Gilberto Esparza, Plantas autofotosinthéticas (Autophotosynthetic Plants), 2013–14. Polycarbonate, silicon, stainless steel, graphite, electronic circuits, local wastewater, natural pond water with microalgae and microorganisms, plants, shrimp, fish, sound, 157 x 157 inches overall. Installation view, Vžigalica Gallery, Ljubljana, 2016. Photo: Gilberto Esparza.

Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere at MIT List Visual Arts Center

October 21, 2022–February 26, 2023 Syn / Sym—Biology in Art & Design: November 5, 2–3:30pm, curator discussion with Caroline A. Jones, William Myers, and Jens Hauser Chlorophilia / Chlorophobia: February 2, 6–7:30pm, panel discussion with Alan Michelson, Špela Petrič, and Miriam Simun Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere, a significant group exhibition organized by the MIT List Visual Arts…

October 21, 2022

Education

Matadero Madrid opens call for projects: The Metabolic Sublime

The Metabolic Sublime, the focus of Medialab Matadero’s newest LAB#02, challenges us to radically reimagine current energy regimes on a global scale and to design the protocols, tools, institutions, cultures, and/or dynamics that would make them feasible.

September 14, 2022

Susanne M. Winterling: A threshold-game of proximity, cluster and heat, 2022. Production still. CGI rendering. Produced in cooperation with planetary sensing, TBA21-Academy, Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (Diku). Co-commissioned by Kunsthall Trondheim and Schering Stiftung, Berlin. Courtesy of the artist.

Visual Arts Events Galleries

Kunsthall Trondheim presents Metahaven and Susanne M. Winterling

September 7–November 13, 2022 This September, Kunsthall Trondheim presents two new exhibitions by Metahaven, negotiating the role of sensing for knowledge production in physics and art, and Susanne M. Winterling, centering on heat as mediator between humans and microorganisms. Capture (2022), a recently commissioned film by Metahaven, investigates numerous sensory modalities to address fundamental issues like: What is reality? How do we define consciousness?…

September 4, 2022

2022 ARKO Art & Tech Festival online platform, New Art City, Chytridiomycota Garden.

Visual Arts Events

ARKO Art & Tech Festival presents 2022 edition The Fable of Net in Earth

August 11–October 23, 2022 HONF (The House Of Natural Fiber) public lab and kitchen: August 12–14 SpaceFeelux, ARKO Art Center, Seoul The ARKO Art & Tech Festival in 2022 The Fables of Net in Earth uses a system of fungal clusters, such as mushrooms and molds, to metaphorize a decentralized network structure of Web 3.0. This fable explores the…

August 12, 2022

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MIT List presents Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere

October 21 2022 - February 26, 2023 More than a dozen worldwide artists are represented in Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere. Through their work, these artists challenge us to reconsider our interactions with the biosphere of the planet from the perspective of symbiosis, or "with living." Organisms of various species that coexist and prosper due to…

July 30, 2022

View of Biosfera Peluche / Biosphere Plush, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris.

Museums Visual Arts Events

Ad Minoliti: Biosphere Plush at Tate St Ives

May 28–October 30, 2022 In Conversation: Ad Minoliti: May 28, 2–3pm, with Tate St Ives Director Anne Barlow This summer, Tate St Ives will bring the first UK solo exhibition by Argentinian artist Ad Minoliti to Cornwall. Trained as a painter, Minoliti (b.1980) draws on the rich legacy of geometric abstraction in Latin America to create alternative…

May 23, 2022