Jessica Tully Hosts The Brain in Her Arms: Octopus in Space

This Thursday Jessica Tully asks us to consider the possible civic implications of the myths and metaphors surrounding the other-worldly octopus. The Brain in Her Ams: Octopus in Space is a discursive, participatory salon game that unpacks possible practical applications of jet propulsion, hyper-flexibility, and clairvoyance in the human realm. With cephalopod expert Richard Ross, and environmental activist Adam Werbach.

Join us as we activate the path of a giant octopus in the Koret Visitor Education Center.

Conversational points of departure:

• What are the civic implications of shape-shifting?
• What is the connection between fluidity and flexibility when confronted by conflict?
• If human arms were able to simultaneously smell, touch and taste how would that change personal relationships? How would that change community organizing?
• Is decentralized leadership necessarily progressive?