Author Lawrence Weschler “The Uncanny Valley: The Digital Animation of the Face,” Presentation

Award-winning author Lawrence Weschler, a “passionate advocate of wonder” and writer of creative nonfiction works, will deliver a pair of presentations at Carleton College’s Weitz Center for Creativity on Monday, Oct. 17. Weschler’s appearance is in conjunction with the exhibit, “Seeing is Knowing: The Universe,” currently on display in the Perlman Teaching Museum at the Weitz Center for Creativity. Both events, as well as admission to the exhibit, are free and open to the public.

Weschler’s evening presentation, a Christopher U. Light Lecture in the Arts, will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Boliou Hall Room 161. This lecture, titled “The Uncanny Valley: The Digital Animation of the Face,” will look at animators’ quest to perfectly simulate the human face. Weschler will explore why a believable human face is so difficult to achieve—and why it may be out of the reach of even the most advanced technology.