In February 2014, Waag Society's Wetlab in Amsterdam brings a new series of three lectures by Joanne Jesman at the Waag titled 'Living tissues and living issues', as a continuation of the series The Future of Art & Science Collaborations started last year in October.
This new series looks at how technology shapes new relations between organisms and in turn how technology is shaped by those organisms. >From an artistic, academic and sociopolitical perspective the contributions look at issues of hybridity, performativity and food as these seemingly unrelated topics have a very strong influence on how we perceive the Other and each other in modern society. These are the three evenings in this series, you can register at their respective event pages: 13 February 2013: Hybrids, Chimeras and Other Monsters Lecture: Joanne Jesman, interview: Laura Mudde, interviewee: Guy Ben-Ary, moderation: Lucas Evers, event starts 20.00 hrs, wrap & drinks 21.30 hrs Hybridity is one of the most fashionable words in modern society; it is used to describe culture, architecture, media, medicine and even car engines. Thinking about mythological creatures such as the centaur and Cyclops, and the fears and anxieties those represented and tried to exorcise, hybridity shows a long and fascinating history. Only since the latest future man instead of god produces those chimeras. What is the etymology of the word and how it functions both literally and metaphorically in the era of technoscience? What is the attitude of art practitioners to hybridity? And how does the art relate to the industry of those hybrids, chimeras and their kin. Guy Ben-Ary is an artist and a researcher whose work uses emerging medias, in particular biologically related technologies (tissue culture, tissue engineering, electrophysiology and optics). Ben-Ary is an artist in resident in SymbioticA at the University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, since 2000. He specializes in microscopy (light, confocal and SEM), biological & digital imaging, tissue culture and engineering and artistic visualization of biological data. His Main research areas are cybernetics, robotics and the interface of biological material to man made devices. Much of Ben-Ary’s work is inspired by science and nature. His artworks utilize motion and growth to investigate technological aspects of today’s culture and the re-use of biological materials and technologies. 17 February 2013: Gustatory Semantics Lecture: Joanne Jesman, interview: Laura Mudde, interviewee: Chloe Rutzerfeld, moderation: Lucas Evers, event starts 20.00 hrs, wrap & drinks 21.30 hrs Who, what and why we eat, or not, are no longer just matters of personal preference; it is no longer a neutral topic of small talk as nowadays food is deeply marked by ethics, politics, economy and health issues. What is it going to look like in the future? Is the posthuman food chain the best solution? What are the issues reflected in food art and what are our blind spots? Chloé Rutzerveld Chloé Rutzerveld is a student at the TU/e (Technical University) in Eindhoven, and worked during her internship at the Open Wetlab in de Waag, where she organized 'The Other Dinner' for her graduation research, an experimental and interactive dinner that investigated the meat culture of the past, the present and the future combined with a DIY Bio workshop to grow cells of cultured meat. 20 February 2013: (Per)Formativity of BioArt Lecture: Joanne Jesman, interview: Laura Mudde, interviewee: Maria Verstappen and Erwin Driessens (tbc), moderation: Lucas Evers, event starts 20.00 hrs, wrap & drinks 21.30 hrs The performative turn in humanities strongly influences the way we analyze reality. It does not only concern performance art but also social and political aspects of modernity. The key features of performativity are agency and embodied experience, which are also crucial in bioartistic practices. What are the contexts of our encounters with a living, artistic medium and how it impacts the way we perceive Life? In other words what do performance theory and participatory art between humans and non-humans share? Maria Verstappen, Erwin Driessens (tbc) The Amsterdam based artist couple Erwin Driessens (1963 Wessem) and Maria Verstappen (1964 Someren) have worked together since 1990. After their study at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and the Rijksakademie Amsterdam, they jointly developed a multifaceted oeuvre of software, machines and objects. Their research focuses on the possibilities that physical, chemical and computer algorithms can offer for the development of image generating processes. Living tissues and living issues is part of The Future of Art and Science Collaborations, a joint project of Waag Society and Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek, supported by the Mondriaanfund and Doen. De Waag - Makers Guild Nieuwmarkt 4 1012 CR Amsterdam http://waag.org/en/news/living-tissues-and-living-issues ---- BIO ART & DESIGN AWARD Call for proposals: deadline 2 February 2014 http://www.badaward.nl/
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