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He put up Transformer robots in his yard, drawing the ire of some Georgetown residents.
Howard spoke with Insider about how the robots stand for curing Parkinson s with a brain chip.
A viral neighborhood spat in the nation s capital over Transformers that drew scores of tourists to a secluded Georgetown street is actually not about irking the rich and powerful, according to the man behind the robots.
Instead, it s about a billionaire cognitive scientist s efforts to restore human dignity to those suffering from diseases like Parkinson s and Alzheimer s by perfecting a brain-computer interface, Georgetown professor Newton Howard told Insider.
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft opens an exhibition of sculptures by Anna Mayer
Anna Mayer, detail of Upside-Down Mourning Ware Vessel with Mourning Ware Coral and Funeral Fringe, 2019. Inherited crushed dinnerware embedded in Obsidian clay, cut-up discarded inner tube. 32 x 16 x 21 inches. Photo by Esteban Pulido.
HOUSTON, TX
.- This spring, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft presents Forms of Inheritance: The Work of Anna Mayer, an exhibition of ceramic and bronze sculptures that explores humanitys reckoning with mortality and demonstrates the fragility and fierceness of the natural world.
Anna Mayers social and sculptural practice explores the impact of humanity throughout geologic time, with a focus on the temporal relationship between humans and the land beyond an individuals life span. Her work in the exhibition reflects deeply upon the realities of death and decay. Drawing upon a language of mourning and burial practices, she uses materials like raw cl