Biofriction. Intersection between arts, sciences and technologies

Here you will find “Biofriction. Intersection between arts, sciences and technologies“, the official publication on the Biofriction project. The essay consists of several critical texts divided into six parts to give a broad and complete idea of the project.  Narrative Describes the development of the Biofriction project over time, emphasizing, through a fluid and personal […]
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I versus Us versus I _ by Yvonne Billimore

Reflections on encountering and thinking-with “other” bodies through art. The following text is an experiential description of listening to the sound work Arachnid – Tick sensing by Kira O’Reilly and Antye Greie (AGF):   tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick tick. tick. tick. tick… tick… tick… pulsing. pulsing. breathe […]
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Mari Mutare Pictorial_issue #37 Temes de Disseny

You can now access online to the new issue of Temes de Disseny, a design research journal by Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering. The 37th issue: Invisible Conflicts: A New Terrain of Bodies, Infrastructures and Information, co-edited by Bani Brusadin and Laura Benítez, sets out to humbly explore the topic of conflict and disobedience […]
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Biofriction Summer Program Diary

Day 1: WETLAB After several last minutes changes, updates and vicissitudes the Summer program has finally started. To break the ice and get people to know each other the participants were welcomed with a coffee break in Hangar venue. Afterwards, Laura Benítez Valero did an introduction of the Biofriction project and the Summer Program activities. […]
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Arc-hive.zone project launch

We are glad to announce the launching of the Arc-hive.zone project.  Arc-hive.zone project is formed by part of the Biofriction European project consortium led by Hangar, Zavod Kersnikova, Bioart Society, Cultivamos Cultura, together with the NGO Kontejner and the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Arc-hive aims to create an open-source digital platform that aggregates, […]
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SummerLab 2021_Elements of Care

Thanks to the Creative European project Biofriction, Hangar and Cultivamos Cultura started a new partnership. As part of the project, Cultivamos Cultura and Hangar, in July 2021 organized the 4th of SummerLab 2021, entitled Elements of Care. Nowadays, the intersection of Art, Biology and Environment offer a great opportunity to visual artists.  For this reason, […]
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