JENNIFER WILLET, reinventing the role of biotechnology and providing alternative futures
Biotechnology is one of these words that have become fairly ubiquitous in our present days, but is the lay audience aware of what it…
Architectures, Design, Interviews
MELISSA STERRY, blurring the boundaries between environment, technology and engineering
Hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, heat waves, droughts, tornadoes and eruptions are commonly known as natural disasters for most people, but what if it’s a cry…
MARIUS KWINT, cultural historian and curator
Dr. Marius Kwint, cultural historian at the University of Portsmouth, is passionate about science and art. In one of his most recent projects he…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
JAIME TAI, building facts and ideas into tangible multi-layered scenarios
Central Saint Martins MA Material Futures graduate and designer-researcher hybrid, Jaime Tai, is blurring the boundaries between design and science, building facts and ideas into tangible…
YUICHI ITO, colliding neurobiology, sound art and kinetic sculpture
Dr. Yuichi Ito is a japanese sound and media artist, theorist and researcher. CLOT Magazine came across his work through an exciting collaboration project…
Interviews, Scout & Trends, Sound
YOSHIMASA KATO, colliding neurobiology, sound art and kinetic sculpture
Dr. Yoshimasa Kato is a japanese artist, whose work spans from sound and media art to kinetic light sculpture. CLOT Magazine came across his…
SUZANNE ANKER and how to reimagine genetic laboratory fictions
Chromosomes are these turgid structures, found inside the nucleus of cells containing the basic bricks of living organisms DNA; but in the hands of…
JADEN J. A. HASTINGS, exploring new spaces from where to reflect on humanness, nature and the cosmos
Jaden J. A. Hastings —a London based scientist and artist— uses the interplay between art and science to explore new spaces from where to reflect on…
ARTHUR I. MILLER, Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy of Science
Science is not only about experiments but also about understanding the natural and technological world around us by asking simple questions such as why, where…
ART ORIENTÉ OBJET, bluring the constraints of what it is to be human and our relationship with animals
When coming across the work of Art orienté objet (the artistic duo comprised of Marion Laval-Jeantet and Benoit Mangin) for the first time, one…
CHARLOTTE JARVIS, combining synthetic biology, biotech with concepts of language and communication
In this new era of digital data explosion, the availability to manage and store huge amounts of information has become a vital issue. This…
Fort Process, Interviews, Series
LOUISE MACKENZIE, evolution and the genetic code blended with post-humanism
Louise Mackenzie, a contemporary artist based in the UK, addresses her work as a search for the human essence in the material and the…
ALBERTO T. ESTÉVEZ, exploring the creation of bioluminescent plants
The public understanding of genetics —how we know it or how it interfaces with the society— and its application in medicine and science has changed during…
AUGER-LOIZEAU, questioning technology and its application in our everyday life
Speculative design, closely related to critical design, explores new roles for design in relation to the cultural landscape’s influence on existing and emerging technologies,…
LOREN KRONEMYER, exploring insect communication
Loren Kronemyer, an artist from Los Angeles based in Perth, focuses her work as a mean to bridge the language gap between humans and…
CHRISTIANA KAZAKOU, connectioning sound, psychoanalysis, and scientific theories
Christiana Kazakou is a multidisciplinary artist based in London. Member of Random Order collective her artistic work makes connections between sound, psychoanalysis, art and…
ELAINE WHITTAKER, the delicacies of biological embroidery
Elaine Whittaker, a bioartist based in Toronto, Canada, uses a wide range of media such as sculpture, installation or digital-images to create artworks that allow…
KIMA, blending geometric patterns, scientific research and music
Fractal art is a scientific and algorithmic form of art which lies in complex mathematical and physics concepts. It is composed of geometric patterns…
ZOE HOUGH, blending the boundaries between science, politics, society
Speculative designer and artist Zoë Hough is blending the boundaries between science, politics, society and art to stimulate debate and reflection around issues regarding…
LISA PARK, using brain-computer technology
The brain, which is the most complex and enigmatic organ in a vertebrate body, has the ability to send and receive signals…