Stephen has worked as a color theorist, light artist, and painter for over four decades. His current projects involve immersive visceral and kinesthetic experiences of rhythmic light and sound that engage participants in the most astonishing and timeless states of the human sensory experience. This work draws upon the disciplines of chronobiology, cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology, and technology. Trained at the Center of Advanced Visual Studies at MIT, Stephen’s pieces can be seen in private, corporate and museum collections around the world, including those of Yale University, Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Santa Fe Institute, and the Carnegie Institute.

Dr. Smarr studies the temporal structures that biological systems make as they move through time. Currently an NIH research fellow at UC Berkeley, his work focuses on understanding how physiological dynamics like sleep, circadian rhythms and behavior are shaped by the brain, and how disturbances to those cycles caused by contemporary society can give rise to disease. His work explores developing personalized and predictive tools for future medicine and future education, though his skills extend to the fields of Life Sciences, Microscopy, Neuroscience, Sleep Science, and Computational Analysis. He holds a Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior from the University of Washington.

Mikey has worked with hardware of all sizes and functionalities for the last 25 years, and found his focus in biohacking, circuit board design, CNC machining, and 3D printing. While on Wall Street he was responsible for three of the world’s top one hundred computers, and has contributed to hundreds of open source hardware projects. He began attending Burning Man in 2001 and got into wearable electronics in order to avoid being hit by hippies on bikes. Since 2006 he has also consulted for Popular Science, Make Magazine, and Adafruit Industries.

A Grammy Award-winning producer, Jeff has appeared on over 300 albums - many of them going on to become platinum sellers. Among the impressive roster of artists who have enlisted Jeff’s help are Katy Perry, Beth Hart, Luther Vandross, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and many, many others. His passion, experience, and talent make him one of the music industry’s most sought-after and respected arrangers, programmers, and composers.

Lili is the owner of Urban Art Tripping LLC, in Santa Fe. She works to connect collectors and audiences with artists and artwork through studio visits and excursions.

Todd is a creative engineer, musician, programmer, and artist living and working in New York City. His special interests include reinvented ritual, time- based abstraction, experimental theater, and the Uncanny. He was the Associate Creative Director of Special Effects with Blue Man Group from 2012 to 2017, has made electronic music for over 20 years, and electronic + interactive artwork for over 15.

Designer of App, Developer of Community Integration Capabilities

Ben worked at Apple a long time ago and was awarded several patents for his work while there  (remember the Newton?). He was also was awarded patents at Starwave for his work on the hit 1995 project Castle Infinity, a massively-multiplayer online community space and game for kids which - thanks to volunteers who took over its management - still thrives on at http://www.castle-infinity.com.

Alejandro is a produced and published playwright, screenwriter, and director with a trans-artistic background that includes training in acting, clown, mask, Butoh, and Shakespeare. His work has been projected and performed in England and the UK, and translated into Russian and Macedonian. Since graduating from the London Film School  with an MA in Screenwriting, he has continued to work as a scriptwriter, creative development consultant, narrative designer, imaginer of story solutions, and language alchemist with a focus on changing perception by challenging the ways we tell stories about ourselves and to each other.

Dr. Greer’s interest in the healing potentials of psychedelic medicines began in 1980 when he synthesized MDMA with Alexander Shulgin and conducted experimental sessions for the next five years.  He is a co-founder and President of the Heffter Research Institute, which has organized, reviewed and funded psychedelic research for 25 years.  Recent work has focused on psilocybin and the music used to facilitate therapeutic psychedelic sessions.

Margaret Livingstone is the Takada Professor if Neurobiology in the Department of Neurobiology and Director of The Livingstone Lab at Harvard Medical School. She authored the book Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing. Dr. Livingstone has mentored Stephen Auger’s exploration of perception and his current work with hallucination and entrainment.