organism: making art with living systems

India’s first intensive Biological Art Workshop
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore March 10-14 2008

Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology and the National Centre for Biological Sciences, in collaboration with the Arts Catalyst and SymbioticA,
is organising an intensive 5 day workshop for artists and others interested people. It will be led by SymbioticA¹s Director Oron Catts and his
scientific collaborator Greg Cozens from the University of Western Australia.

This is a hands-on workshop where the tools of modern biology are demonstrated through artistic engagement, which in turn gives voice to the
broader philosophical and ethical exploration into the extent of human intervention with other living things. It involves exploration of biological
technologies and issues stemming from their use, and serves as a theoretical and practical introduction to the creation of biological art and is aimed at
educating artists from India in issues of biotechnology and the life sciences.

http://cema.srishti.ac.in/content/bioart

From Dmitry Bulatov:

The National Centre for Contemporary Arts (Kaliningrad Branch, Russian Federation) calls for entries.

Art projects which use high technologies of the XXI century as a medium of implementation – robotics, biomechatronics, wearcomp, bio- and genetic engineering, nanotechnology, etc – are being sought.

All details about the categories and the submission are available online only at: http://www.ncca-kaliningrad.ru/videodoc/eng

Submission Deadline: May 15, 2008

Categories: Artificial Life / Robotics / Technobody modification / Neuroengineering / Bio- and Genetic Engineering / Tissue and Stem Cells Engineering / Nanoengineering

Please feel free to forward this to all interesting/ed parties.

If you need any further information or support, please do not hesitate to contact us:
videodoc@ncca.koenig.ru

With best regards,
Dmitry Bulatov
Project curator

A terrific and creepy sounding exhibition at FACT in Liverpool!

Designer hymens, a composite coat made of blended skin cultures by legendary French artist ORLAN, a brain infused with glowing moss and non-animal ‘leather’ growing in the galleries, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) presents a ground-breaking UK exhibition exploring the idea of skin as a place where art, science, philosophy and social culture meet.

sk-interfaces opens 01 February until 31 March 2008.

FACT (via Rhizome News)