Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau, A-Volve, Interactive Installation, 1995/2021
© ZKM | Center for Art and Media, photo: Jonas Zilius

LASER Talks Brussels: The Artwork As A Living System
 

with Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau and Dr. Elio Tuci

moderated by Alexandra Dementieva & Dr. Florian Zanatta

EVENT INFO

When: Saturday 15 April 2023 at 7pm CET. Find your timezone here

Doors open at 6:00 pm for a guided tour of the retrospective exhibition The Artwork as a Living System .

Where: iMAL, Center for digital cultures and technology
📍Quai Des Charbonnages 30-34, Koolmijnenkaai 30-34, Brussels, Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 410 30 93
Free entrance!

The event will also be livestreamed here!
 

The intersection between biology, technology & art, and the use of biological systems and processes serve as a metaphor for the complex relationships between humans, nature and the digital world.

In the framework of the opening of THE ARTWORK AS A LIVING SYSTEM, a retrospective of the work of Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau, we invite you to a LASER Talk with the artists, joined by Dr. Elio Tuci.

Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau are internationally acclaimed pioneers of interactive art. Since the early 90s, their immersive installations encourage us to explore and interact with natural environments and to participate in their simultaneous transformation in the digital space. Plants, water and lights become sensitive interfaces through which the public can create and connect with virtual environments. https://www.imal.org/en/events/the-artwork-as-a-living-system

Dr. Elio Tuci is a researcher in the field of artificial life, with a focus on using robotic and computational models to understand the behavior of biological systems. He has collaborated with artists on projects that explore the intersection of art, science, and technology.https://directory.unamur.be/staff/etuci

Dr. Florian Zanatta is conducting research projects on bryophytes biogeography and urban ecology. During his PhD thesis (2013-2018) at the University of Liège he developed a novel framework for dynamic ecological niche models, integrating species-specific and spatially explicit migration simulations, in order to explore bryophytes potential migration capacity through wind dispersal, in the context of climate changes. Later he worked at Meise Botanic Garden (2020-2022).

He co-founded a citizen urban ecology lab (non-profit) in Liège called "lacYme" (2021), which develops science communication and citizen-science-based research projects and activities (e.g. BioBlitzes, urban biodiversity walks…). During these collaborative events, lacYme aims at gathering scientists from different fields, naturalists, artists and citizen together around places to explore, experiment and discuss biodiversity and ecological questions, with the complementarity of these approaches.

SPONSORS:

LEONARDO/ISAST

Leonardo fosters transformation at the nexus of art, science and technology, because complex problems require creative solutions. We serve to empower an inclusive global network, a borderless community where all belong in pursuit of a more vibrant, just and regenerative world. A fearless pioneer since 1968, Leonardo serves as THE community forging a transdisciplinary network to convene, research, collaborate and disseminate best practices at the nexus of arts, science and technology worldwide.

LASER TALKS

Leonardo/ISAST LASER Talks are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of LASER is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building. The LASER Talks Brussels are moderated and curated by Alexandra Dementieva and Edith Doove.

ADEM ADEM ASBL/VZW

Adem asbl/vzw is Nonprofit organisation based in Brussels, Belgium. It develops and produces artistic creations and participates in the realization and artistic production of projects, covering all aspects of artistic creations, all disciplines and in particular multimedia, science, communication, journalism, it organizes events -talks, performances, exhibitions.

CYLAND

Founded in 2007, CYLAND is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding the intersection of Art :: Tech through an annual international festival, visual exhibitions, sound art, video art, and educational programming. CYLAND brings together artists, curators, technologists, educators, and thinkers to create innovative projects around the world.