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Some of the members from the Molecules to the MAX production team - photos by Jasmine Ceniceros

owenWriter / Director - V Owen Bush

V Owen Bush was conceived in India and born in Quebec, Canada. He was given his name "Vishwanath" upon birth by Neem Karoli Baba, a magical hindu sage. V graduated with a degree in Film and Television from New York University. He was the Creative Director of Pseudo Programs Inc. the interactive media factory that pioneered the first web-based video programs. V was the Associate Producer of MTV's "amp" hailed by the New York Times in 1997 as "the coolest show on television". As a video artist and VJ his work has appeared at live events and exhibitions around the world. He was one of the principal producers of the notorious "QUIET!" event at the turn of the millennium, as depicted in the Sundance grand jury prize winning film "We Live in Public". V has created network television content and packaging for NBC, MTV, VH1, PBS, Nickelodeon, Showtime, Discovery, History Channel, NY1, and others. He was the editor and composite artist of "SonicVision" the full-dome animated music show developed at the American Museum of Natural History. For the past five years V has collaborated with Rensselaer on the Molecularium Project, with his production company Nanotoon Entertainment.

KurtWriter / Producer - Kurt Przybilla

Kurt Przybilla is an inventor, educator, writer and self-described “Positive Futurologist”. He invented Tetra Tops®, the world’s first spinning top with more than one axis of spin. These award-winning toys have been featured in the New York Times, Popular Science, Baby Einstein, Child and Discover Magazine, as well as at the Smithsonian Institute. In 2005, he co-founded the Bamboo Institute to develop innovative ways to utilize bamboo’s potential to help solve a wide range of problems facing our planet. Kurt taught in New York City for over fifteen years. He also taught in Japan for three and a half years where he studied Japanese archery, flower arrangement, language and poetry. Since 2004, Kurt has been working with Nanotoon Entertainment on the Molecularium Project.

ChrisArt Director / Production Designer - Chris Harvey

Chris Harvey is an Emmy winning art director who has created designs for an international roster of clients including MTV, VH1, NBC, ESPN, Vox (Germany), Viva-Plus (Germany), The Smithsonian, Hearst Publications, and The American Museum of Natural History. Additional awards include a Peabody, three Broadcast Design Association Awards, as well as recognition at film festivals in Chicago, New York, and Cologne. As art director for MTV, Chris generated countless on-air graphics for the network, moving on to direct broadcast design for Curious Pictures and Lee Hunt Associates in New York City. In 2003 he was creative director for the Hayden Planetarium's animated music show "SonicVision". Chris has provided visual support to pioneer composers of long-form contemplative music, producing imagery for La Monte Young, David Hykes, and Terry Riley, with whom he studied North Indian raga in New York and India. Making art since childhood, Chris has shown multimedia installations at several prominent galleries in New York City and the Capital District.