SFMOMA Project Space: The Brains in Her Arms
The Brain in Her Arms: Octopus in Space
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2010
The Brain in Her Arms: Octopus in Space
Footage: Dr. Chrissy Huffard, research video, Indonesia
Artist Jessica Tully hosts: With Richard Ross, biologist for the Steinhart Aquarium
at the California Academy of Sciences, and author, ecologist Adam Werbach.
Join us as we activate the path of a giant octopus in the Koret Visitor Education Center.
The Brain in Her Arms: 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. There is a 3 channel video that accompanies the work.