Us

Origins of Creativity is co-directed by Gavin Steingo and Asif Ghazanfar. The project is sponsored by a David A. Gardner Magic Grant from the Humanities Council at Princeton University.

This website is designed by Andrea Rolfes, Abigail Meekel, Aryan Kaganof and Jurgen Meekel, and coded by 10101.dev.

Artwork for the site is provided by Lavanya Mani (“Where the Wind Blows,” 2021). Used with permission.

Performance by Pamela Z (used with permission) | Performance by David Rothenberg (used with permission) | Photography and video by Gavin Steingo (used with permission) | Photography by Helen Kim (used with permission) Other images: Athanasius Kircher, Musurgia Universalis, sive Ars Magna Consoni et Dissoni (1650) | Richard Lynch Gardner, Apes and Monkeys: Their Life and Language (1900) | “Four Wing Attractor” (Belch84, 2015)