BIG BIGGER BIGGEST? NOVEMBER 18 &.19 2015 / BARCELONA.WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN SPARK AND IGNITION? HOW DO YOU DESIGN TO HELP 1 BILLION PEOPLE WITH 1 IDEA? UTILIZING CURRENT HACKER/MAKERVIST MODELS OF IDEA TRANSLATION AND THE NEW PRACTICE OF ART IN ALL FIELDS. WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE STREETS OF BARCELONA, EX- PLORE CONVERGENCE. DISCUSS THE CURRENT TRENDS OF RAD- ICAL ARCHITECTURE. THE STATE OF CONTEMPORARY ART. AND SERVICE LEARNING - AND THEN, THROUGH A HANDS-ON PLANAR CONSTRUCTION PUBLIC ART-MAKING EXPERIMENT IN THE STYLE OF HACKATHONS. EDUCATOR ALEXANDRA METRAL WILL GUIDE US AND SHARE METHODS OF IDEA TRANSLATION. ALEXANORASMETRAL HAS WORKED IN THE FIELD OF CONVERGENCE THROUGH HER WORK IN THE ART ANO SCIENCES. MOST RECENTLY. CO-ORGANIZING A NEW LEAGUE AND HAGKATHON (MAKE TNE BREASTPUMP NOT SUCK). HOSTED BY MIT’S MEDIA LAG. WHICH HAS YIELDED OVER ECES OF HATIONAL AND INTERNA- TIONAL PRESS. A NEW GLOBAL-NETWORK TWNOVATIONS IN POST-PARTUM HEALTH. AND AN ACADEMIC PAPER (UN)HACKING THE HACKATHON. STARTED AS AN ART PROJECT. ALEXANDRA. 18 NOW WORKING ON THIS MOVEMENT THROUGH THE MIT MEDIA LABS AS A RESEARCH AFFILIATE: FLUIO INTERFACES. AS A TEACH- THGNFELLOW AT HARVARD UNIVERSTTY IN GOTH THE FINE ART AND SCIENCE DE- ABLE TO MENTOR STUDENTS AND GIVE TALKS ABOUT AY INSTALLATION ARTIST. SHE 18 CURRENTLY FUR- TRANSLATION BY WORKING WITH LE LABORATOIRE W INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM FOR CONVERGENCE. EX- INVITED TO ASPEN IDEAS FESTIVAL (714). LEY. ALEXANDRA ALSO HELPS STANFORD'S CANTOR Y START A UNIQUE FAMILYSARTS “€OUCATION: ED VOTING OFFICIAL. ALEXANDRA ALSO HAS AN. ING POLITICS. -ALEXANORA “METRAL AND HEI nus REN RESIDE IN BOTH BOSTON. MA.USA AN’ él ESENTS : 2 DAY ANNUAL ECIS CONFERENCE SY BIG BIGGER BIGGES SITE-SPECIFIC PLANAR CONSTRUCTION IN BARCELONA FACILITATED BY ALEXANDRA METRAL NOVEMBER 18 & 19 2015 / BARCELONA