Re. punk Salon: Art & Health & AI Series
What is Re.punk? Re.punk is dedicated to advancing knowledge in women's health with a distinctly punk and irreverent voice. We use experimental design, artificial intelligence, and data science to demystify the complex science behind chronic disease — with a focus on autoimmune conditions.
The Art & Health & AI series demonstrates the power of artistic expression to communicate complex scientific research through technology. The emotions stirred by experiencing art may also serve as a catalyst for prevention and inspire engagement in health-promoting initiatives.
What are salons? The Re. punk salons are informal gatherings in spaces that provide context for the topics we want to discuss during the salon. The salons are based on: Viennese salon in the 1920s that were intimate gathering, typically hosted in a private home, where artists, intellectuals, scientists, and writers met to exchange radical ideas across disciplines — blurring the boundaries between art, philosophy, politics, and science.
Who should attend and what to expect? Our salons bring together artists, founders, creatives, chefs, farmers, athletes, food scientists, activists, financial advisors, investors, technologists, expert patients, and researchers to accelerate systemic change through a regenerative lifestyle and creative science.
This salon is open to everyone — including men with partners navigating autoimmune conditions, those who believe in empowering women, and anyone who wants to support Re.punk's mission through their network or resources.
Why this salon theme?
Pharmacognosy is defined as the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of drugs or drug substances of natural origin, along with the search for new drugs from natural sources. It encompasses the exploration of natural products from plants, bacteria, fungi, and marine organisms, focusing on both botanical dietary supplements and single compound drug leads.
Why at the Gulbenkian Garden?
The garden seamlessly blends biology and art. Medicinal plants are cultivated and the garden's design is grounded in ecological science. The garden is space that lets us experience the theme of the salon.
What is the range of topics will we explore in our salons? Re. punk salons explore artificial intelligence, ethics & bias, speculative design, hybrid ecologies, biotechnology, women's health, autoimmune disease, food production systems, food as medicine, architecture & health, sports as therapy — and much more — all through the lens of women's empowerment.
The Re. punk salons is a project by MOONDIAL, the non-profit PONY EARTH and the Re. punk collective. It is the brainchild of Dr. Sabine Seymour - the Regenerative Punk www.regenerativepunk.com.
Support our mission and future salons by contributing a donation to our non profit or purchase the inaugural Re. punk zine: Gathering the Evidence.