Experimentation & Play

The unexpected ingredient in the creative process is play—exploring, tinkering, being open and animated, finding your way into a question. It is as evident in science, as it is in the arts. Our Confluence storytellers wholeheartedly agree.

Explaining the science of cooking

Nik Sharma, cookbook author & molecular biologist

Understanding your ingredients

Nik Sharma, cookbook author & molecular biologist

Why I cook

Nik Sharma, cookbook author & molecular biologist

My work is play

Matt Shlian, paper engineer

The gastrophysics of thali

Charles Spence, experimental psychologist

Changing food with sound

Charles Spence, experimental psychologist

I used to make concoctions

Charles Spence, experimental psychologist

The process of voicing

Avi Stein, organist & conductor
Bruce Fowkes

The brain of an improviser

Indre Viskontas, neuroscientist & theatre director