Description
How knowledge can be adapted, exchanged, and transferred in between disciplines, is an open question in art-science. The research on "Un/natural Symbionts" explores through rituals how knowledge from several disciplines and fields on micro-organisms can be made palpable in one space. Using kombucha fermentation as field for exploration, the various relations of microbes and humans in scientific and non-scientific discourses are discussed. Microbial life for our identity as human and other-than-human is connected to personal memories of making food and drinking tea. The goal is a curatorial practice that invites artists, scientist as well as a wider audience to reflect on concepts of symbiosis from the perspectives of lived experience and multispecies rituals. Microbiological research on microbial diversity is questioned in its meaning for self and individuality as philosophical concepts. The kombucha-making as a process becomes a method to experience microbial life with the naked human eye. The ritual binds these elements together to create a socio-cultural practice that avoids being bound to traditional conventions and creates a space for new ones.| Period | 21 Jun 2024 |
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| Event title | 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2024): Everywhen |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Brisbane, Australia, QueenslandShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |