Aerocene: Bring The Sun Down
On April 6, the Aerocene community attempted a world record for a solar balloon flight, near Maintenon, France.
by Rob La Frenais
Since November 2015, the independent curator and critic Rob La Frenais conducts Future of Transportation, a research project in art and design with the Srishti Institute of Bengalore in India.
Floating into space and other ways of getting there (2/2)
The book "Space Without Rockets" adresses the ways in which we could travel away to space, sustainably. Makery publishes three of the texts from this essential reading. First text (part two) by Rob La Frenais.
Floating into space and other ways of getting there (1/2)
The book "Space Without Rockets" adresses the ways in which we could travel away to space, sustainably. Makery publishes three of the texts from this essential reading. First text (part one) by Rob La Frenais.
More-Than-Living: A Sort of Metamorphosis
‘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.
We Are All On The Periphery
On September 23-24, Global Periphery symposium was exploring the contemporary imaginaries of space through examples of artistic creations from the space sector with voices from multiple continents and locations.
Fermenting the Social, along with the physical
In parallel to their new exhibition 'Hackers, Makers, Thinkers - Collective experiments in social fermenting', a two days event was proposed at Art Laboratory Berlin.
Emilia Tikka: Transformation with the ‘more than human’ in the Arctic
In the framework of the ART4MED program, designer and film maker Emilia Tikka collaborates with artist and reindeer herder Leena and Oula Valkeapää to question biomedical enhancement and posthuman survival. Correspondence.
Hopeful Monsters: Dreaming of Airships as the Future of Transportation
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.
Behind the scenes at the wrapping of the Arc De Triomphe
One of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s most ambitious projects is due to be completed posthumously in September, the wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
All of Us: collectivity challenges hyper-individuality in the STRP Festival
The STRP (pronounced "Strype") Festival opened in the Strijp-S area of Eindhoven, Holland, from June 2-6. Makery spoke to festival director Ton Van Gool on the first day of the festival.
The Smell of the Human: Bio-reactors for the skin
Helena Nikonole and Lucy Ojomoko create genetically modified bacteria of human skin microbiome that affect the sense of smell transmitted by the human body, a radical approach to issues of health and disease prevention.
Plant Teachers, Radical Social Distancing and Falling Skies: Interview with Jeremy Narby
Jeremy Narby, the worldwide-known author of ‘The Cosmic Serpent’ (1998) is releasing a new book this year, ‘Plant Teachers - Tobacco and Ayhuasca’. Interview.
The Port as Stomach: embodying the city as a physical metaphor
The 11th Liverpool Biennial opens this 20 March 2021. 'The Stomach and the Port' explores notions of the body and ways of connecting with the world. Makery discussed with the Biennal's curator Manuela Moscoso.
“And Yet It Deviates”, Discussing Extraterrestrial Life and `Oumuamua with Avi Loeb
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.
Psychic Refuge: autonomy and self-healing in the work of Sophie Hoyle
Sophie Hoyle explores an intersectional approach to post-colonial, queer, feminist, critical psychiatry and disability issues.” The artist will be in Bourges in April.
Tiny Mining: Exploring the Extreme Ecologies of the Body
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.
Forms Of Ownership: Interview with Vienne Chan and Boris Oicherman
The Rencontres Internationales Monde-s Multiple-s was is held online from November 13 to December 6. Interview with Vienne Chan and Boris Oicherman from The Forms of Ownership.
The Bat That Therefore I am – Exploring The Eye of the Other
As part of the Rencontres Internationales Monde-s Multiple-s in Bourges, France, we met the artists Daniela Mitterberger & Tiziano Derme on their work with bats and interspecies communication.
On microplastics and coexistence, interview with Kat Austen
The Rencontres Monde-s Multiple-s will be held online from November 13 to December 6. Interview with Kat Austen on her multimedia project ‘Stranger to the Trees’, microplastics and coexistence.
Leaky Bodies, Mourning Ecosystems and Sounding the Alarm on the Virus: The transgressive bioart of Margherita Pevere
The Rencontres Internationales Monde-s Multiple-s was to be held in Bourges from November 13 to December 6, 2020. But the confinement will have decided otherwise. Interview with Margherita Pevere.