STUDIOTOPIA Journeys

It may seem unfathomable that we could ever grasp the sheer complexity of the interdependencies of Ecosystem Earth. Each and every one of our quantum computers would crash when faced with the task of mapping all interactions from our microbiomes to the zonobiomes. One human mind cannot comprehend it all, but multitudes of minds have tirelessly worked towards contributing to a shared knowledge that together unravels these interdependencies. Within the initiative STUDIOTOPIA, seven European cultural institutions have invited artists to host scientists in their studios, and it is the hope that these collaborations build upon this shared knowledge. The journeys featured in this year’s festival offer a glimpse of how these encounters can shape a new understanding the role and responsibilities of humanity on our shared planet.

House Swallowed by a Tomb

Ciprian Mureșan (RO)

Confronted with their ephemerality, human beings continue to (sometimes abusively) build and create, driven by the sole ambition to leave something behind. Should we fill museums with objects and then build an industry to keep them intact?

The illness of the consciousness is corruption – smell and think.

Oswaldo Macia (CO/UK) – artist, Emilia Leszkowicz (PL) – scientist, Chris Bean (IE) – scientist

The Colombian artist Oswaldo Maciá and scientists Chris Bean (Head of Geophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) and Emilia Leszkowicz (electrophysiologist based at University of Gdansk) are the residents of the STUDIOTOPIA Art&Science Residency hosted by LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdansk. The aim of their common project is to raise questions connected with the ways of reaching viewers’ consciousness by use of through the senses of smell and hearing to raise the question about our place in the world.

Marine Caves Benthic Terrazzo

Hypercomf (GR), Markos Digenis (GR)

Project Marine Cave Benthic Terrazzo documents the first holistic field study of marine cave ecosystems in Chania, Crete and the artistic exploration of ecosemiotic links and physical interactions between human homes and marine caves.

Merging experiences

Evelina Domnitch (BY, NL) and Dmitry Gelfand (NL)

Science is the source of inspiration for many of the artworks of Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand. Scientists are also fascinated by art. A portrait of interactions merges the borders of disciplines from the perspective of the intriguing and the inquisitive.

How to Read Poetry to Cancer Cells?

Sandra Lorenzi (FR)

Sandra Lorenzi’s artistic work explores the worlds of the living. She is a custodian of these fragile forces and entities that sometimes lack the ability to speak. This film takes you to the heart of her approach. As part of the Studiotopia Art & Science Residency Programme, she collaborates with scientist Jean-Christophe Marine (VIB Centre for Cancer Biology, Belgium). Their project How to Read Poetry to Cancer Cells is at the intersection of art and science, of the real and the unreal.

Credits

These video journeys are co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union in the framework of STUDIOTOPIA.

Ciprian Mureșan (RO)

Oswaldo Macia (CO/UK) – artist, Emilia Leszkowicz (PL) – scientist, Chris Bean (IE) – scientist

Hypercomf (GR), Markos Digenis (GR)

Evelina Domnitch (BY, NL) and Dmitry Gelfand (NL)

Sandra Lorenzi (FR)

Credits

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Ciprian Mureșan (RO)

Oswaldo Macia (CO/UK) – artist, Emilia Leszkowicz (PL) – scientist, Chris Bean (IE) – scientist

Hypercomf (GR), Markos Digenis (GR)

Evelina Domnitch (BY, NL) and Dmitry Gelfand (NL)

Sandra Lorenzi (FR)

Credits

A NEW DIGITAL DEAL

#arselectronica21#newdigitaldeal

#arselectronica21
#newdigitaldeal