Exhibition: ‘SPARE PARTS’ at London Science Gallery
The SPARE PARTS exhibition at the Science Gallery London is now open and will run until the 12 May 2019. As traditional for the gallery,…
Biomedia, Interviews, Series, STATE Studio
EMILIA TIKKA, storytelling in synthetic biology
Emilia Tikka’s speculative take on the genetic manipulation of ageing takes us to a rustic future, where a couple embrace– one symbolising the seemingly inevitable…
Curators, Interviews, STATE Studio
JOHANNA WALLENBORN, curator at STATE Studio Berlin
Johanna Teresa Wallenborn has worked all over the world – from Seoul to Los Angeles, and now Berlin, where she is acting as curator…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
CHRISTINA HAXHOLM, exploring ideological forecasts for the future
Over the last couple of years, the fashion and textile industry has taken a great interest in the new possibilities that the biotechnology industry is…
Biomedia, News, Series, STATE Studio
Opening: STATE Studio Berlin
On 27 October 2018, STATE opens its first participatory science and art gallery: STATE Studio Berlin, a new experimental, participatory and discursive gallery space…
Computing Art, Interviews, Scout & Trends
MARTIN CALVINO, conveying scientific knowledge in artistic form
Martin Calvino is an artist with a scientific background who is “enthusiastic about placing himself in situations in which the artistic mind can surprise…
Exhibition: Daejeon Biennale 2018
“BIO” is the thought-provoking theme and title of the Biennale that will be taking place in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 17th to October…
Open Cell, Reinventing the lab in Shepherd’s Bush
Open Cell is a new collaborative space for bio designers in Shepherd’s Bush London. Aiming to support the London ecosystem of designers and scientists…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
ANI LIU, navigating the divergent connections between art and science
Issues related to women’s reproductive health rights, like birth control and abortion regardless religion, culture or socioeconomic levels are some of the most issues…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews
ALI SCHACHTSCHNEIDER, (re)imagining fashion through biotechnology
New York designer, artist and researcher Ali Schachtschneider is reinventing today’s fashion using biotechnology. As a resident artist and design experimenter at Genspace, the world’s…
Summit: Global Community Bio Summit
The MIT Media Lab hosted the Global Community Bio Summit this September as part of it community biotechnology initiative. The Media Lab, which has…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews, Series
GINKGO BIOWORKS, biology by design
Synthetic biology is believed to be one of our best chances to address some of the global issues of an expanding world population such as…
BIOFABRICATE 2016: The Day After
BIOFABRICATE is the annual conference that brings together critical thinking and design to challenge both what we know and how we use materials. The…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists
ANDREW PELLING, growing ears on apples
From unusual and extraordinary perspectives is how projects get started in the laboratory of Andrew Pelling, a place where the highest values are curiosity…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists
ORON CATTS, confronting and re-evaluating what life is
Reflections into materiality of life, the core of existence itself, has been the creative motor of Oron Catts* (along with his partner and main…
WILLIAM MAYERS, design historian, writer and curator
American writer, curator and design historian William Myers is the author of two of must-read books focused on exploring how the traditional boundaries between art…
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…
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…
CHRISTINA AGAPAKIS, how to make human cheese
Christina Agapakis —biologist and artist— explores new scenarios in which is possible to question the relationship between humans and bacteria to promote reflection in…
JALILA ESSAÏDI, combining spider silk and human tissue to make bulletproof skin
Bioartist Jalila Essaïdi has been always inspired by stories. Stories about safety, vulnerability and silk spider. Stories about using silk in combat. Stories about…