SYMPOSIUM: unruly ecologies: biodiversity and art symposium

A SymbioticA Art and Science symposium exploring biodiversity and art with speakers from the sciences, humanities and arts from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 November 2010 in Perth and Lake Clifton, Mandurah.

The ecology of biodiversity is based upon an uncertain definition, incomplete statistics and the need to act in a world without balance. While multiple flora and fauna databases have being established and are being coordinated, and as natural biodiversity diminishes and more technological life forms come into being; there is an urgent need to engage even more proactively with complex ecosystems and human responses. Artists, scientists, humanities scholars and conservationists will come together to talk of the ‘matters of concern’ around the potentials and futures of biodiversity.

Speakers include: Bruce Clarke Literature and Science Academic, Jonathan Majer Insect Biologist, Gregory Pryor Artist, Anas Ghadouani Environmental Engineer, Timothy Morton Literature and the Environment Academic, Nathan McQuoid Landscape Ecologist, Geoff Syme Psychologist, Lesley Instone Human Geographer, Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson Artists, Oron Catts SymbioticA Director, Hideo Iwasaki Artist/Scientist, Jane Calvert Sociologist, Perdita Phillips Artist and Kath Grey Palaeontologist

Venues include: Friday 26 Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australian Theatrette, James Street, Perth Cultural Centre; Saturday 27 Law Lecture Theatre, room 106, Law Building, The University of Western Australia; Sunday 28 Lake Clifton/Herron Community Centre, Tuart Grove Ave, Lake Clifton

Further details: http://symbiotica-adaptation.com/?page_id=197 Symposium free: RSVP [email protected]