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Part of the four-day La Jolla Playhouse WOW Festival, the Green Memories installation is an immersive experience that blends evocative real and algorithmically generated visuals and music, creating a sad yet hopeful meditation on the fragile relationship between humanity and nature. The piece is inspired by the poetry of Forough Farrokhzad, who has been hailed as one of the most important contemporary poets of Iran.

Please arrive on the hour or half hour to be let in or sign up for the next showing. This project includes flashing visuals and immersive sound indoors. This is a 25-minute experience for 8-10 people at a time. Recommended for 8+. No R.S.V.P. required.

Shahrokh Yadegari, associate director of the Qualcomm Institute (QI), is an Iranian-American composer, sound artist, and researcher known for his work in interactive music, live electronic performance and interdisciplinary collaborations. With a background in electrical engineering and music, he explores the intersection of technology and artistic expression. Yadegari has collaborated with artists such as Peter Sellars, Robert Woodruff, Ann Hamilton, Christine Brewer and Gabor Tompa. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Music at UC San Diego. At QI, he directs the Sonic Arts Research and Development group.

Memo Akten is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, and researcher investigating the intricacies of human-machine entanglements. His work explores perception and states of consciousness, and the tensions between ecology, technology, science and spirituality. He writes code and uses algorithmic / data-driven design and aesthetics to create moving images, sounds, large-scale responsive installations and performances. He holds a PhD from Goldsmiths University of London, specializing in artistic and creative applications of Artificial Intelligence, and he is currently Assistant Professor at UC San Diego. Akten has received numerous awards including the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica.