Collaborative Ecosystems for a Sustainable World

Seeds from Barcelona’s Gardens for a Planet B

Only collaborative practices, based on the transversal sharing of knowledge and efforts, can allow us to generate proposals that lead to a project for a sustainable world. As a result of the collaborative practices that characterize Catalan innovation, the Institut Ramon Llull, in collaboration with the .NewArt { foundation;} and Hac Te, presents a survey of the current state of creativity in Catalonia linked to Art at its intersection with Science and Technology.

The six artworks in this exhibition are the outcome of different initiatives such as the 2020 and 2021 Ars Electronica Garden Barcelona, the grant programs convened by ISEA2022 Barcelona and the .NewArt { foundation;}, as well as interdisciplinary research projects developed by Hac Te, the new hub of Art, Science and Technology in Barcelona.

Tasmanian Tiger

Antoni Muntadas (ES/US)

Thylacinus Cynocephalus, a marsupial from Australia commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, was declared extinct in 1936. It is an example of how a legend is established between reality, fiction and popular myth.

Species I, II and III

Mónica Rikić (ES)

This project is the result of the ISEA2022 Barcelona Grants promoted by ISEA, the .NewArt { foundation;}, Hac Te and DKV, presented at La Capella as part of the “What is Possible and What is Not” exhibition in the context of ISEA2022 Barcelona. Species I, II and III focuses on imagining alternative evolutions for artificial cognitive systems.

Do Bodies Dream of Electromagnetic Organs?

Esther Rodríguez Barbero (ES)

Do bodies dream of electromagnetic organs? is a performative installation built by movement sensors that reflects on the relationship between body and electromagnetic biomedical implanted devices. It addresses the alterations in terms of perception, self-perception, movement and spatial relations that appear after some experiences where state of consciousness is suspended.

Chemical Ecosystem

Yolanda Uriz Elizalde (ES)

Chemical Ecosystem reflects on the function of smell today, inviting the public to observe how its presence influences the environment and affects the beings that inhabit it, listening to the olfactory messages that these inhabitants emit.

FORMS — Screen Ensemble

Santiago Vilanova – Playmodes (ES)

FORMS — Screen Ensemble is a generative visual music jukebox. Driven by chance and probabilities, this automaton creates endless, unrepeated graphic scores that are immediately transformed into sound by means of sonification algorithms, making it possible to literally hear what you see.

Tools for a Warming Planet

Sara Dean (US), Beth Ferguson (US), Marina Monsonís (ES)

Tools for a Warming Planet is a collection of present-day and speculative tools for adapting to a changing world. New tools are needed for understanding, responding, communicating, building, and living together through climate chaos.

Panel Discussion: Collaborative Ecosystems for a Sustainable World

Pau Alsina (ES) , Sara Dean (US), Beth Ferguson (US), Marina Monsonís (ES), Mónica Rikić (ES)

Only collaborative practices, based on the transversal sharing of knowledge and efforts, can allow us to generate proposals that lead to a project for a sustainable world. In this panel discussion we present and reflect on different projects at the crossroads between art, science and technology.

Biography

The Institut Ramon Llull is a public body founded with the purpose of promoting Catalan language studies at universities abroad, the translation of literature and thought written in Catalan, and Catalan cultural production in other areas like theatre, film, circus, dance, music, the visual arts, design, and architecture.

Explore and develop intersections between art, science and technology to boost the digital transformation of society: this is the aim of Hac Te (Art, Science and Technology Hub), promoted by Catalan institutions of great relevance to make Barcelona a global centre for research, training, dissemination, transfer and production in this field.

The .NewArt { foundation;} mission is to help the artistic community position new scientific, technical and conceptual formulas in Art, to make them known and to educate society, enabling it to appreciate Art at its intersection with Science and Technology as an expression of the most forward looking ideas.