Creative Disturbance

Efe Kerem Sözeri

The artist Howard Boland presents his project Cellular Propeller, not achieved at the time of the recording, and that consists of propelling an artificial object, namely a small wheel, with human sperm cells in a synthetic biology artwork. He discusses the ethical and aesthetical issues related to the creation of this work as well as his creative process. Enregistré par Annick Bureaud le 6 février 2016 à Berlin dans le cadre du projet Trust Me, I'm An Artist [http://olats.org/trustme/trustme.php], , an EU project that is exploring ethical issues in art that engage with biotechnology and medicine. Jingles et habillage sonore Jean-Yves Leloup, musiques Carl Harms, David James Elliott "The Wire", Sergey Lopoukha "Lull" (Universal Production Music Publishing), Stefanski "Last Light Lament" (Atmos Production Music/UNIPPM)

Conducted by Josh Brumett and Alex Garcia Topete, this last part of the interview explores the notion of greenness as it relates to art history. The most anthropocentric of all colours, art curator Jens Hauser says , green stands for nature, has something related to growth and constitute a large part of our visual spectrum. From night visual devices to first computer screens, green operates like a technical colour. While being the most toxic colour when it comes to the production of its particles and its pigments, green is used as an attempt to ‘green’ life itself, language, technology, and chemistry. Using Jun Takita’s transgenic mouss sculpture, and Cohen Van Balen's Pigeon D'or as biofacts - that is to say as living system equivalent to the artefact - Jens Hauser reveals how these artworks point to the intervention of human life.To what degree a bioartist has to take into account what will take place in the world?

James Ferguson talks about early data sonification use in the Voyager satellite mission and other examples including the sonification of the LIGO gravitational waves, He discussed current work that is described in an article in the Communicating Astronomy with the public journal, He and Roger Malina discuss the concerns from some scientists as to whether such sonifications actually mis-communicate with the public.

Cenk Dereli, Evren Uzer ile tasarımcıların ağırlıkta olduğu farklı meslek profesyonellerinden kadınlardan oluşan, kendisinin de parçası olduğu kolektif üzerine konuşuyoruz.

This podcast features Salma ElDardiry, Senior motion graphic artist and digital composter at Bibliotheca Alexandrina. In 2013, ElDardiry launched her project, Describing Egypt, which exhibits historical Egypt in virtual reality tours. The locations selected documents Egypt's Pharaonic, Islamic, Coptic and Jewish heritage. ElDardiry is also a freelance colorist, animator, musician and a photographer.

Brian Burnham just received his PhD in Geology from the University of Manchester. He discusses the field of sequence stratigrahy, a field crucial for understanding the changes of sea level in the past and interpreting current climate change sea level change. With Roger Malina he discusses transdisciplinary collaboration between the geosciences, computer sciences and art and technology.

Reporting live from Emerald City ComiCon 2016, Other Planes talks with black cosplayers about identity, race, and gender in cosplay, comix, and action films, speaking with incarnations of the Black Panther, Future Static Shock, Green Lantern, Trunks, Sardonyx, a Vodou Joker and a Ghostbuster.

A short discussion with Dr. Vickers about his approach to sonification including some discussion of his recent standup routine regarding sonification as its main topic. 

In this podcast Janeil Engelstad and Yvan Tina discuss their projects "Make Art with Purpose" and "Virtual Africa". They talk about the common threads and possible collaboration between these incredible projects. Also discussed is art, technology, and the advancements these have created in educational options.

Sharath Chandram Ram describes his work in art, design and open science, and internet culture, He maintains a lab on internet and society at the Srishthi School for Art and Design in Bangalore, India. He describes his workshop in open radio astronomy that he held at the Explorapark in Medellin, Colombia and his work with indian fishing communities embroiled in ownership of the electromagnetic spectrum debates, In dialogue with Roger Malina.

In this final section of the interview, Adam Zaretsky shares his views on the relationship between literature and biology, code and language, poetry and bioinformatics. He addresses the question of hubris in biotechnology and delivers his take on sensitive issues such as human gene editing and resurrection biology. The podcast also talks about the place of speculative thought in new media art. http://emutagen.com/vivavivo.html

Students from the Experimental Publishing and Curation graduate seminar discuss their current projects in publishing, which include an alternative to traditional academic publishing, an mobile app that encourages users to read in green spaces, a podcast focused on contemporary African art, and online publications about feminism and the environment. The issues covered in the discussion range from disruption to the role of technology and geography in the development of the projects.

Our conversation with independent journalist Mehmet Atakan Foça about his factchecking and verification experience in Turkey

John Jennings is an award-winning graphic novelist, curator, cartoonist, and Associate Professor of Art. John is currently illustrating the first graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler's seminal black science work on slavery and time travel, Kindred.

Why should artists and designers worry about the production of drugs and food? In this second part of the interview, bioartist Adam Zaretsky defends his views on the ethics and aesthetics of utility, with respect to local context, values and culture. Echoing with Flusser’s ideas in Curie’s Children [ Art Forum, 1988], the remaining part of the podcast deals with the topics of human enhancement and biological exuberance, Zaretsky calling for the advancement of a queer transhumanism. http://emutagen.com/vivavivo.html

Ewen Chardronnet discusses the evolving myths and narratives about the anthropocene that he uncovered as he researched the special issue of the French MCD magazine Special Issue http://www.digitalmcd.com/mcd79-nouveaux-recits-du-climat/ . He discusses the artists residencies he is organising at the Roskoff Marine Biology Station. He also refers to Harrraway's concept of the Chthulucene http://environmentalhumanities.org/arch/vol6/6.7.pdf . In discussion with Roger Malina

Adam Zaretsky is an artist and professor in Media Arts at Marist College (NY, USA) who develops a practice that integrates the fields of Ecology, Biotechnology, Performance and Gastronomy. Drawing upon the questions raised by one of his texts on transgenic art, the podcast addresses several issues such as the bioethics of new technology, that of genetic modification, the public understanding of science or even the appeal for biology in contemporary art. Is science making better performance than art? How far ranging human gene editing can get us to? What is so sexy with the biological today?

H. Cenk Dereli, Boğaçhan Dündaralp ile bir iletişim aracı olarak konumlandırdığı mimarlık pratiği ve İstanbul Kuzguncuk Bostanı'na dair sürece bu bağlamda nasıl dahil olduğu üzerine konuşuyor.

Julia Schade, a PhD candidate from Frankfurt, discusses her research project that deals with the notion of time as applied to middle east - especially lebanese - theater and performance. How to re-present history and what is the role of digital media in the representation of time? How to deconstruct a thinking of history as archeo-teleological? These are some of the questions she addresses in this podcast.