Bio Art Archives • Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture

“The Botanical Mind Online”, a new online project about the significance of the plant kingdom to human life

Humanity’s place in the natural order is under scrutiny as never before, held in a precarious balance between visible and invisible forces: from the microscopic threat of a virus to the monumental power of climate change. Camden Art Centre has launched this online programme of new artist commissions, podcasts, films, texts, images and audio, expanding on and enriching the ideas and issues informing the show.... READ MORE...

Floraphilia. Revolution of plants”, a vision of nature

The exhibition Floraphilia. Revolution of plants, at Temporary Gallery, frees the world of plants from the reactionary context of interior design magazines and eco-trends, revealing its emancipatory potential leading to social transformation.... READ MORE...

“Critical Zones”: a multidimensional communication about the critical state of the Earth

The exhibition Critical Zones about the critical state of the Earth now coincides with the coronavirus pandemic, evincing core questions of the ecological crisi... READ MORE...

“Catharsis”, Jakob Kudsk Steensen’s new digital simulation

The Serpentine presented "Catharsis" by Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen as part of a global public art project, "CONNECT, BTS", a series of major art projects open free to the public in five cities on four continents initiated by South Korean pop group BTS.... READ MORE...

Modeling Communication with Slime Mould. Artistic Residency with Sarah Grant

As part of a short residency at the Institute for Experimental Design and Media Cultures, within the "Thinking Toys for Commoning" research project, artist and critical engineer Sarah Grant explored communication across the slime mould body with an interest in network topology and resource sharing. Article by Selena Savic... READ MORE...

“Bodydrift – Anatomies of the Future”, an interactive exhibition

What does the future of the human body look like? In the exhibition Bodydrift – Anatomies of the Future, artists and designers explore the moral and technological boundaries of the body. Humans are improved, protected, made more attractive.... READ MORE...

Algorithmic Imagery: Interview with Mike Tyka

Mike Tyka is an artist and researcher with a PhD in Biophysics. In conversation with Teresa Ruffino he explains how, in his sculptural works, he expresses the arbitrary representation of molecules and how he started working with algorithms as an artistic tool describing his experience and vision for the future of this technology.... READ MORE...

“The Habitat of Time”: our perception of life, societies and physical world

Announcing a new group exhibition curated by Julie Louise Bacon exploring the role of time as a medium in shaping human and morethan-human worlds, presented in the context of her current residency as associate curator at Arts Catalyst.... READ MORE...

When the human meets the nonhuman: the exhibition “Weather Report: Forecasting Future”

The exhibition Weather Report: Forecasting Future in Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma is themed around the complex and varied relations between the human and nonhuman in an age when climate change and mass extinction are threatening the future of life on Earth.... READ MORE...

“Sonya Rapoport: biorhythm”, a 21st century portrait

Charting her transition from modernist painter to ground-breaking conceptual artist, Sonya Rapoport: biorhythm provides an in-depth look at the artist’s output from 1974–83, a pivotal decade that marked a major shift in her work from abstract painting to the incorporation of emerging computer technologies.... READ MORE...

I NUOVI CORPI > tre workshop di arte, AI e biotecnologie

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La vibrazione primaria delle piante. Plants Dub: un progetto di musica vegetale

Ricerche scientifiche recenti dimostrano ampiamente che le piante emettono suoni e frequenze non percepibili dall’orecchio umano. Plants Dub ha pensato di lavorare sull’intelligenza comunicativa delle piante e hanno scoperto che, spesso, essa si svolge per via di uno scambio di segnali elettrochimici, trasformati dal duo in suono.... READ MORE...

Patrick Staff: “On Venus”

Through a varied and interdisciplinary body of work, Patrick Staff interrogates notions of discipline, dissent, labour and queer identity. "On Venus" presents Staff ’s most ambitious work to date: a site-specific installation exploring structural violence, registers of harm and the effects of acid, blood and hormones. Throughout the spaces of the Serpentine Gallery, Staff initiates a series of architectural interventions.... READ MORE...

The Posthuman City: Climates. Habitats. Environments

Taking NTU CCA Singapore’s overarching research topic "Climates. Habitats. Environments." as point of departure, the exhibition "The Posthuman City" considers the possibilities of a caring and respectful co-existence between species and a conscious sharing of resources.... READ MORE...

Floraphilia. Revolution of Plants

The exhibition "Floraphilia. Revolution of Plants", curated by Aneta Rostkowska, frees the world of plants from the reactionary context of interior design magazines and eco-trends, revealing its emancipatory potential leading to social transformation.... READ MORE...

Trees of Life. Stories for a damaged Planet

The Frankfurter Kunstverein, in cooperation with the Senckenberg Naturmuseum, will present "Trees of Life - Stories for a Damaged Planet", an interdisciplinary exhibition project that leads our gaze from a historically cultivated, anthropocentric worldview to a systemic understanding of humans as a part of the evolutionary process.... READ MORE...

Asta Gröting: “Where do you see yourself in 20 years”?

In her exhibition, Asta Gröting combines earlier works with new sculptures and videos focusing on the physical and psychological deconstruction of the human body. Whether based on family members, friends or historical figures, Gröting’s work across media seeks to cast abstract qualities such as thought, intimacy, conflict and subjectivity.... READ MORE...

“Transcorporealities”: part of “HERE AND NOW” at Museum Ludwig

The exhibition "Transcorporealities" takes as its starting point the concept of the permeability of bodies. This idea of “transcorporeality” can also be applied to the museum: in continuous metabolic processes, various social, biological, technological, economic and political systems intersect. Against this backdrop, the exhibition activates an area in the museum that is freely accessible and opens toward the urban space with its transparent façades and glass doors on two sides: the foyer.... READ MORE...