THE ONLINE PROGRAMME is divided into 4 blocks. Every block is dedicated to an own subject. The last block will be the final contribution of all associated artists at Gessnerallee Zurich.
#1 Mutagenesis (Online)
#2 Transformation (Online)
#3 Symbiosis (Online)
#4 Polymorph (Gessnerallee Zurich)
Mutagenesis describes the mutation of DNA via spontaneous reaction with environmental processes or deliberate engineering. Damage and repair occur as results of the very same processes, challenging a normative reading of mutations.
#virology #biohacking #metabolicprocesses
After every session there will be a short break. The programme will be hosted on ZOOM (no registration needed).
"What is an interdisciplinary thematic residency program? And why is collaboration an important aspect of artistic research? In this talk, I would like to engage with OTHERWISE to share the aims and outcomes of the Mutations program, but also to discuss what role collaboration and interdisciplinary artistic work plays in expanding and redefining predominately western perspectives. The need is great to create new platforms and discussions that are inclusive of other understandings of the world and its natural, political, and social structures – that invite and even favour non-western and indigenous experience and knowledge."
— Interactive presentation with Rose Field, art historian & curator, project coordinator of Mutations, Akademie Schloss Solitude
Vanessa will be presenting the research project Mari mutare, a transdisciplinary design research on biocompatible prostheses inspired by the proto-Christian figure of the Greenman: a human-plant hybrid representing the nature-culture continuum. The project’s aim is to explore the multiplicity of subjectivities in ourselves and, consequently, to influence the perception of the "other".
We define ourselves by borders, by insides and outsides, by belonging to a circle or being excluded from others. But who draws these border lines and from what tradition does the border drawing come? Would we, if only we had other maps at our disposal, see the territories differently? Michail will present experiments from this research trajectory as well as some work in progress.
The Carbon Catalogue is a guide to a collection of carbon materials, objects, standards, algorithms, terms, and other carbon things. Simultaneously a process and a substance, carbon traverses and constitutes cycles from molecular to planetary, from geological to respiratory. In this presentation fragments of Carbon Media will reflect on articulations of eco-knowledge and geo-power contained in some of the entries in the collection.
Mutations are the reason why elephants and ants exist, why some of us develop cancer and why we can eat big yellow bananas. What is the biological foundation of mutations? And how do we use mutagenesis for our benefits but also as technological tools in biological research? Impressions from inside a lab.
All the speakers and artists from the block #¦mutagenesis will discuss the concept, share inspirations and speculate about a polymorphic future.
Polymorphic is that which describes many forms and none at the same time. It is a state of constant transition with any fixed form only being a temporary expression. Our speculative symposium will bring together the common research trajectories.
#performance #symposium #newopenings
Symbiosis is the voluntary or necessary collaboration between two different species. Parasitic or mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationships are survival strategies based on physical attachment. What does it mean to think of ourselves as more-than-one?
#biology #queerecology #parasiteorsymbiont
If a crisis results in trauma, what kind of trauma does the environmental crisis create? And is there a cure? How can we think of transformation without falling back in neoliberal parols that promote every “failure” as an opportunity for growth?
#psychology #roleplay #CBT
Symbiosis is the voluntary or necessary collaboration between two different species. Parasitic or mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationships are survival strategies based on physical attachment. What does it mean to think of ourselves as more-than-one?
#biology #queerecology #parasiteorsymbiont
Polymorphic is that which describes many forms and none at the same time. It is a state of constant transition with any fixed form only being a temporary expression. Our speculative symposium will bring together the common research trajectories.
#performance #symposium #newopenings
