Biosymbiotic Exoskeleton is an inflatable spacesuit that makes it possible to coexist symbiotically in the radical extraterrestrial environment with an individual’s microbiome. The spacesuit becomes an ecology of organisms, breaking down the human body into parts for which specific care and maintenance procedures can be established in order to prevent dysbiosis. The body, dismantled per partes, thus becomes an organized system for which it is possible to create altered living conditions.
Biosymbiotic Exoskeleton, photo: Matjaž Rušt
By reverse-engineering an imaginary situation in outer space, projections can be made concerning the possibilities of survival on an ecologically altered planet, where the human body is disassembled into functionalities, rhizomatically linked between different species. The microbiome plays a crucial role in survival, not only in an ontological sense but also in a very intimate way. To be alive is to be in symbiosis with non-human living systems that extend far beyond the physical boundaries of the human body.
Bio
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Photo: Tom MesicDorotea Dolinšek
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Dorotea Dolinšek is a Ljubljana-based artist. Her main point of interest lies in the artistic investigation of life in radical environments, specifically outer space. She holds a bachelor’s degree in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Currently, she’s working on her master’s degree in video and new media art at the Academy for Art and Design in Ljubljana. She has been working in collaboration with the Kersnikova Institute (Kapelica Gallery) since 2020.
Credits
Produced by: Ars Electronica within the framework of the EMAP (European Media Art Platform) | Coproduced by: Kersnikova Institute / Kapelica Gallery | Curators: Christl Baur, Martin Honzik, Jurij Krpan | Production support: Jessica Galirow, Sandra Sajovic | Expert collaborators: Anastasia Bragina, Manuel Selg, Kristijan Tkalec | Technical solutions: ::vtol:: (Dmitry Morozov) | Technical support: Simon Gmajner, Jure Sajovic | Inflatable structure: Ursula Klein (Schulteswien) | Acknowledgements: Gabriele Berg, Johannes Buchwieser, Gernot Grömer, Randolf Helmstetter, Leo Schatzl, Barbara Sušnik, Miha Turšič, Florian Voggeneder
This project has been developed and is presented in the context of the EMAP project. EMAP is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
