live event directly influence, the form, style, and aesthetic of an independent piece of visual content: a video recording. Though performance, and dance has often been the inspiration, or subject of works of visual art, Somma's new techniques synthesize an exciting new form of artistic expression that transcends and antiquates traditional understandings of performance and visual art. Somma's most recent work probes the relationship of art and audience. Somma's interactive holograms, integrating projections of dancers and performance artists on water vapor with three dimensional body mapping software, creates a new kinesthetic dialogue between audience and art work, encouraging the viewer to explore their own movement's effect on a visual experience focused on the unique body language lexicon of some of the world's foremost performers, dancers, and directors. https://vimeo.com/30933352 https://vimeo.com/jasonsomma
	Irene Moon: Scientifically Speaking Scientifically Speaking with Irene Moon was developed around 1997 to elevate entomology as a rock genre. Under the name I have proceeded in creating multimedia environments, organizations, happenings, and music about or inspired by insects. Scientifically Speaking has the dual focus to advance appreciation of art in the halls of science; as a means of connecting the public to entomology and increasing awareness of the art and creativity intrinsic to the scientific process. My work to introduce factual topics comes with the creative fascination and detail that could only come out of the intimate relationship a scientist has with his or her subject as I am simultaneously a working entomologist presently employed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York (as Katja Seltmann) in the field of biodiversity informatics. http://www.begoniasociety.org http://tcn.amnh.org

Death By Audio

Thanks to the person who recorded and posted this show on April 4, 2012.
Performing a few hits with less slides and more effects including:
Positively Pleasant Planarian, Sneaky Little Sneak and Fly Me to the Blossom.

Entertaining Science at the Cornelia Street Cafe

Sunday, Mar 11 - 6:00PM at the Cornelia Street Cafe
ENTERTAINING SCIENCE: BEAUTY AND THE BEASTIES


Irene Moon and David Rothenberg sing about EO Wilson from Irene Moon on Vimeo.



Irene Moon performs My Queen and I from Irene Moon on Vimeo.


Roald Hoffmann, Dave Soldier, hosts
David Rothenberg, ; Irene Moon,

David Rothenberg, author of WHY BIRDS SING and SURVIVAL OF THE BEAUTIFUL (“ecstatic” says the Wall St Journal, “triumphant” says the Guardian) will tell us why evolution is as much about survival of the beautiful as it is of the fittest; why Charles Darwin said the peacock’s tail made him sick. Showing us bowerbird sculptures and playing animal sounds from whales to cicadas, he explains why beauty is a necessary part of nature.

Which leads most naturally to a surreal performance by Irene Moon, of the Museum of Natural History and the Begonia Society, “What is Beautiful?”. In vignettes, biological organisms act out short PowerPoint plays emerging out of the creative fascination with detail that could only come out of the intimate relationship a scientist has with his or her subject. Song and imagery will make the disgusting beautiful – believe us. Moon’s actors include internal parasites -- tapeworms, hookworms – and blood-sucking insects and their mouths -- mosquitos, fleas, and, since this is New York City, bedbugs.

$10 cover http://www.davidrothenberg.net , http://www.begoniasociety.org

Irene Moon and the Begonia Society at the ICA

A book documenting (you can flip through the pages here) Moon's residency at the Institute of Electronic Arts in Alfred New York. The book, first published in 2009, includes an 2007 interview with Irene by Kathryn Drury and performance documentation by Peer Bode, Devin Henry and Nick Garafoli. The performance piece entitled Aster Tide Auk was performed with Jay Blandford, Kathryn Drury, Rebecca Frasier, Nick Garofoli, Elena Grajek, Dionne Lee, Meg McLaughlin, Samantha Pribish, and Justin Windman.

Evoluion Meeting Video Contest

As part of the first ever Evolution Meeting Video Contest (organized by NESCent) Meditation on Odonata was submitted.


Meditation on Odonata from Irene Moon on Vimeo.



Created with help (and specimens) from the North Carolina State Insect Museum (insectmuseum.org). An informative but strange introduction to the order Odonata. Video created using AfterEffects software, NCSU Insect Museum specimens, and footage from the Sandin Image Processor located at Alfred University. Meditation on Odonata is important for a few reasons personally as we work on digitizing our Odonate collection…discovering all kinds of cool dragonflies that are found in North Carolina as well as georeferencing these specimens. Could this be one way to discover how the landscape has changed from urbanization since dragonflies are typically found and collected around water?

Salamander Auk

Live version of Salamander Auk from the Auk Theater. Matthew Minter and Irene Moon are the Auks. Matt created the masks and the artwork for the overhead projector. Irene did the music. The plot was created by all the auks. Recorded during the 2005 tour with Mudboy and Wizzards.


Salamander Auk from Irene Moon on Vimeo.


For more Auk Theater information and videos.

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