Sound has been used extensively by artists to transmit the vitality and the complexity of their body to a wider audience. however, it is not utilized very often by the scientist or by the clinician, unless we consider the sound uttered by the process of machines such as MRI or […]
Back to the general themes of this festival, I am reminded of Fernanda D’Agostino’s claim that exploring science with art may uncover the unseen. I would add that the unseen can consist of many disparate things: from Butler’s revelation on its more personal and visceral senses, we quickly discover that […]
If C-lab’s presentation felt a bit like a survey and an introduction to the many aspects touched by the combination of art and biology, each of the following interventions engaged in deeper reflections of these aspects. Jack Butler’s very personal journey dealt with the challenges of exploring and representing pain […]
Second day, second topic. this time, presenters addressed issues and work related to, and inspired by biology, sometimes by engaging directly with biology as a medium with which to experiment and sometimes as a background presence to observe and critically explore. Biology refers to a broad field that spans the […]
The last two presentations seemed to be quite different from each other and from any other presentation of the day. Krister Shalm and James Andrew Smith are two scientists not directly involved with any artist or artistic activities. However, a further reflection reveals how quantum physics (Shalm) and engineering (Smith) […]
It was a bit of a relief to find that indeed, someone had thought seriously about the environment. Marc Bohlen’s work is all focused on issues related to the environment. However, he is concerned about one issue in particular: popular science often talks about pollution as if it applied equally […]
I was very excited to hear that among the projects featured at Subtle Technologies there would be a video featuring a proposal to save Venice from its demise as threatening water is increasingly rising. Well, I was soon disappointed. the project by Rachel Armstrong might even be a commendable attempt to […]
Seeing the invisible and making the invisible visible is what Fernanda D’Agostino seeks in her art practice. Her collaborations with Biomechanist Dr. Bret Tobalske and cinematographer Harry Dawson, Environmental Studies Professor John Reuter, and, more recently, with choreographers and programmers, revolve around revealing elements that we normally don’t see (but we can […]
…for those who thought that Youtube was about to go extinct once all those copyright videos were removed by the various industries, or those who thought that youtube had turned into a massive kitty display: youtube is thriving and redefining itself as we speak according to Henry Reich, who has […]
Broad Vision, a special program that gives a chance to students across the University of Westminster to entertain a process-based series of collaborations with a special focus on science visualization and visual learning, gave us a glimpse not only on the empowering potential of collaborative teaching and learning, but also […]
As the first symposium day comes to an end, I managed to find a couple of hours before the dance show at the winchester theatre and gather my –very long and messy–notes. The title of today’s section of ST was “Art, technology & science ideas” featuring a number of presenters […]
…and so it begins, a steamy evening in Toronto, at the readhead gallery, the remotest space at the back of 401 Richmond street building… CC:me borrows the title from the pre-computer fax machine nomenclature “Carbon Copy” where Carbon is also one of the materials featured in this mixed media installation. In […]
Hi all! I have the pleasure to launch the new noemalab blog with a report on the Subtletechnologies festival! If you wish to have a look at past reports on Sublte Technologies Festival, please, visit the old blog As you may remember, this festival coincides with the beginning of summer […]
All the videos of the conference are on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/alwaysalreadynew Enjoy! 🙂
Planetary Collegium, M-Node & NABA Media Design & New Media Art, Noema present Always Already New 2011: Deep Involvement of Education “Fragmentation, specialization and sameness will be replaced by wholeness, diversity and, above all, a deep involvement. […] Tomorrow’s educator will be able to set about the exciting task of creating […]
Planetary Collegium, M-Node & NABA Media Design & New Media Art, Noema present Always Already New 2011: Deep Involvement of Education FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER Symposium Always Already New 2011 Deep Involvement of Education 15.00-15.25 Introduction: Antonio Caronia 15.30-15.55 Keynote: Bifo Berardi 16.00-16.15 Gabriela Galati 16.15-16.30 Eugenio Tasselli 16.30-16.45 […]
2) manuality I should probably not separate what I consider “manual” from “craft”. however, there was something very ingenuous, concrete and…well evoking the “working with hands” in the projects presented by theEDGE laboratory I was very impressed by the material being produced at the EDGE adaptive lab at Ryerson university. […]
Exhausted and hyperstimulated, I attended the last day of the symposium hoping to not have to speculate too much and to se something very physical and material. I got what I wanted. it looks like whoever drafted the program of the festival had the same needs. the day was then […]
When I was ordering my notes for the blog I realized that two events, respectively the Speed Dating for artists and scientists and the gallery exhbition had the same prefix: Syn, used to express something acting together, united, in SYN-chrony. In the first case, syn-apsis normally refers to the fusion […]
As part of the multidisciplinary commitment of Subtle Technologies, the already mentioned screenings, a performance held on the rooftop patio of the Beaver Hall artists’ cooperative at the foot of McCaul Street, an exhibition at the Hotshot gallery, as well as a speed dating fro artists and scientists animated the […]
in the field of virology and immunology there has been often a drive to represent and simulate the way in which viruses may infect their hosts. however, this has been done only visually, using animations or 3d simulations. the same has happened in the field of computer science and info-security, […]
