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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Malamp UK
Brandon Ballengée
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“Malamp”, a trans-disciplinary project, began in 2006, when New York artist Brandon Ballengée was commissioned by The Arts Catalyst to conduct biological field-research into the health of British amphibians. Within a week, the artist began finding dozens of unusual English toads at a site in Yorkshire, England. Following these initial surveys, several sites have been found with deformed frogs, toads, and newts. Working in scientific collaboration with Richard Sunter, these findings are the first description of high occurrences of amphibian malformation at sites in England. The art and science research team is still investigating the possible causes.
In what he calls “Eco-actions”, the artist invites the public to participate in the scientific fieldresearch. “As an artist and activist, I believe the first step to environmental and social change is interaction. By participating as a biologist and inviting the public, I confront people with the ecology of their backyard. Sometimes we find healthy species in functioning wetlands. Other times the investigations uncover the effects of degradation. Like the site in England, on the surface a scenic residential garden pond, a fabricated vision of tranquility, yet containing monstrous environmentally sculpted creatures. The experience is emotionally complex, often uncanny, and hopefully changes people. These dual art and biology projects are my attempt at sculpting society.”
Links: www.artscatalyst.org/projects/global/ballengee.html
In what he calls “Eco-actions”, the artist invites the public to participate in the scientific fieldresearch. “As an artist and activist, I believe the first step to environmental and social change is interaction. By participating as a biologist and inviting the public, I confront people with the ecology of their backyard. Sometimes we find healthy species in functioning wetlands. Other times the investigations uncover the effects of degradation. Like the site in England, on the surface a scenic residential garden pond, a fabricated vision of tranquility, yet containing monstrous environmentally sculpted creatures. The experience is emotionally complex, often uncanny, and hopefully changes people. These dual art and biology projects are my attempt at sculpting society.”
Links: www.artscatalyst.org/projects/global/ballengee.html
Commissioned by the Arts Catalyst
Brandon Ballengee (US). Exploring the boundaries between art, Science and technology, Ballengee creates multidisciplinary works out of information generated from ecological field trips and laboratory research. Since 1996, Ballengee has collaborated with numerous scientists to conduct primary biological research and Ecological Artworks. His artworks have been exhibited in Australia, Asia, Europe and the Americas.