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MEDinART in “Vesalius 500th Birthday Symposium” (18 September 2014), Copenhagen
“Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) 500th Birthday Symposium”, Copenhagen at 18 September 2014. Commemorating the 500 years of the birth of Andreas Vesalius the…
OPEN CALL for “SCIENCE INSPIRES ART: THE BRAIN”_ Organizers: Art & Science Collaborations_ Place: New York Hall of Science
ANNOUNCING OPEN CALL! Announcing open call for “SCIENCE INSPIRES ART: The BRAIN,” the 16th international art-sci juried exhibition…
Public Engagement in Science through Art _ Event by waag Society_on 31 January 2014, Amsterdam
Public Engagement in Science through Art
Politics, Ethics, Power and Propaganda – An ‘ICT and Art Connect’ Event by Waag Society
This special evening of short talks, discussions and networking brings together artists, scientists and technologists to investigate the role of art and public engagement in science. We consider forms of best practices and hope to develop new collaborations.
Many people believe that art is able to communicate important issues in science and technology to a wide range of audiences, that aren’t reached by traditional science communication techniques. But is this view well founded? What are the issues that need to be considered to achieve best practices? Are we talking about the instrumentalisation of art to create science propaganda? Or about enabling artists to work with cutting edge technologies in contexts that enable audiences to participate in debates around emerging technologies and ethical problems that they would not otherwise have access to? And how can we help achieve the best results for both art and science?
For more information on the programme follow this link:
http://waag.org/en/event/public-engagement-science-through-art
NATURAL SCIENCE: exhibition opening by Jennifer Willet
The first NATURAL SCIENCE exhibit by Jennifer Willet will open at Artcite Gallery in Windsor Ontario Canada on January 17, 2014.
In July 2011, twenty artists, scientists, filmmakers, theorists and students engaged in an art/science research experiment where a diverse set of individuals came together to live and work at a bioart field research station in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. BioARTCAMP was a collaborative art/science project designed by Jennifer Willet and co-produced by INCUBATOR Lab and The Banff Centre. Participants worked to build a portable laboratory in the forest and conducted a variety of scientific, ecological, creative, and theoretical projects. BioARTCAMP served to provide alternative visions of of the biotech future: ecological, embodied and responsible visions of our relations and responsibilities to the other life forms we share our planet and our laboratories with.
In this exhibition, NATURAL SCIENCE, Willet will present an un-natural history collection; a collection of items, life forms, images, and stories resulting from the BioARTCAMP project. In the NATURAL SCIENCE collection traditional hierarchies between what is natural and unnatural are undermined. Lab specimens co-exist with local ecological specimens, cultural artefacts and human subjects. These objects, in tandem with photographic, video, and archival documentation of the camp attempt to recount the BioARTCAMP experience and serve to re-imagine the role of biotechnology in our shared natural history.
Video Direction: Jeanette Groenendaal, Zoot Derks
BioARTCAMP Participants: Iain Baxter&, Angus Leech, Tagny Duff, Paul Vanouse, Marta De Menezes, Marie Pier Boucher, Kurt Illerbrun, Bulent Mutus, Jeanette Groenendaal, Zoot Derks, Jennifer Willet, Jamie Ferguson, Britt Wray, Kacie Auffret, David Dowhaniuk. Additionally, Tokio Webster, Grant Yocom, Louise Baxter&, Joan Linder, Dylan Leech.
Project Assistants: Billie Mclaughlin, Arturo Herrera, Lauren DiVito, Dianne Clinton, Patrick Bodnar.
Supporters: The Canada Council for the Arts, the Banff Centre, the University of Windsor, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Ontario Arts Council, Hostelling International, Parks Canada, Banff National Park, The Art and Genomics Centre at The University of Leiden, Fonds BKVB.
The exhibition will travel to three more confirmed sites; Forrest City Gallery (London Ontario, Jan 2015) to Harcourt House Gallery (Edmonton, August 2015) and to Open Space (Victoria, 2016).
BIODESIGN: on the cross pollination of Nature, Science and Creativity
The New Institute
Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi)
Premsela, the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion
Virtueel Platform, e-culture knowledge institute
23.1.2014, 19:00–23:00
How Do You Do Biodesign
How Do You Do Biodesign is an evening for architects, urban designers, product designers, fashion designers, artists and developers of digital technology and media, which will illuminate exactly what biodesign co-produced by Het Nieuwe Instituut and the Willem de Kooning Academy.
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For more info, follow this link here.
“Brainswarm”: Biomusic from the Greek composer Leontios Hadjileontiadis
Biomusic Concert in Greece.
“Brainswarm” of Professor Leontios Hadjileontiadis was presented for the first time in Goethe Institute, Athens, Greece.
“Brainswarm” is a musical piece of biomusic that combines,
in real time, information from the music director (both from his brain signals as well as from his movement) with the music from the instruments.
This is the point where music meets biomedical sciences.
For more info about the program of the concert (article in German and Greek), check here.
Foreign Bodies, Common Ground Exhibition, Wellcome Collection, 14/11/2013 – 09/02/2014
Six artists, six countries.
B-Floor Theatre, Lêna Bùi, Elson Kambalu, Miriam Syowia Kyambi and James Muriuki, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Katie Paterson.
What happens when you set up six artist residencies in different medical research centres throughout the world? This intimate exhibition showcases a diverse body of work from the artists who worked in research centres in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and the UK.
The artists were invited to spend at least six months exploring the activity of researchers and produce new work in response to their experiences. The result is a series of moving, challenging and humorous works, richly varied in form and tone. They record journeys taken within the complex realm that lies between scientific processes and local communities, often on the frontlines of communicable diseases.
Please note that the artworks Voracious Embrace and Invisible Currents by Lêna Bùi have been temporarily removed from display for conservation reasons.
For more information about the exhibition, visit the link of Wellcome Collection here
23/11/2013_Belgian Vesalius momentum in Antwerp_National Belgian television
The Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius who was born in Brussels (31 December 1514) and died in Zakynthos, Greece (15 October 1564) has brought with his anatomical drawings a new insight into human anatomy.
Vesalius momentum IV took place on 23 of November, 2013 in Antwerp: The unveiling of a bronze sculpture of Andreas Vesalius by H.E. Mr Constantin Chalastanis, Ambassador of Greece.
Vesalius momentum IV was also announced on the news in National Belgian television. Follow this link to watch the whole video.
For more photos from the Vesalius momentum, check here.
Next year, 500 years ago from his birth, under the auspices of The Municiplity of Zakynthos and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Athens, the Ionian Island will host a number of events commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andreas Vesalius in Brussels.
The Vesalius Continuum will take place in Zakynthos island, 4-8 September 2014.
For more information, check here.
BIOMAB is raising funds for the making of the film “Fabrica Vitae”
BIOMAB is raising funds for the making of the film “Fabrica Vitae”, reflecting on the Fabric of Life” on Kickstarter.
In 2014, five hundred years after the birth of Andreas Vesalius, the founder of modern anatomy, BIOMAB proposes to create a film that will show how the legacy of Vesalius is still challenging new generations of artists and scientists to create groundbreaking work.
A group of contemporary, brilliant scientists and innovative artists will be questioned about their work and what they perceive the future of “humanity and the physical human body” to be. It will be fascinating to record their unique visions of man’s mortality, decay and death.
The film will be shown during the Vesalius conference at Zakynthos Greece.
For more info, check here
“Brain, emotions and music: an exploration of the biomusic concept”_Leontios Hadjileontiadis
“Brain, emotions and music: an exploration of the biomusic concept” is the title of Leontios Hadjileontiadis talk that will take place in EcHoPolis Conference on 3rd October 2013, at Hellenic American College, Massalias 22 Athens, Greece.
EcHoPolis Conference
29 September – 3 October 2013 in Athens
«Sounds, noise and music for re-thinking sustainable building, city and econeighborhood»
Main venue: Michalis Cacoyannis Foundation
Venues for the 3rd of October: Hellenic American College, French Institute of Greece
Under the aegis of the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Infrastructure,
Transports and Networks, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change and the Region of Attica
More info for the Conference here
Download the Program in pdf here
