00:00Hi, I'm Amanda Pink with Ibakia. I am a multidisciplinary artist, and today we're
00:05going to talk about how science and art should work together.
00:15Back in history, science and art were thought of as partners. Leonardo da Vinci, he would
00:23simultaneously sketch and also create massive flying inventions that required physics and
00:31engineering. But unfortunately today, design and art is very siloed, even within the field
00:38and sciences as well. I think it really does us a disservice. Innovation can really come
00:43about when you're looking at things from different perspectives, working with people who can really
00:47challenge how you see the world. When you bring design, art, and science together, you can
00:54really solve some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
00:57So my journey to design was definitely a circuitous one. I've always been a creative and artistic
01:03person. I was a professional ballerina and was always really skilled in the STEM fields.
01:11At a certain point, I tore everything out of my knee skiing, and that ended my dance career,
01:17and I started looking at science. But then I realized that I was better equipped and wanted
01:24more to make impact by helping other people experience this wonder of science that I'd seen
01:31my entire life. Not many people know this, but when I was transitioning from neuroscience to design,
01:37I was told by multiple design programs that their program was for serious designers, meaning that I,
01:44for some reason, was not a serious designer. I've always thought that you should be a T-shaped
01:52individual, meaning you have a very deep expertise, but also you know a little bit about a lot of things.
02:00You're a little bit of a generalist. I think that helps you connect the dots really well and understand
02:07that when you're presented with a challenge of some sort, there's something you may have seen or heard
02:12or experienced somewhere along the way that helps you really figure out the best solution for this problem.
02:29What I really wanted to communicate with this installation is that science is something that
02:35builds on the work of those who have come before and the display represents the might of these incredible
02:42female scientists and engineers and researchers that have really played a pivotal role in shaping our
02:50understanding of universe. Sometimes I receive emails from young women who tell me that my work has inspired
02:58them to not choose between career paths and instead combine them. Embrace your hobbies. They can be assets.
03:06You just may not have found how they're assets quite yet.
