Epiphyte Chamber by Philip Beesley (awarded a prize in VIDA 11.0) has received an Honourable Mention in the category of Interactive Art in the Prix Ars Electronica, held each year by the Ars Electronica festival in Linz (Austria). Continuing with his work focused on the relationship between architecture and artificial life, in this piece Beesley explores...
Leer másStrange Weather: the climate of the future
Until 5 October the exhibit Strange Weather. Forecasts from the Future can be seen at Science Gallery of Dublin, which show is curated by Catherine Kramer and Zack Denfeld (award-winning artists from VIDA 15.0 for their project The Center for Genomic Gastronomy) together with Gerald Fleming, Head of Forecasting at Met Éireann, and Lynn Scarff, Director of...
Leer másBio-fiction, a festival of short films on art and synthetic biology
The second edition of Bio-fiction Science Art Film Festival will take place from 23 to 25 October at the Museum of Natural History in Vienna (Austria). The festival explores the field of synthetic biology through different disciplines, such as engineering, sociology, science, art, design and also from the perspective of biology aficionados and film-makers....
Leer másArt shapes artificial life
The recently released book, Meta-Life. Biotechnologies, Synthetic Biology, ALife and the Arts (MIT Press, 2014), includes an article that Nell Tenhaaf, artist, co-founder of VIDA and jury member since its beginnings, dedicates to the art and artificial life contest, entitled “Art Embodies A-Life: The VIDA Competition”. In this text, the author...
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