‘More Than Living’ opened on September 27 at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris. It was a complex, multi-faceted and ambitious project on several levels. The exhibition is visible until October 22nd. Makery attempted an overview.
This year, Documenta Fifteen claimed to be different from previous editions, and after the consequences, there will never be one like it again. Makery was there.
Inaugurating an ambitious three-year program, the More-Than-Planet exhibition is now on view at the Old Observatory of Leiden (Netherlands) though December 31, 2022.
In parallel to their new exhibition 'Hackers, Makers, Thinkers - Collective experiments in social fermenting', a two days event was proposed at Art Laboratory Berlin.
A two-week Bachelor of Design class at the University of Nîmes (France), initiated by artist and academic Lucile Haute, experimented with biofabrication using kombucha cellulose, novel material.
Quorum sensing, an investigative art science project by Helena Nikonole and Lucy Ojomoko, proposes smelling as potential detection activity to track diseases and becomes a (self)diagnosing tool.
At the Center for Art and Mental Health in Copenhagen, Ida Bencke, Birgit Bundesen and Nazila Kivi organized writing workshops and an exhibition around the theme of maternity.
In Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity exhibition and publication, artist Mike Stubbs explores Britain’s Imperial Airship programme, as well as reflecting on our sense of place, belonging and ownership of our society and its direction.
Adam Zaretsky’s last essay in his summer series of speculative texts is a letter to Lulu and Nana, the controversial "CRISPR babies" born in November 2018.
Adam Zaretsky's fourth essay in his summer series of speculative texts proposes a "Philosophy of the Biological Bedroom, or a Prelude for Transgenic Humans".
Third essay of Adam Zaretsky' summer series of speculative texts regarding contemporary biotechnological research.
Second essay of Adam Zaretsky' summer series of speculative texts based on his own artistic practice and the ethical and philosophical questions he raises regarding contemporary biotechnological research.
Makery invites Adam Zaretsky for a summer series of speculative texts on the ethical and philosophical questions regarding contemporary biological research.
For five months, Kunsthaus Langenthal in Switzerland is being transformed into a H.o.Me. – Home for obsolete media. Last week to visit the exhibition.
Rosemary Lee proposes an essay on resilience as a critical approach to technology.
Dans Identités du transitoire (Les Presses du réel, 2021), Jehanne Dautrey et Patrick Beaucé, explorent l'architecture qui se monte aussi vite qu'elle se démonte. Des constructions agiles et politiques ou urgence et réflexion partagent un même espace-temps.
In ‘Extraterrestrial - The First Sign of Intelligent Life beyond Earth’, Avi Loeb, former chair of astronomy at Harvard University, confirms that the interstellar object `Oumuamua, could be a sign of extraterrestial life. Review.
Artist and designer Fara Peluso speaks about deterioration, decomposition, symbiosis and running out of time. A novel approach to speculative design thinking.
Tiny Mining is a mineral exploration co-operative and community committed to the open source exploitation of the interior of the human body for rare earth and other mineral resources.
In the last years of the ’60s two extraordinary experiments happening in London, the Drury Lane Arts Lab and the New London Arts Lab are the subject of a new book by David Curtis - ‘London’s Arts Labs and the 60’s Avant-Garde’.
