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The basis of the „European Digital Art and Science Network“ is a big manifold network consisting of scientific mentoring institutions (ESA, CERN, ESO and Fraunhofer MEVIS), the Ars Electronica Futurelab and seven European cultural partners (Center for the promotion of science, RS – DIG Gallery, SK – Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation, ES – Kapelica Gallery / Kersnikova, SI – GV Art, UK – Laboral, ES – Science Gallery, IE. The EU funded project lasted from 2014 to 2017. The Online Archive of Ars Electronica provides an overview of the individual activities of the network and also delivers information about the network itself, the residency artists and the involved project partners and the jury.
BIOESTETICA exhibition organized by Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation
Original: Growth & Decay (2017) by Allison Kudla (US) | 1800 * 1800px | 1.9 MB
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Credits: Allison Kudla Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Zaragoza Eco Actions (2017) by Brandon Ballengée (US) | 1500 * 995px | 401.4 KB
Credits: Feldmann Gallery, NY Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Credits: Feldmann Gallery, NY Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Asta su abuelo (1799) by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (ES) | 3744 * 5616px | 15.7 MB
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Credits: Goya Museum, Zaragoza Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Civilization [Megaplex] (2008) by Marco Brambilla (IT) | 1203 * 983px | 222.6 KB
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Credits: Sorigué Foundation Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Demasiado mundo (2010) by Marina Nuñez | 1462 * 1615px | 4.6 MB
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Credits: Marina Nuñez Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: El mutante ggi-1 (2008-2017) by Empar Buxeda (ES) | 777 * 581px | 1.4 MB
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Credits: Empar Buxeda Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Jinete y caballo bebiendo agua de un río en los alrededores de Madrid (1860) by Carlos de Haes (BEL/ES) | 3867 * 3132px | 11.4 MB
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Credits: Goya Museum, Zaragoza Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Jacob´s Ladder (1975) by Salvador Dalí (ES) | 2134 * 3019px | 891.0 KB
Credits: Barcelona University. CRAI Biology Library Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Credits: Barcelona University. CRAI Biology Library Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Portrait on the Fly (2016) by Christa Sommerer (AT) and Laurent Mignonneau (FR/AT) | 3056 * 4592px | 26.3 MB
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Credits: Christa Sommerer (AT) and Laurent Mignonneau (FR/AT) Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Recorte por la línea (2005) by Regina Galindo (GT) | 541 * 721px | 128.8 KB
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Credits: Regina Galindo Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Proyecto bioesfera Biosphere Project by Joaquín Fargas (AR) | 5472 * 3648px | 4.4 MB
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Original: Transplant: Connecting Mycorrhiza with Internet (2017) by Qimera Rosa (ES) | 3648 * 2432px | 4.9 MB
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Credits: Quimera Rosa Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Bodegón (Still Life) (1625–1629) by Francisco de Zurbarán or Juan Fernández (ES) | 3917 * 2709px | 7.1 MB
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Credits: Goya Museum, Zaragoza Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: CO2GLE (2015) and DEFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREST (2016) by Joana Moll (ES) | 1564 * 964px | 509.8 KB
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Credits: Joana Moll Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Stranger Visions (2012-13) by Heather Dewey-Hagborg (US) | 1654 * 1914px | 282.1 KB
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Credits: Heather Dewey-Hagborg (US) Press: The right to reprint is reserved for the press; no royalties will be due only with proper copyright attribution.
Original: Artist Biographies - Bioestetica / Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation | 275.2 KB
Credits: Contract Work: No
Credits: Contract Work: No
BIOESTETICA Exhibition: Postnature Etopia Center of Art and Technology 21.09.2017 – 13.01.2018 • Info: An exhibition in the context of the European Digital Art & Science Network.
Year of creation
2017Urls
http://www.fundacionzcc.org/es/noticias/convocatoria-residencias-artisticas-proyecto-bioestetica-2319.html Start:
Sep 21, 2017 End:
Jan 13, 2018 Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation
Growth & Decay (2017) by Allison Kudla (US)
This is a set of two photographic prints depicting tiles from the project Growth Pattern. This diptych shows the tiles in the initial state with lush, green leaves that have recently been cut into a botanical abstraction and in the final state, with leaves that have begun to decay, with mold and bacteria. Growth Pattern creates a generative image and time-lapse animation.
Zaragoza Eco Actions (2017) by Brandon Ballengée (US)
Zaragoza Eco Actions is a transdisciplinary bioart project involving the public that analyses the health of local Zaragoza ecosystems by investigating amphibian malformation and disease levels. Local frogs are studied on “Eco-Actions,” participatory field trips involving the public, and everything is documented to encourage Zaragoza residents to learn more about their local post-natural ecosystems.
Asta su abuelo (1799) by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (ES)
Asta su abuelo, 1799
(And So Was His Grandfather)
Light box reproduction
This print of an ass sitting at a low table with an open book is a pointed criticism of Manuel de Godoy, an extremely powerful and much-hated man in Spain.
(And So Was His Grandfather)
Light box reproduction
This print of an ass sitting at a low table with an open book is a pointed criticism of Manuel de Godoy, an extremely powerful and much-hated man in Spain.
Civilization [Megaplex] (2008) by Marco Brambilla (IT)
Originally conceived as a single piece, during his work Marco Brambilla got the idea for two further works, Evolution, 2010, and Creation, 2012, which would become a big mosaic of our time. The video shows micro-histories of diverse aspects such as Nazism, beauty contests, Michael Jackson, and space shuttles launchings, at the same time placing them in a wider context—the human condition itself, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
Demasiado mundo (2010) by Marina Nuñez
Demasiado mundo, 2010
(Too Much World)
In the video projections, some closed doors gradually open up to show us the world outside .... They then close with a bang, rudely awakening us and bringing us back to reality ... Desolate landscapes, crumbling ruins, the remnants of buildings in which we can see human remains, chimeras, that compose enigmatic scenes ... Against this apparently immobile backdrop we are trapped by an explosion. One being arises from another being, a new life immediately springs forth. Mutant heads with non-controlled, excessive growth are joined together and trapped. Taken from Alicia Vela, “Chimeras”. In Demasiado Mundo, exhibition catalogue (2010). Valencia (Spain): Centre del Carmen, p. 213.
(Too Much World)
In the video projections, some closed doors gradually open up to show us the world outside .... They then close with a bang, rudely awakening us and bringing us back to reality ... Desolate landscapes, crumbling ruins, the remnants of buildings in which we can see human remains, chimeras, that compose enigmatic scenes ... Against this apparently immobile backdrop we are trapped by an explosion. One being arises from another being, a new life immediately springs forth. Mutant heads with non-controlled, excessive growth are joined together and trapped. Taken from Alicia Vela, “Chimeras”. In Demasiado Mundo, exhibition catalogue (2010). Valencia (Spain): Centre del Carmen, p. 213.
El mutante ggi-1 (2008-2017) by Empar Buxeda (ES)
El mutante ggi-1, 2008-2017
El genoma del gusano incierto
Mutant ggi-1, 2008-2017
The Genome of the Uncertain Worm Installation
The project Mutant ggi-1 (the genome of the uncertain worm) is based on the artist’s genetic transformation of a C. elegans worm, frequently used in biological lab research, rendering it completely useless for any further lab research. The 2017 residency in Etopia reproduces this genetic transformation of a live and alive specimen artwork.
El genoma del gusano incierto
Mutant ggi-1, 2008-2017
The Genome of the Uncertain Worm Installation
The project Mutant ggi-1 (the genome of the uncertain worm) is based on the artist’s genetic transformation of a C. elegans worm, frequently used in biological lab research, rendering it completely useless for any further lab research. The 2017 residency in Etopia reproduces this genetic transformation of a live and alive specimen artwork.
Jinete y caballo bebiendo agua de un río en los alrededores de Madrid (1860) by Carlos de Haes (BEL/ES)
Jinete y caballo bebiendo agua de un río en los alrededores de Madrid
(Rider and horse drinking water from a river in the surroundings of Madrid), 1860
Light box reproduction
Landscape of the surroundings of Madrid originally painted with oil on canvas.
(Rider and horse drinking water from a river in the surroundings of Madrid), 1860
Light box reproduction
Landscape of the surroundings of Madrid originally painted with oil on canvas.
Jacob´s Ladder (1975) by Salvador Dalí (ES)
Dalí’s Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Jacob’s Ladder, or simply Jacob’s Ladder (1975), is a surrealistic depiction of DNA structure, with angels ascending and descending the ladder. The bond between genetics and religiosity is clear and DNA forms a link between the divine and the human.
Portrait on the Fly (2016) by Christa Sommerer (AT) and Laurent Mignonneau (FR/AT)
This interactive installation consists of a monitor that shows a swarm of a few thousand flies. When a person positions himself in front of the monitor, the insects build up the contour of the person, which changes as the person moves, reflecting transience and impermanence.
Recorte por la línea (2005) by Regina Galindo (GT)
Recorte por la línea(Cut by the Line), 2005
Video performance with the participation of Dr. Billy Spence
The original performance took place in Caracas, with Dr. Billy Spence, the best plastic surgeon in Venezuela. The doctor is marking all the areas on Regina José Galindo’s body that need to be altered in order to create the perfect body according to existing aesthetic codes. The video documents the performance and shows how patriarchal codes literally rewrite the women’s body using medical science (aesthetic surgery) as a tool for this purpose.
Video performance with the participation of Dr. Billy Spence
The original performance took place in Caracas, with Dr. Billy Spence, the best plastic surgeon in Venezuela. The doctor is marking all the areas on Regina José Galindo’s body that need to be altered in order to create the perfect body according to existing aesthetic codes. The video documents the performance and shows how patriarchal codes literally rewrite the women’s body using medical science (aesthetic surgery) as a tool for this purpose.
Proyecto bioesfera Biosphere Project by Joaquín Fargas (AR)
The Biosphere Project consists of natural ecosystems isolated inside sealed containers that only allow the external influence of heat and light. These systems, like our planet, depend on light as a source of energy for the development and continued existence of the life cycles that take place inside of them.
Transplant: Connecting Mycorrhiza with Internet (2017) by Qimera Rosa (ES)
Texts, documents, videos, graphics, pictures, and code, form this mixed media biotech installation that features the found remains of a vanished biohacker team in 2024 when the resources of planet Earth have been exploited. One part of the installation has soil and mycorrhiza connected to electronic sensors whose activity is altered by the audience presence.
Bodegón (Still Life) (1625–1629) by Francisco de Zurbarán or Juan Fernández (ES)
The Still Life with a Vase and Flowers, also with a pewter plate with peaches, two books, a cup with water, roses and a rosary is a Spanish still life from the start of the Baroque period, possibly by either Francisco de Zurbarán during his early period in Llerena, 1625, or by the enigmatic still life painter Juan Fernández, known as “el labrador.”
CO2GLE (2015) and DEFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREST (2016) by Joana Moll (ES)
Hardly anybody recalls that the Internet is made up of interconnected physical infrastructures that consume natural resources. CO2GLE is a real-time, net-based installation that displays the amount of CO2 emitted each second by global visits to google.com.
DEFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREST is a net-based piece that shows the number of trees needed to absorb the amount of CO2 generated by global visits to google.com every second.
[Excerpt from the website of the artist].
http://www.janavirgin.com/CO2/
http://www.janavirgin.com/CO2/DEFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREST.html
DEFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREST is a net-based piece that shows the number of trees needed to absorb the amount of CO2 generated by global visits to google.com every second.
[Excerpt from the website of the artist].
http://www.janavirgin.com/CO2/
http://www.janavirgin.com/CO2/DEFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREST.html
Stranger Visions (2012-13) by Heather Dewey-Hagborg (US)
In Stranger Visions I collected hairs, chewed up gum, and cigarette butts from the streets, public bathrooms, and waiting rooms of New York City. I extracted DNA from them and analyzed it to computationally generate 3D printed lifesize full color portraits representing what those individuals might look like, based on genomic research. (Excerpt from Stranger Visions by Heather Dewey Hagborg)
Artist Biographies - Bioestetica / Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation