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PUBLIC TALK: Artist's Talks with Hideo Iwasaki and Juan M. Castro (Waseda University, Japan) in conversation with Oron Catts & Ionat Zurr

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Hideo Iwasaki and Juan M. Castro are in Western Australia to investigate notions of deep time in the North West with Oron Catts; examining the landscape and strata for the upcoming Biogenic Timestamp project. Both artists have come into close contact with SymbioticA in the past: Iwasaki has collaborated with Catts on several prestigious projects and Castro was involved in the Adaptation exhibition in 2012. The artists will share their experiences up north, together with an overview of their creative approach. Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr will join the conversation to provide further insights into the new project.

Hideo Iwasaki (PhD. Biologist/Artist) is an Associate Professor in the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Network & Biomedia Art at Waseda University. As a biologist, he has studied molecular genetics and theoretical biology of spatio-temporal pattern formation dynamics in cyanobacteria. As an artist, he has produced contemporary papercutting art and some biomedia art. For the latter, to avoid simple transfer of scientific skills or knowledge we already know in the field of current biology, he searched for as-yet-scientifically-unknown cyanobacterial behaviors as a source for both science and art. At his lab both fine/media artists and scientists are sharing the benches for biology and art simultaneously.

Together with interactive installations, Juan M. Castro has been working in real-time visualization of organic information and the creation of hybrid architectures with bio-materials. Born in Bogota, Colombia, he is currently living and working in Tokyo, Japan. In 2008 he founded “Biodynamic geometries” as a unit for experimental creative projects. Since its inception it has developed an exhibition program of biomedia art installations. As a postdoctoral research fellow, he is investigating the impact of “synthetic ecosystems” and “interkingdom communication” upon artistic practice in the laboratory for molecular cell network—department of electrical engineering and biology— at Waseda University.
Speaker(s) Hideo Iwasaki, Juan M. Castro, Oron Catts Ionat Zurr
Location SymbioticA Room 228A Level 2, School of Anatomy Physiology and Human Biology
Contact Chris Cobilis <[email protected]> : 6488 5583
URL http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/activities/seminars
Start Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:30
End Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:00
Submitted by Chris Cobilis <[email protected]>
Last Updated Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:26
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